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Las Vegas startup business headed by 22-year-old CEO

On Monday, the College of Southern Nevada received 750 backpacks from Revive, making it the largest order the local company has fulfilled to date. CEO Jonathan Santos said that’s just the beginning.

Change that fits to a tee

A golf center on Las Vegas Boulevard south of the Strip is undergoing a major rebranding.

In: TaylorMade Golf Experience.

Out: Callaway Golf Center.

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Stanley Cup overflows for Las Vegas hockey fans

Their ages declare their adulthood, but a few seconds with this legendary piece of silver known as the Stanley Cup and they giggle and laugh and smile like tykes gripping their first toys.

Deceased Henderson priest honored for commitment to community

The Rev. Caesar Caviglia was one of those people who changed the world he lived in, not just because he could, but because it was the right thing to do, the people who knew him said.

No-cost clinics provide immunizations for children

The Southern Nevada Health Coalition’s Vaccine for Children program is partnering with various agencies to sponsor no-cost immunization clinics for youths going to school.

Warehouse sales help fund Heaven Can Wait’s efforts to curb pet overpopulation

Kathy and Richard McCarty, volunteers at Heaven Can Wait Animal Society, hosted a garage sale at their home at Sandhill and Flamingo roads in 2011 to raise money for the nonprofit. The popular sale became a twice-a-year tradition that has since moved to a small warehouse at 6360 Annie Oakley Drive.

Book briefs for July 30-Aug. 5, 2013

A few days remain to join the campaign to publish “Tales From Lost Vegas,” an all-ages, full-color comic book to be packed with the work of Las Vegas talents — including Justin Ayers, Daniel Blodgett, Steve Benton, Kenneth Lamug and Jska Priebe — and published by local comic/graphic novel publisher Pop Goes the Icon.

A La Carte, July 30-Aug. 5

Read about dining-related events and promotions across the Las Vegas Valley.

Muay Thai fights to put Fremont Street Experience in national spotlight

Finally, a Fremont Street fight that will be legal, sanctioned, supervised and televised live. Welcome to “Lion Fight 11” at the Fremont Street Experience, the downtown Las Vegas five-block pedestrian tourist attraction where some of the world’s premier Muay Thai fighters will exchange punches and kicks on a Friday night in September.