Arbor View junior repeats as MVP

For at least some of her sophomore basketball season, Arbor View’s Ariona Gill was able to fly under the radar as opponents got their first glimpse of the talented wing.

 
Reid: Koch brothers ‘as un-American as anyone that I can imagine’

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized a pair of billionaire brothers in unusually harsh terms Wednesday, accusing the conservative duo of being “un-American,” spreading lies about President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and lacking a conscience.

Inundated by the mentally ill, valley emergency rooms close to ambulances

Hospital emergency rooms throughout the valley are closing their doors to ambulances because the mentally ill are now occupying available beds at a rate higher than in 2004, when the problem prompted then Gov. Kenny Guinn to declare a state of emergency.

State investigation into testing irregularities at Kelly Elementary School nears completion

The state’s multi-agency investigation of a Las Vegas elementary school for possible irregularities in student test scores is drawing to a close and findings will be written in a couple weeks, State Superintendent of Public Schools Dale Erquiaga said on Wednesday. He will present the investigation’s findings to the Nevada Board of Education in April.

Las Vegas police seek to clarify new car accident response policy

Metro said Monday that its traffic officers will stop responding to minor, non-injury traffic collisions beginning on Monday as response times climb near 90 minutes. About 60 percent of the traffic accidents Las Vegas police respond to are non-injury accidents. (File, Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Education board lowers math test minimum passing score

The Nevada Board of Education decided Wednesday to lower the minimum passing score on the math test required to graduate high school to 242 out of 500 possible points for current sophomores and juniors. Previously, these students needed to earn a minimum score of 300.

‘Emergency’ job fair for 50 positions draws 1,000 in Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY — The odds were even longer than usual inside one Atlantic City casino Wednesday morning. But that didn’t deter more than 1,000 hopefuls from lining up before the sun rose and standing in a queue that wrapped around the inside of the building.

$2.85 million: Santana’s old house sells in Vegas

Someone just spent a fortune to buy Santana’s old mini-mansion, which is conveniently located right next door to Santana’s newer, bigger house.

 
Driver survives 400-foot plunge into canyon

Firefighters rescued a 39-year-old woman Wednesday morning after she drove off the road and plunged 400 feet into a canyon in Orange County.

Public input sought on revitalization plans for four Southern Nevada neighborhoods

Southern Nevada Strong, which received a $3.5 million Department of Housing and Urban Development grant two years ago, is going to the public for comments on plans that would connect housing, transportation and jobs leading to the revitalization of four Southern Nevada neighborhoods.

 
‘Religious freedom’ bill vetoed by Arizona governor

Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday vetoed a Republican bill that set off a national debate over gay rights, religion and discrimination and subjected Arizona to blistering criticism from major corporations and political leaders from both parties.

 
Video show an unsteady Justin Bieber during sobriety test

Justin Bieber walks unsteadily and even appears to stumble while performing a sobriety test shortly after his January arrest on driving under the influence and other charges, according to police video released Wednesday.

Jury finds man guilty in machete attack case

Armando Vergara-Martinez, 51, was the only defense witness before a state court jury found him guilty on charges of attempted murder, battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm and mayhem stemming from the March 2012 attack on Maria Del Carmen Gomez.

Congress must work to keep patent system strong

In the president’s State of the Union address last month, he made it clear that the nation with the greatest investment in innovation will lead the global economy. He cautioned that it is “an edge America cannot surrender.”

Passenger counts at McCarran rise 5.3 percent in January

Passenger counts at McCarran International Airport soared in the first month of 2014 with January numbers up 5.3 percent over the same month a year ago.

EDITORIAL: Time to exchange the exchanges

More and more, the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange looks like a sinking ship. So it should have come as no surprise that its captain jumped into a lifeboat last week. As reported by the Review-Journal’s Jennifer Robison, Jon Hager, executive director of the exchange, announced he would resign from the agency effective March 14.

Fixed? Ali-Liston story mostly shadow, little substance

On the 50th anniversary of Muhammad Ali’s stunning upset over Sonny Liston in their first fight, which was Tuesday, the Washington Times ran a story suggesting the bout might have been fixed. Documents implicate “a Las Vegas figure tied to organized crime and to Liston.”

Rain, high winds predicted as weather moves in

A large low-pressure system off California’s coast is expected to make landfall in Southern Nevada on Friday, bringing at least a quarter-inch of rain in the Spring Mountains, which might not bode too well for the Carpenter 1 fire area, a meteorologist said Wednesday.

Victory for prosecution: Judge sets Oct. 6 trial in HOA takeover case

Former construction company boss Leon Benzer, the alleged mastermind of the scheme, and his co-defendants are waiting to be tried on conspiracy and fraud charges in the multimillion-dollar scheme, which occurred between 2003 and 2009.

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