Bill Moos caught himself Monday saying “us” about the UNLV athletic department he hopes to run. … “I’m talking like I already have the job,” said the 58-year-old former Oregon athletic director, one of three finalists for UNLV’s AD position. … That remains to be seen. … UNLV president Neal Smatresk could make a decision as soon as tonight, after interviewing the final candidate, Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood.
When Alice Pitts looked at the Bonanza teammates who joined her on the floor for much of the second half Monday, one thought came to mind.
CEDAR CITY, Utah — In a typical film session, UNLV coach Lon Kruger reviews the previous game and emphasizes points positive and negative.
The search for UNLV’s next athletic director could conclude with an offer to one of three finalists today, which probably explains the festive mood president Neal Smatresk championed at the school’s basketball game Saturday.
Count Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White among those who are not excited about the finalists for the UNLV athletic director position.
The Washington Digest in Sunday’s Review-Journal misreported how Reps. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Dean Heller, R-Nev., voted last week on a regulation bill for financial institutions. Titus voted for the bill and Heller voted against it.
The suspects who robbed an armored car guard Monday in the Palace Station parking lot netted a lot less than the $1 million originally reported.
CARSON CITY — Former Assemblyman Pat Hickey didn’t leave much of a lasting impression during his single session as a Reno legislator.
Prosecutors would get slightly lower pay raises that would save Clark County between $150,000 and $200,000 if commissioners approve the agreement today.
Its nickname is the “Beast of Kandahar,” but the Air Force has officially dubbed it the RQ-170 Sentinel.
The Las Vegas Philharmonic did its part Saturday to assure that these days are merry, bright, and oh so tuneful.
CARSON CITY — The Bureau of Land Management approved the removal of 2,500 wild horses from the range near Reno on Monday as opposition grows to what would be one of the largest roundups in Nevada in recent years.
Former County Commissioner Dario Herrera is officially a free man.
I’ve never thought much of ethics commissions.
Ten people were displaced when their two-story house went up in flames Monday evening.
Who doesn’t love a good rock star story? Today’s Vegas memory flashback comes courtesy of Matt Sorum (former member of Guns N’ Roses and The Cult), who takes his sexy girl-rock group Darling Stilettos to the Palms on Friday and Saturday to perform for free.
It meets all federal safety standards, but Las Vegas’ drinking water is among the worst in the nation, according to a new report by the Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Working Group.
At a White House meeting Monday, President Obama — obviously concerned that he can’t go on forever blaming the nation’s dire economic straits on his predecessor, George W. Bush — twisted the arms of the nation’s top bankers, insisting that they start lending again, on the theory this will boost the economy.
When the design firm of New York-based Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Kuhn Architects, EE&K, laid out a master plan for a site on the Strip known as 55 West more than five years ago, the challenge was to develop a location with New York City-type density but with Las Vegas accessibility.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Oil-rich Abu Dhabi pumped $10 billion into its indebted neighbor Monday, sending stocks soaring while sparing Dubai and the rest of the Emirates federation the humiliation of an imminent default by one of the struggling Arab boomtown’s star companies.
The six-state Intermountain West region has been hit hardest by the economic crisis, with Las Vegas, Phoenix and Boise, Idaho, remaining as the most troubled metropolitan areas in the entire nation in the third quarter, Brookings Mountain West reported Monday.