Best in the West

Planet Hyundai Sahara had an excellent selling year in 2013 and the dealership at 7150 W. Sahara Ave. has been awarded a major honor by Hyundai.

Findlay executive’s father raced cars at Craig Road Speedway

Long before the 1.5-mile superspeedway emerged at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the mid-1990s, stock car racing in Southern Nevada featured talented drivers, including Butch Krumme, a longtime Southern Nevadan who died recently at age 74.

Clark County School Board mulls year-round calendars for crowded campuses

A bleak picture of too many elementary school students and not enough seats was painted Thursday by the Clark County School District, which released a detailed report on its crowded campuses. Nine-month elementary schools have about 20,000 more students than seats. All but three of the district’s 217 elementary schools currently use the nine-month calendar.

Black congressional candidate talks with Bundy about racial remarks

Republican Niger Innis, an African-American congressional candidate and civil rights advocate, said Thursday the easy thing to do would be to condemn Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy for saying blacks on government assistance might be “better off as slaves.”

Charter school faces real challenges

Beacon Academy of Nevada, the charter school dedicated to serving at-risk high school students, will plead its case for reaccreditation before the State Public Charter School Authority Board at 9 a.m. today at the Grant Sawyer Building.

Henderson Hyundai Superstore offers Drive Forever program

Veteran automobile Used-Car Manager Jimmy McKenna of Henderson Hyundai Superstore has been in the car business for 10 years and he said he has never seen anything like the Drive Forever program offered on hundreds of preowned vehicles at the Henderson dealership.

Lexus gears up for festival

A lucky attendee at Saturday’s Tivoli Village Spring Festival will walk away with a free automotive detail package worth $250, courtesy of Lexus of Las Vegas. Representatives from the luxury car dealership will pass out Lexus hats and T-shirts and coupons redeemable at its parts department.

3 easy ways to embrace spring style

It’s time to refresh your spring style! By incorporating some of the season’s latest trends through a few simple tips and tricks, you can make this spring your best one yet.

Birch finally picks NBA over return to Rebels

After several weeks of what he called “careful consideration,” Khem Birch made a curious call. UNLV needed him, and the NBA was not asking for him, but the junior forward took the jump anyway.

School achievement pledge not just another gimmick

Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky’s new Pledge of Achievement is aimed at holding the school district, and the community, accountable for student success.

EDITORIAL: Groundbreaking arena

The Strip is getting a new arena. The sparkly, state-of-the-art, super-sized kind. And without a single tax dollar.

Johnson brings new attitude to second chance with UFC

BALTIMORE — Looking back at the last time he competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship in January 2012, Anthony Johnson is a harsh critic of himself.

51s rout Tacoma, 11-4

The 51s played for the big inning, scoring four times in both the fifth and seventh innings to rout Tacoma 11-4 at Cashman Field Thursday in a battle of division leaders.

How local NASCAR drivers fared

How Las Vegas drivers performed in the various NASCAR series.

Vaccaro takes aim at NCAA monster he helped create

There are those who would argue that Sonny Vaccaro helped create the biggest problem in college sports when he began handing out money in the late 1970s to basketball coaches so players would wear Nike shoes.

On Budget: Free shows

“The KOMP 92.3 Homegrown Show” brings together a trio of must-see local acts when The People’s Whiskey, Wax Pig Melting and Revolve team up at 9 p.m. Friday at Whiskey Dick’s, 2750 E. Craig Road.

Genre-straddling Primus will deliver wackily warped whimsy

Even the miserable depths of heroin addiction sound oddly whimsical when cataloged by Les Claypool, a man with a cartoon voice and a similarly animated approach to turning progressive rock on its pointy head.

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