Last week I had the pleasure of working the UNLV Collegiate Invitational at Southern Highlands Golf Club and experienced several interesting rules situations.
After a steady and impressive rise in his first three years on the PGA Tour, Nick Watney stepped back a bit last season.
CARSON CITY — A bill designating the vivid dancer damselfly as Nevada’s official state insect has won unanimous support in the state Senate and is on its way to the Assembly.
If you’re not checking out the local blogs on reviewjournal.com, here’s just a sample of what you’ve been missing:
Displeased with the secondary and pass rush, UNLV’s coaching staff signed five junior college players in December and February to provide immediate help in those areas.
Carrie Sheehan insisted her right arm wasn’t sore after Tuesday’s softball game.
Pete Manarino coached for decades in the mecca of youth softball. He witnessed the skill, watched it be nurtured, lost track of the number of travel teams at, oh, tons.
As spring break vacations go, Mat Robinson’s was pretty memorable.
Many experts — or at least those preparing to fill out a bracket for the NCAA Tournament — questioned how Arizona and its 19-13 record could be selected among the 65 best men’s college basketball teams.
WASHINGTON — It might take a while longer, but Sen. Harry Reid vowed Tuesday that controversial bonuses paid to executives of the AIG insurance firm will be recovered.
CARSON CITY– A bill debated Tuesday by Nevada lawmakers would impose a moratorium on capital punishment in Nevada until mid-2011, while a study is done on the cost of the death penalty.
Finally. Local business leaders and labor unions agree on something.
Four reputed gang members are facing murder charges after authorities said they beat a 21-year-old to death during a gang initiation ritual known as “jumping in.”
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign has been among the top recipients of campaign contributions from AIG, according to an analysis performed as Congress weighs how to recover millions of dollars in bonuses the troubled insurance firm paid to its executives.
A story in Tuesday’s Review-Journal on proposed medical malpractice legislation had the incorrect name for the head of the Premier Physicians Insurance Company. Dr. K. Warren Volker is chairman.
CARSON CITY — A state lawmaker has proposed a $5 tax on acts of prostitution in Nevada, where brothels operate legally in some areas, and a counseling agency for sex workers that would be funded by part of the tax revenue.
A former Harrah’s Las Vegas maintenance supervisor is suing the hotel, alleging it exposed him to asbestos during hotel remodeling and alleging it created a hostile work environment.
This week readers want to know if there are plans to build an exit at North Fifth Street and the Las Vegas Beltway in North Las Vegas; what is the work being done on Tropicana Avenue near McCarran International Airport; and can drivers park their vehicles on the opposite side of a street? And the Road Warrior clarifies a northbound/southbound boo-boo.
Las Vegas is going back to square one in its plan to redevelop Cashman Center, which is home to the Las Vegas 51s baseball team and a convention center.
The lawyer for Chrissy Mazzeo can begin collecting some evidence for her lawsuit against Gov. Jim Gibbons and others, but cannot question the defendants, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers were urged Tuesday by Chief Justice James Hardesty to approve measures that would result in major changes in the state’s judicial system.
CARSON CITY — Fifty-four legislative staffers earned more than $100,000 as a result of overtime during the 2007 legislative session, including 18 who made more than the governor’s own salary of $141,000.
Back in the day, Gerard Killeen says, he was quite the pool shark. With a smirk, the 78-year-old said he could take down the very best. … Today, more than a year after suffering a stroke that left his right arm and leg partially paralyzed, Killeen is content to achieve smaller victories, such as moving one of his fingers.
RENO — A federal court judge is scheduled to decide next week whether to strike any references to Gov. Jim Gibbons’ pending divorce and shield him from giving testimony in a civil lawsuit filed by a former administrator who claims she was improperly fired from the governor’s office.
A 22-year-old man accused of shooting and killing his friend during a fight outside a party pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder and attempted murder charges.