La’Shard Anderson and Ryan Watkins scored 16 points each, and Boise State dominated the second half to rout New Mexico State 81-63 Friday night and reach the Western Athletic Conference championship game.
Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller on Friday formally requested financial documents from former gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid in a probe of potential campaign finance violations.
CARSON CITY — The state’s colleges and universities will eliminate programs, lay off hundreds of employees and leave thousands of students with nowhere else to go if the governor’s budget goes through, the institutions’ presidents said Friday.
CARSON CITY — Nevada Assembly members welcomed a special guest Friday — 19-day-old Xavier Carson Alejandre, the son of Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz.
Helena Sverrisdottir scored 25 points and second-seeded TCU advanced to its first Mountain West Conference championship game with a 61-40 semifinal win over New Mexico on Friday.
Ashley Morris brought a message to the annual Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop franchisee meeting of a growth plan that would finally fall into place.
In a cautionary tale for online daters, a man already in the Clark County Detention Center on an Arizona murder warrant alleging that he killed an ex-girlfriend has been indicted in Las Vegas in the attempted murder of another.
Cumulus Media has agreed to acquire Las Vegas-based Citadel Broadcasting for about $2.4 billion.
DALLAS — Women who enjoy a daily dose of coffee may like this perk: It might lower their risk of stroke. Women in a Swedish study who drank at least a cup of coffee every day had a 22 to 25 percent lower risk of stroke, compared to those who drank less coffee or none at all.
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Comedian Gallagher is hospitalized in Minnesota after collapsing during a performance. Todd Powers, owner of Whiskey Bone’s Roadhouse in Rochester, said the 64-year-old Gallagher collapsed in the middle of a show there Thursday night. Gallagher’s manager, Craig Marquardo, says the comedian is in stable condition and will be hospitalized overnight. He says he doesn’t yet know what caused Gallagher to collapse.
LOS ANGELES — Charlie Sheen and his estranged wife have struck an accord that settles any custody issues and ends the pursuit of a restraining order against the actor, according to their attorneys. Sheen and Brooke Mueller “reached an agreement that resolves their differences,” lawyers for the pair said Thursday night. The statement said the details of the arrangement were being kept confidential for the benefit of their twin sons.
TOKYO — A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan’s eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control. Hours later, the tsunami hit Hawaii and warnings blanketed the Pacific, putting areas on alert as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast.
Michael McClendon, a poker room supervisor at the Sahara, wasn’t surprised when he was called into a meeting at 7:30 a.m. with other employees and was told the nearly 60-year-old Strip resort would cease operations in May.
McClendon, who recently celebrated 25 years at the casino, said the announcement Friday shouldn’t have been unexpected.
