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Caesars Entertainment Corp. is the latest major resort on the Strip to eliminate plastic straws and stirrers from all U.S. properties. Currently, plastic straws and stirrers are only available upon request at Caesars’ properties. The next phase of removal will bring sustainable options to all U.S. locations. The company estimates this will remove nearly 200 million straws per year. Ryan Voss, vice president of beverage at Caesars Entertainment

The Gaming Hall of Fame was created in 1989 It now holds more than 60 members, including William Boyd, J. Terrence Lanni and Steve Wynn. According to the AGA website, the association “solicits nominations from its members, and then AGA staff and members of the Board of Directors confer to make the final selections.” “Over the years, the Hall of Fame’s mark of distinction has been expanded …to include culinary visionaries and entertainment legends, such as Wolfgang Puck, Frank Sinatra, Wayne Newton, Debbie Reynolds”

Sprouts has opened several Las Vegas area locations so far this year It will open its next location Oct. 3 at 7375 S. Rainbow Blvd. The first 200 shoppers will receive 20 percent off their initial total purchase.

Tech’s boys soccer team is looking to crash the 4A party. The Roadrunners have been a 3A power for years, making the state tournament four of the last six seasons. Now they’re in 4A, are 7-2-2, and picked up a signature win over Bishop Gorman last week. “It shows that we’re not just some team that you can rub off. We’re a competitor in this league,” senior defender Alan Garcia said. They have Coronado and Durango, two Desert Region contenders, in the next week.

Between 2008 and 2013 13 state-chartered banks failed in Nevada Mounting real estate defaults and a run on deposits left them with too little cash to meet their obligations. Those failures wiped away more than half of Nevada’s chartered banks. No other state lost as many by percentage. George Burns, Nevada Financial Institutions Division Commissioner

XpressWest, the high-speed rail proposal to link Las Vegas with Los Angeles has been acquired by a company that provides rail service in Florida. Brightline announced plans to take over the rights to XpressWest’s 185-mile federally approved rail corridor along Interstate 15. Brightline indicated it also would acquire 38 acres adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip to build an intermodal transportation station with access to taxis, buses, shuttles and limousines. The company indicated it would begin building the rail line next year and complete a link between Victorville and Las Vegas by 2022. Under the company’s plan, a dual-track line free of grade crossings would be built between Las Vegas and Victorville. Eventually, the plan envisioned a 60-mile link west between Victorville and Palmdale, California, where the line would meet with Southern California’s Metrolink commuter rail lines and the California High Speed Rail line that is under construction.

The intersection of Desert Inn Road and Maryland Parkway is partially blocked due to a water main break. Southbound lanes and all but one northbound lane on Maryland Parkway are closed between Desert Inn and Twain Avenue. Two lanes of westbound Desert Inn are shut down; eastbound lanes remain open. On Monday night a contractor working at the intersection damaged one of the water district’s 16-inch underground pipes, spokesman Corey Enus said. Enus said Maryland Parkway would likely remain closed through Tuesday evening and into Wednesday morning, as crews work to fix it.

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The Westin hotel east of the Strip is under new ownership. According to property records, hotel operator Highgate and investment firm Cerberus Capital Management bought it for $195.5 million. The 826-room hotel originally opened in 1977 as the Maxim. It sold last week after the Westin replaced its casino floor with a restaurant and implemented other changes.

Cimarron-Memorial opens Northwest League play against Shadow Ridge on Friday. Cimarron (2-2) will rely on running back Jordan Norwood, who has shined through four games. The junior has rushed 103 times for 778 yards and 12 TDs, all tops on the leaderboard. Norwood has also helped the Cimarron passing game, drawing attention away from opposing defenses. Cimarron lost its first two games, but has won two in a row heading into Friday. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Shadow Ridge (3-1).

A College of Southern Nevada professor is facing felony gun charges after reportedly shooting himself in the arm to protest Trump. Longtime sociology professor Mark J. Bird was found bleeding from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his arm about 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 28 outside a bathroom in the Charleston campus K building. Inside the bathroom, campus police found a $100 bill taped to a mirror along with a note that said, “For the janitor.” On the floor of the restroom was a black-and-white, .22-caliber pistol and one spent shell casing. Bird’s preliminary hearing is set for Sept. 17 in Las Vegas Justice Court.

Hawaii’s win over Colorado State shows this could be a wide-open Mountain West season. Colorado State’s season already is in jeopardy. Wyoming opened its season on Saturday with a victory over New Mexico State. UNLV begins play this Saturday against USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Rebels have high hopes of making a bowl.