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UNLV science programs may be getting elbow room

The EPA environmental sciences division has occupied five buildings on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus since 1956, but its lease expires in September 2015 and will not be renewed.

Lakers’ little brother grows up

The Lakers were the dominant NBA franchise in Los Angeles for a long time. Those days seem like a distant memory.

Health Exchange officials urge state to retain Deloitte Consulting to help Xerox

The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange recommended that the state retain Deloitte Consulting to help Xerox patch technical issues with the Nevada Health Link website, which is struggling with low enrollment as the Affordable Care Act’s March 31 deadline to sign up looms.

If ObamaCare is so good, why the delays?

As he so often does, George Will appearing Thursday evening on “Special Report With Bret Baier” distilled President Barack Obama’s latest delay (in a series of delays and bungling) in the implementation of ObamaCare to its essence:

Future uncertain for North Las Vegas business licensing department

The agency is in the midst of a major overhaul, part of an internal review that will see it adopt more than a dozen new policies and procedures or face wholesale absorption by their counterparts at the city of Las Vegas.

‘Rising Star’ Alexander Schimpf headlines Philharmonic concert

Award-winning pianist Alexander Schimpf performs Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 — for the first time in concert — with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, while David Lockington returns as guest conductor for Saturday’s concert.

TICKETS: Widespread Panic back in Vegas in July

Jam band stalwarts Widespread Panic return to The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on July 2-4. Tickets start at $55 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at The Joint box office, 4455 Paradise Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.

Doug Gray doing fine fronting the Marshall Tucker Band

The Marshall Tucker Band lives outside prevailing musical trends and has lived a long time. “The Intimidator” was probably still listening to “Can’t You See,” which was only a year old when Dale Earnhardt Jr. was born in 1974.

Music, theater and art: March 7-13

‘Eurydice’ explores myth with a twist: The classic Orpheus myth gets a change-of-perspective twist in Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice,” which continues through Sunday at UNLV.

Gary Numan has been a musical pioneer forever

Gary Numan’s reminiscing about one of the best Christmas presents he ever received, his voice now much deeper than it would have been in the mid-’60s, but no less kidlike, at least for the moment.

On the menu: Pancakes

We’re closing out National Pancake Week with some flapjacks from local restaurants.

Get ready for beer now and beer later with a pair of festivals

Beer: Brew’s Best, a festival of craft beers from locally and nationally based breweries, opens taps Saturday at the Village at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson. And on April 26, it’s the Great Vegas Festival of Beer, 4 to 8 p.m. April 26 in the Fremont East Entertainment District.

PHOTOS: Reflection of love

St. Jude Local Las Vegas Chapter presented the 2014 Celebration of Life Sculpture Exhibit, a collection of 10 sculptures designed by sculptor Dorit Schwartz and painted by world-renown and locally acclaimed artists.

 
Girl Scouts asked to end partnership with Barbie

America’s top doll, Barbie, finds herself in controversy once again, this time over a business partnership between her manufacturer, Mattel, and the Girl Scouts.

DIVISION IV HONORS: Adelson sixth man named MVP

When Adelson School lost in the first round of last season’s playoffs, then-sophomore guard Rom Izkovich didn’t sulk.

Local exhibitors display their wares at CONEXPO

Local exhibitors are having a strong week at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014, the construction industry trade show that is consuming 2.5 million square feet at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Rebels’ Dejean-Jones suspended for conduct detrimental to team

Junior guard Bryce Dejean-Jones has been suspended from the UNLV basketball team through Saturday for conduct detrimental to the team, coach Dave Rice announced Thursday in a news release issued by the school.

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