The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce has received the Nevada Association of School Boards’ executive committee friend of education award for being a vocal advocate for public school students.
This is one of those deserved losses, when UNLV’s basketball team was fortunate to be at home. Had its game against Oregon been anywhere but the Thomas & Mack Center on Friday night, it wouldn’t have come down to a final possession or two.
The Southern Nevada chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform its traditional Advent-Christmas Recital at 4 p.m. Dec. 2 at Christ Church Episcopal, 2000 S. Maryland Parkway. The program is free and open to the public (735-7655).
Olivia Baldonado remembers well the day five months ago when doctors told her she had lung cancer. It was the same day her younger sister shared in a long-distance phone call that she too had been diagnosed with cancer – colon cancer.
The halls were decked. The jingle bells rocked. The reindeer played. The Magical Forest at Opportunity Village twinkled brightly Friday night during the charity’s 21st annual tree lighting ceremony.
Jack Bean has waited 45 years to see the Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort grow into its name and the basin surrounding it. For that reason, Friday wasn’t just the season opener for him but also marked the beginning of potential realized – at last – for the little-known Mount Charleston resort within an hour of tourist mecca Sin City.
The Ducks beat the Rebels in a semifinal of the Global Sports Classic at the Thomas & Mack Center tonight. UNLV (2-1) faces Iowa State (4-1) in the third-place game at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Black Friday is a day off for state Department of Motor Vehicles employees, but it’s also a warning that Black Monday is approaching with its hordes of customers who want prompt service.
It’s 5 a.m., and Mary and Charles Livingston are at Home Depot, with a plan to save $700. The husband and wife are in need of a new washer and dryer, for which they’re about to pay $1,500. Along the way, they pick up a pot of decorative poinsettias, but overall they stuck to their plan.
MIAMI – A Miami woman who spent 42 years in a coma has died.