As the higher seed, the Connecticut Huskies will wear their white home uniforms against Michigan State in the national semifinals Saturday.
If Bonanza’s softball team is starting to feel any pressure as the lone remaining undefeated squad in Southern Nevada, it’s not noticeable.
Carlos Condit does not expect to be nervous when he makes his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut Wednesday night.
The University of Memphis gave Kentucky permission Monday to speak to John Calipari about the Wildcats’ head coaching position, then made a final push to try to keep the coach.
Blake Griffin and Tyler Hansbrough spent a lot of time together on the court last weekend and were back together Monday as the top vote-getters on the Associated Press All-America team.
CARSON CITY — Medical marijuana advocates testified Monday that a bill prescribing prison sentences for growing more than seven marijuana plants will prevent sick people from getting their “medicine.”
CARSON CITY — A “green jobs” initiative sought by Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, moved Monday to the full Nevada Senate following approval of amendments by a key legislative committee.
On any given day inside the walls of the Clark County Detention Center, about 100 inmates sleep on cots or mattresses on the floor. … Another 150 sit in holding cells in the booking area, waiting for beds to open. Some 350 sleep in beds rented at area jails. About 250 sit home on house arrest. … Overcrowding is a fact of life inside the county jail. It has been for most of three decades.
A Las Vegas doctor convicted last year of injecting patients with a substitute version of Botox was sentenced last week to nearly four years in prison, about half of the time sought by federal prosecutors.
The man accused of killing one woman and maiming another when he plowed his pickup into a bus shelter while under the influence of prescription drugs was found guilty Monday in District Court.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority has asked for a one-year delay before a hearing on the last part of its multibillion-dollar plan to tap groundwater across Eastern Nevada.
The “Folies Bergere” closed Saturday after 49 years. The show goes on in Nancy Williams Baker‘s store, Williams Costume Co., where 9,000 costumes, plus wigs and makeup, await dancers, showgirls, impersonators, Elvis and Marilyn wedding parties, and hotel event makers.
The Nevada Supreme Court has denied a request by Clark and Washoe counties to delay implementing performance standards for public defenders.
For the first time in at least two decades, Clark County’s property tax revenue will drop below the previous year’s, compounding an expected budget crunch.
The Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts’ “Ascension Day” and “Bang Bang You’re Dead” are two small-scaled one-acts, mediocre in writing and direction, that want to make the world a better place.
The city of Las Vegas probably will need wage cuts from employees and more reductions in how fast wages grow in order to keep budgets out of the red, city officials said Monday.
Local car dealers have welcomed President Obama’s reassurance that the government would back up new car warranties even if manufacturers can’t. But warranty security is far down on the list of concerns facing new car buyers.
Nevada finally put its foot down in the Southwest Exchange scam — right on Nikki Pomeroy’s neck.
CARSON CITY — U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., urged Nevada lawmakers on Monday to figure a way around the $2 billion-plus revenue shortfall faced by the state and fund public education and social services for children adequately.
The last leg of the Energy Department’s decades-long journey to obtain a license for constructing a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain starts today, with judges from a regulatory agency slated to hear arguments about the license application.
CARSON CITY — Democratic legislative leaders intend to release Friday a figure for how much they believe needs to be raised in new taxes to balance the budget, Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley said Monday.
Clark County school police are investigating the theft or loss of thousands of dollars in funds raised by students in the football program at Coronado High School.
The Nevada Supreme Court will try to resolve more than 200 medical malpractice lawsuits in District Court through a “settlement marathon” in May.
Clark County and the leaders of its largest union agreed Monday on a proposal to trim annual cost-of-living raises to 1 percent from 3 percent in the current labor contract.
