RENO — Freshman Luke Babbitt scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead UNR to a 65-60 victory over Fresno State on Saturday.
Missing in action for part of the season, running back Willie Parker is emerging as a major factor for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the postseason.
In many cities, the word redevelopment is reserved for decaying downtowns and old neighborhoods lost to crime and neglect.
It lacked the applause of a campaign kickoff — I’ve heard louder applause at funerals — but I’m betting Gov. Jim Gibbons used Thursday’s State of the State speech as the unofficial start of his re-election bid.
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted last week to release $350 billion in federal bailout funds to the incoming Barack Obama administration, the second half of an initiative that so far has failed to brake the country’s economic slide.
WASHINGTON — As if Saturday wasn’t remarkable enough — getting to ride in a rail car on a historic whistle-stop tour through grand old cities and chatting with political celebrities and journalists from around the world — Rosa Mendoza fell numb when she heard her name called out in a speech before thousands of people.
The state of the state? Grim, judging from the drastic cuts proposed Thursday by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
One day before the country marks Barack Obama’s inauguration, Las Vegas will honor another famous black American during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.
I’m sometimes asked what’s the worst traffic situation in the Las Vegas Valley outside of Las Vegas Boulevard.
The fist driven into the right side of nurse Marilou Tan’s jaw made her feel as though her head might be ripped from her neck.
The 52 Miss America contestants went down the wrong road on their first Saturday night in Sin City.
Las Vegas treats relics of communism and the Cold War like so many curiosities.
RENO — A teenager was arrested Saturday on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter after a collision during a chase in Reno killed two passengers in the bed of his pickup and critically injured another, police said.
A company with a multimillion-dollar contract to install fire systems at the Strip’s massive CityCenter complex is under investigation by the state fire marshal for questionable maintenance at Southern Nevada locations including a Las Vegas seniors home and three hotel-casinos.
WHEN GEORGE W. BUSH’S WAX LIKENESS was replaced Thursday by one of Barack Obama at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, studio artists D.P. Shapiro and Andrea Pavles reminisced.
I don’t care what color you are or what side of the political boat you row, the inauguration on Tuesday of the first black president of the United States is destined to become not simply a milestone in the life of our nation but also a sacrament in race relations that will resonate for generations.
“I don’t know who will be giving money. When the disclosure occurs, obviously it would be after the fact, so it would be hard to make an argument that it influenced anybody because we didn’t know about it.”
Back in 2004, Bennie D. Herring drove to the Coffee County, Ala., sheriff’s office to check on an impounded truck. Upon Herring’s arrival, Investigator Mark Anderson asked the warrant clerk to check for any outstanding warrants. Mr. Anderson was told there was an outstanding felony warrant for Herring’s arrest, issued by the Dale County Sheriff’s Department.
I suspect most of us have these little visual memories that we savor over the years and replay in our minds when some event, phrase or visual jars it loose.
Because of the worst economic downturn since World War II, many state governments now expect revenues to fall in coming years — resulting in less public spending on higher education. Certain state revenue reforms could moderate the effects of economic slumps on colleges. But higher education institutions also must face reality and become more productive and cost-effective.
The Legislature’s Democratic majority had more than two months to prepare for Gov. Jim Gibbons’ State of the State address and, more importantly, the unveiling of his thoroughly unsurprising spending plan for 2009-11. The drastic program cuts, the salary reductions and the absence of tax increases not approved by voters were predictable, principled proposals to balance a budget that has receded because of a worsening recession.
More than 700 and perhaps as many as 1,300 years ago — back when the peace-loving Muslims were trying to conquer Europe (till they were stopped at Tours by Charles Martel) — the ancestors of the people who became the Aztecs passed through what is now Utah and Arizona, on their way south.
As he prepares to make history when inaugurated Tuesday as the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama reminds me more strikingly each day of one of his predecessors.
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, then Washington is putting the finishing touches on a sparkling superhighway to the underworld — and forcing thousands of viable businesses onto the express lanes toward a fiery doom.