LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Troy Gillenwater scored 21 points to lead New Mexico State to a 77-68 victory over UNR on Saturday.
Thirteen of the 18 Las Vegas mayoral candidates showed up for last week’s Veterans In Politics forum, which was held in the Las Vegas City Council chambers. They sat where the council members sit during meetings, and there was a pool on who would try to snag the mayor’s chair in the middle.
The green flag won’t drop on the big race until noon today , but NASCAR’s impact has already been felt in Las Vegas.
The population of non-Hispanic Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders in Nevada has doubled in the past decade, from 7,769 to 15,456, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in February. Most live in Clark County, where the population went from 5,864 to 12,474.
When a high-ranking Arizona lawmaker was detained last weekend by Phoenix police after a roadside fight with his girlfriend, it looked like he was headed to jail. Then the state constitution swooped in and saved him. A Nevada legislator in a similar spot would not be so lucky.
Federal prosecutors have identified 75 to 100 co-conspirators, including judges, attorneys and former police officers, at various levels of a massive fraud scheme involving Las Vegas Valley homeowners associations, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
After a grueling four-week stretch to start the NASCAR season, nearly every Sprint Cup driver will get a weekend away from racetracks after today’s Kobalt Tools 400. But not Kurt Busch.
No. 99 Carl Edwards grabbed the lead late in the race from Tony Stewart, who was 2nd. “Second sucks,” he told Fox after the race. Juan Pablo Montoya was 3rd.