After talking to others with spinal cord injuries, Ashlee Kalina decided to start her own group, Las Vegas TRAILS, an acronym for Therapeutic Recreation and Independent Living Skills.
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Meet more women impacting the Las Vegas food scene
From the Strip to the suburbs, from dinner to dessert, these chefs and restaurateurs are serving up some of the most exciting cuisine in the Valley.
Title push: 8 reasons the Las Vegas Aces could make some noise in the second season
Can this star-studded Aces squad bring the city its first professional sports championship? There are plenty of reasons to think they can get the job done.
These five Vegas-based female chefs are carving their own paths, one dish at a time
Nicole Brisson, Gina Marinelli, Leticia Nunez, Megan Shaver and Jamie Tran participated in a roundtable discussion at the ‘Weekly’ offices.
Chef Nicole Brisson steps off the Strip to Mountain’s Edge with Locale
She recalls waking up crying in the middle of the night, stressing whether anyone would show up when the doors opened. “Now it’s about me. It’s about my livelihood.”
Golden Knights’ William Carrier had a better season than you remember
William Carrier is a bruising power forward who stumbled his way into some goals last season, but his league-leading hits-per-game and physical presence is the extent of …
Beyond the brink: A look at recent animal extinctions
For better or worse, Homo sapiens have left their mark on the world. So much so that those in charge of our history are considering replacing Holocene—the label for our current geological period spanning the past 10,000 years—with Anthropocene, a term…
Your watering schedule is changing for fall; tech can help you save
Almost all water used indoors in Southern Nevada is recycled, making outdoor water conservation a primary concern year-round. According to the Southern Nevada Water Authority, about …
Psycho Las Vegas brings the noise to Mandalay Bay
After three years at the Hard Rock Hotel, the event—built loosely around heavy, psychedelic and metallic music—makes the move to Las Vegas Boulevard, becoming the first major music festival to inhabit a single Strip resort.
Native American tribe claims nuclear waste can’t be stored on its land
More than 150 years after the first treaty between the Western Shoshone and the federal government was signed, the two nations disagree on the outcome—the Shoshone say they never turned over their land.