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Motorcyclist dies of injuries after west Las Vegas crash

Elijah Edwards, 22, died the day after colliding with a Honda Fit on Wednesday morning near the intersection of Fort Apache Road and Katie Avenue, police say.

Cuban restaurant El Varaderito mixes influences of homeland

El Varaderito on South Decatur Boulevard opened in June. The restaurant is named after Varadero, Cuba, a beach resort town east of Havana known for its 13 miles of white-sand beaches.

Use of drones on rise for Las Vegas police, rescue agencies

Drones provide better aerial photos than helicopters, Martel said, because it can hover much closer to the scene and provide more detail. The department used a drone for collision reconstruction after a fatal crash at East Flamingo Road and South Eastern Avenue on Dec. 13.

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Team effort: More Las Vegas sports means more sports doctors

The Vegas Golden Knights have had a record-breaking inaugural season , the minor-league soccer Las Vegas Lights FC is set to begin its first season in February, the Las Vegas Aces WNBA team will take the court in May and the Raiders are expected to kick off in their new stadium in 2020.

PizzaRev bills itself as healthy option for pies

PizzaRev, a fast-casual pizza concept that started in Los Angeles, opened three Las Vegas Valley restarants in the past year and a half.Two are in the southwest valley, and one is in Henderson.

Memorial US flag found in Las Vegas Valley road

Joseph Mascolino hopes to find the owner of a U.S. memorial flag that he found in a road and believes was destined for a veteran’s family.

UNLV graduate wants to open first cat cafe in Las Vegas

Rhiannon Gladney, a 2016 economics graduate from UNLV, wants to add Las Vegas to the list and help lower feline euthanasia rates. Gladney has been raising money and organizing pop-up adoption events in an effort to open a nonprofit cat cafe in the southwest Las Vegas Valley called Meow or Never.

Kitchen Table Squared to open Monday in southwest Las Vegas

Ten months later than planned, Kitchen Table Squared will open to the public on Monday. The restaurant, in the Gramercy complex near the Russell Road exit of the 215 Beltway, is a west Las Vegas spinoff of Henderson’s popular breakfast and lunch spot Kitchen Table. Unlike the original, however, it will be open for dinner.

Ace of Steaks offers kosher steakhouse, Persian menus

The Jewish couple keeps kosher and saw an opportunity in the market for a high-end kosher restaurant, Ellie Edison said. They came up with the concept in August and, along with friends and co-owners Danny and Diva Saghian, opened the restaurant in October.

Filipino teachers adjust to school district, life in Las Vegas

Vanguardia and his fellow Filipino teachers are working for the school district on J-1 visas, a nonimmigrant visa for work- and study-based travel. About 300,000 foreign travelers come to the U.S. each year on J-1 visas. In 2016, Nevada hosted 2,021 participants, according to the U.S. Department of State.

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