Fresno State defeated UNLV 80-65 in the Mountain West tournament quarterfinals to end the Lady Rebels’ basketball season at 13-19. The Bulldogs (20-10) are the defending tournament champions.
Of all the political stunts ever recorded, the recent threat by Democratic pressure group American Bridge has got to rank among the lamest of the lame.
Too many Las Vegas tourists are being taken for a ride. Long-hauling, the cabdriver practice of intentionally using routes that are longer than necessary to inflate fares, remains a problem, especially at McCarran International Airport. The scam is a horrible welcome for the city’s visitors, yet it continues year after year. Plenty of locals are victimized, too.
For struggling education systems trying to lift achievement, every percentage point counts. The pressure to demonstrate improvement can lead to some questionable calculations by school districts. That’s why it’s important for taxpayers to heed the lessons of good teachers and double-check the math.
Andy Enfield took over a Florida Gulf Coast team in 2011 that was eligible for Division I postseason play for the first time and just a season later had that same program in the Sweet 16. But it’s not always that easy.
Diontae Jones scored only six points in the Division I-A state title game. But the senior forward for the Clark boys basketball team still found a way to have a major impact.
Nevadans could face $60 million in higher annual insurance premiums for car, home, life and health policies if a proposed 2 percent margins tax on business is approved by voters in November, an industry-backed study reported Tuesday.
A second brother pleaded guilty Tuesday in a family-run scheme to submit phony smog test results to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles. Henry A. Batista, 30, a state-licensed emission control inspector, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Lloyd George to making a false statement to a government agency.
Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment Corp. said Tuesday it lost $1.756 billion in the fourth quarter due to deteriorating market conditions in Atlantic City. A year ago, Caesars’ said its net loss was $435.8 million.
U.S. District Judge James Mahan is being asked to reconsider his February ruling to dismiss a lawsuit over allegations of patient dumping at state-run Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital.
Diontae Jones scored only six points in the Division I-A state title game, but the senior forward on Clark’s boys basketball team still found a way to have a major impact.
Jonathan Goldsmith, the debonair actor from the TV beer commercials, was the guest of Richard Petty’s NASCAR team at the Kobalt 400. He said he drives his father’s 1994 AMC Jeep, and that he would would be driving the No. 6 car in the race.
When Clark’s girls basketball coach Mike Moulchin reflects on Bobbi Floyd’s junior season, his mind immediately jumps to Jan. 23.
For Kathy Boland, who’s looking for ciabatta rolls (not loaves) and pretzel rolls, her fellow readers have lots of suggestions for the latter, though not the former.
Street Car Po-Boys, from James and Gwen Bartholomew and their four granddaughters, opened Dec. 23. Gwen Bartholomew is a Louisiana native who grew up in New Orleans but had lived in Los Angeles before moving to Las Vegas in 2010.
The Orleans Arena has been awarded LEED Gold certification for existing buildings by the U.S. Green Building Council.
So President Obama gave an interview to Zach Galifianakis, who most of you know as the dirty bearded character from the “Hangover” movies.
Surrounded by her family, Democrat Erin Bilbray on Tuesday filed paperwork to run for Congress against U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev.
There were questions nationally entering the West Coast Conference basketball tournament about whether Gonzaga deserved a bid to the NCAA Tournament should it fall short of securing an automatic berth at Orleans Arena. The Bulldogs erased all doubts Tuesday night by earning an automatic berth.
Loyola Marymount basketball coach Max Good was fired, ending his six-year run with the Lions, during which he went 77-117.
Michael Coll resigned Tuesday as the UNLV women’s soccer coach to take the head position at UNC Greensboro. Coll was 22-12-7 in two years with the Rebels. Assistant coach Mark Carr will serve as interim coach during UNLV’s spring season.
Pitching himself as an ally to Silicon Valley, presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio proposed giving cellphone companies more access to government-controlled airwaves as part of a package of pro-business initiatives he said would create “thousands upon thousands of high-paying jobs.”
Days from their next weeklong recess, senators reported Tuesday they remain apart over extending unemployment benefits to Americans who have been out of work for longer than six months.
The 27 dogs nearly burned in an arson attempt will remained caged for now. A district judge set an evidence hearing for next week to determine several issues, including whether Donald Thompson and the corporate entity Prince and Princess Pet Boutique have a rightful claim to the dogs.
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