Tentative budget deal reached; education spending would be cut 6.9 percent

Carson City — State spending on education would be cut by 6.9 percent under a budget deal Democrats and Republicans reached late Saturday, a source who had seen the draft budget document said.

Lobos block Cougars, settle MWC top seed

PROVO, Utah — No. 10 New Mexico wrapped up the top seed in the Mountain West Conference Tournament and a share of the regular-season title by defeating fellow heavyweight Brigham Young on Saturday.

outdoor brief

Clash with ‘cowboy’ still bothers couple

A Las Vegas couple are still hot under the hood about what they say was a close encounter of the bizarre kind with NASCAR analyst Jeff Hammond.

Union lackeys

Dialing 911

Old-time urban railroads roll again in Perris, Calif.

Riding the Red Car to Los Angeles was something I relished as a kid. In the late 1940s and early ’50s, the fastest public transportation from the far-flung suburbs of Los Angeles to Downtown L.A. was the Pacific Electric trolley.

BOOKMARK

Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.

R-VOICE

Michelle Cervantes, junior

GOLDEN GOAL

Connor Fields has big dreams.

WATERCOOLER

Tracking former Vegas TV personalities who came and went

Antsy anchors, restless reporters, wandering weathercasters, straying sportscasters — for staff turnover, few industries can match local television, where the cute-pretty-dignified faces, white-capped-bleached teeth, poofy-coiffured-helmet hair and friendly-dramatic-alarming voices can change at the drop of a commercial break.

Sometimes we have to explore dark corners

She says I’m “holding a grudge.” She says it’s not healthy for me, that she wishes I could “let it go.” She thinks I’m allowing the past to rob my life in the present. She says that I just can’t afford to “hold on” to this anger and resentment any more.

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