Season of firsts continues for Agassi

In a season full of firsts for the Agassi Prep boys basketball team, the Stars managed yet another on Friday.

Property owners seek to cut taxes

A chorus of almost 6,000 property owners have chanted the same mantra all month: Lower our taxes.

Yuletide taxable sales plunge

CARSON CITY — The Christmas season was a grim one for Nevada merchants, according to a state report Friday: The $3.92 billion in goods and services purchased during December was down 16.2 percent compared with the same month a year ago.

Donny Osmond wows his wife

Donny Osmond is off to a fast start for Husband of the Year honors.

IN BRIEF

eastern avenue incident

Kurt Busch aims for comeback

The road back from his 2004 championship season hasn’t been smooth for Kurt Busch, so the NASCAR Sprint Cup driver doesn’t want to make too much of his promising start this year.

Woman shot, killed outside store

A 46-year-old woman was shot and killed during a gunbattle between a group of men outside a North Las Vegas grocery store Friday night.

Students ask legislators to avoid massive education cuts

Twenty-plus college students pleaded with legislators Friday to keep the higher education system’s budget from being cut, which many said could end their chances of success in life.

Three Ross votes noted in filing

Las Vegas Councilman Steve Ross should have disclosed a conflict of interest or abstained from voting on many items that have come before the City Council, according to an ethics complaint.

Stiles jury sees video

Jurors watched somberly Friday evening as prosecutors presented their key piece of evidence against child molestation suspect Chester Stiles: a 15-minute videotape that depicts the sexual assault of a 2-year-old girl.

UNR outpaces UNLV in donations in 2008

RENO — The University of Nevada, Reno topped the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in donations in 2008, a report shows.

State park cuts raise concerns

CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers raised concerns Friday over limited park operations and park staff reductions that would be required under Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed budget cuts.

Yucca application filed on Inauguration Day

While the Obama administration has been pursuing a course to kill the Yucca Mountain Project, the Department of Energy has been quietly forging ahead with its plan to obtain water rights for building a rail line across rural Nevada to haul the nation’s highly radioactive waste for burial in the mountain.

Just charge it on your new Visa!

Over the years, there have been plenty of bad ideas to come out of the Nevada Legislature, and Democratic Assemblyman Harry Mortenson’s latest proposal has to be near the top of that list.

Security Savings Bank shut down

Henderson-based Security Savings Bank was shut down by banking regulators Friday and will reopen Monday as branches of Bank of Nevada.

Gaming stocks plunge to 2003 lows in February

Gaming stocks sunk to levels during February that have not been visited since President Bush declared “mission accomplished” and Arnold Schwarzenegger was making movies rather than governing California.

IN BRIEF

Southwest Gas says director will retire

NV Energy requests 3.6 percent rate increase

NV Energy is looking for a 3.6 percent rate increase that would begin Oct. 1, a month after the utility wants a previously announced 18 percent increase request to go into effect.

MGM Mirage borrows from credit line

An announcement Friday that MGM Mirage tapped into its revolving line of credit to borrow $842 million for general corporate purposes led three credit rating services to devalue the company’s bonds and sent the casino operator’s stock price to an all-time low.

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