Rutgers’ coaching scandal spiraled deeper Friday, bringing down the athletic director and a school vice president while donors threatened to cut off their contributions to New Jersey’s largest public university.
Twelve years ago, Rick Pitino pulled the plug on his plans to become UNLV’s basketball coach. Of course, he landed in Louisville instead, and the story of how that scenario unfolded is old news.
Many a relatively recent arrival to Las Vegas is heard whining that their adopted state in “last in everything.” Ignore for the moment the fact that they’re often wrong — Nevada is now near the national median in both tax collections (more’s the pity) and tax-funded school spending, for example.
Q: We keep hearing how there aren’t enough homes available for sale in Las Vegas right now. Do you see that changing anytime soon? — Cheryl P., Las Vegas
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes.
Q: I have heard of HOPA. I think it has something to do with housing the elderly. Can you please tell me more about it?
Like most of the owners at Mira Villa, Marilynn Lacey and her husband, Steve, were attracted to the luxury condominium complex by its Summerlin location, floor plans, amenities and construction. What the Laceys didn’t expect was the sense of community developing among the homeowners.
Pardee Homes’ Durango Ranch community in southwest Las Vegas is getting a new neighbor — Durango Trail, which is scheduled to open April 27.
Organizers expect about 600 participants in the third annual Summerlin Half Marathon, which is to be held April 16.
Global fiscal woes should translate into good times for gold prices, according to a research and consulting firm.
It’s almost as if they have a crystal ball.
Tyler Brown knew Friday’s game against Liberty would be a heated one.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Chris Schwinden (1-0); River Cats, Jesse Chavez (0-1)
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Inbee Park took the second-round lead Friday in the Kraft Nabisco Championship, making three birdies in a row early on the back nine and rebounding from a wind-blown bogey with four straight pars.
For someone who spent virtually his entire life in the water, Michael Phelps is quickly finding out that his newest vocation lends itself to avoiding the wet stuff whenever possible.
The day Diego Magdaleno has dreamed about since he first laced on a pair of boxing gloves at 7 years old has arrived. But he never thought he would have to go halfway around the world to realize that dream.
One week ago, Kevin Ware was probably the last member of Louisville’s basketball team anyone would expect to become a celebrity.
Glenn Robinson III is a freshman at Michigan. One of his classes is a humanities course titled “The Cultures of Basketball.” Earlier this year, a certain team was covered in the curriculum, one whose style and attitude altered the game forever.
Local power utility NV Energy said Friday that it is downsizing its information-technology department.
While some cancer clinics across the country have begun turning away thousands of Medicare patients –– an action clinic administrators blame on sequester budget cuts –– that disruption in care is not under way in Las Vegas.
It took more than six weeks for Leon McKittrick to get six squatters out of a rental home he owns in Las Vegas.
Fire chiefs in two of Nevada’s biggest cities no longer would answer to city managers and instead report directly to elected officials under a bill that is backed by firefighter unions.
Three people, including a former state lawmaker, are seeking ousted Assemblyman Steven Brooks’ old job.
The woman who was captured on courtroom videotape complaining she was groped by a Family Court marshal filed a federal lawsuit Friday.
A longtime Henderson employee alleges a city lawyer told him in January to withdraw from the mayoral race or face an ethics violation.
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Aerial drone likely launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels hits ship in the Red Sea