EDITORIAL: Financial aid fumble

Last week, the College of Southern Nevada announced it had made recurring, significant mistakes in calculating federal financial aid for students during the previous two academic years, and that as a result, the U.S. Department of Education wanted a more thorough review of the school’s books.

Bader blocks Teixeira’s path for UFC title

Everything sets up perfectly for Glover Teixeira to cement his status as the top contender in the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight division Wednesday night and earn the next shot at the belt. All that stands in his way is Ryan Bader, a 30-year-old Reno native and McQueen High School graduate.

Clark County Credit Union chief hails stronger economy

With the long-ailing Las Vegas economy finally in a sustained recovery, Clark County Credit Union has re-emerged as a profitable financial institution after shedding branches and nonperforming loans, as well as investing in technology.

Vietnam veteran posthumously awarded Bronze Star

On the desk in a room in the back corner of a congresswoman’s office Tuesday sat a series of medals and a folded American flag. Johnnette Fafard held those medals, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart and others, and she passed them to her grandchildren.

Portion of Grand Teton Drive remains closed for cleanup

A rash of flood-inducing storms have left many northwest Las Vegas Valley roadways in turmoil, causing an estimated $350,000 in cleanup costs alone, according to Las Vegas city officials.

Atlantic City welcomes Miss America contestants

The Miss America pageant is back in the city where it began, six years after spurning the city for Las Vegas.

North Las Vegas won’t release opinions on controversial eminent domain plan

Two outside legal opinions of the constitutionality of a controversial plan to use North Las Vegas’ power of eminent domain to seize underwarter mortgages won’t be made public, acting City Attorney Sandra Douglass Morgan said.

Old-school baseball guy keeps 51s mashing

George Greer insists he is the third spoke in a wheel of hitting, that he simply follows the instruction furnished from those above. That they form a game plan and he does his best to execute it. When it works, memories are made.

New Jersey’s Christie claims rival mocked weight; she denies it

Awkward. The New Jersey election campaign between Gov. Chris Christie and rival state Sen. Barbara Buono just went there. He says she mocked his weight with a remark about him “frolicking on the beach,” but she says there’s no such undertone to her campaign rhetoric.

Arizona police make arrest in 2011 homicide

A man was arrested Saturday in connection to a 2011 homicide and police are still looking for a woman, according to Bullhead City, Ariz., police.

Downtown Grand on schedule for fall opening

Seth Schorr and his business partners’ multimillion-dollar investment to develop an “urban hospitality experience” in downtown Las Vegas will soon become a reality with the opening of the Downtown Grand.

New York jury awards $280,000 judgment in N-word case

In a case that some see as a complex double standard surrounding the N-word, a federal jury awarded $30,000 in punitive damages Tuesday after finding that a black manager’s four-minute rant was hostile and discriminatory. The jury awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages.

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