Surrounded by the Stanley Cup, Vezina Trophy and other coveted NHL awards as he spoke on the outdoor deck of The Palms’ Ghostbar on a sun-splashed Monday afternoon, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman barely could contain his excitement about bringing the league’s awards show to Las Vegas for the next three years.
DETROIT — There was a lot of talk about preparation around here the last few days, about how Michigan State’s coaching staff gets its basketball team ready to play big games on quick turnarounds, about how the Spartans have enough video experts to open a film school, about numerous 20-minute sessions for players throughout the day and sometimes late into the night.
Audience members applauded appreciatively Saturday night as the slight 16-year-old in a pale blue gown walked to center stage. “She is so cute,” someone whispered.
Opponents of Nevada’s smoking ban challenged the constitutionality of the 2006 law Monday before the state Supreme Court, arguing that it should be overturned because it is vague and unfairly targets small bars and taverns.
It’s primary election day in Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Boulder City and Mesquite.
CARSON CITY — Dozens of Nevadans, including patients affected by a hepatitis C outbreak in Las Vegas, packed hearing rooms here and in Las Vegas Monday to support a bill that would allow for bigger lawsuit awards as a result of negligence by doctors.
RENO — First lady Dawn Gibbons accuses Gov. Jim Gibbons of extramarital affairs with the wives of two Reno doctors in divorce documents unsealed Monday by a court order.
North Las Vegas’ firefighter union has agreed to defer a 3.5 percent annual cost-of-living increase to save the financially strapped city money, officials said Monday.
CARSON CITY — Accounting changes by Nevada lawmakers created a revenue shortfall estimate of $2.2 billion that, while grim, is less than a nearly $3 billion gap to close if government services stay at current levels, the state’s budget chief said Monday.
Somewhere in the Republic of Suriname, a joker is masquerading as a judge.
A little rock history goes down at Mirage’s Bare Pool on Saturday. The original musicians in both Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros will perform together in the same space for the first time.
Local playwright Brian Kral is gifting the Rainbow Company with “The Samurai and the Shadow Princess” — a tale, based on a Japanese chamber play, about the limits of power.
