Gorman product eager to play for Rice after leaving Oregon

Ben Carter, who recently made it official that he is transferring to UNLV, will wait until the 2015-16 season to prove his point. He must sit out this coming season as a redshirt while practicing with the Rebels.

Partnership to help boost state health care system, education

According to CommonwealthFund.org, Nevada ranks in the bottom five states when it comes to health care. Now, the American Osteopathic Association has approved Nathan Adelson Hospice for a hospice and palliative medicine fellowship program that looks to help remedy that.

1 dead in Sunday morning crash

A Las Vegas man died early Sunday morning when his SUV rolled over on Beltway 215. Nevada Highway Patrol reports the 24-year-old man was driving an SUV described as a Jeep Cherokee south on the beltway.

1 dead as plane carrying 7 crash lands in Arizona

A small plane carrying French tourists crashed while landing in windy conditions Saturday at an airport in northern Arizona, killing one person and leaving another hospitalized, authorities said.

Eastwood’s son true to his heritage

The son of “Dirty Harry” will soon be getting dirty in a rodeo arena. Following in the footsteps of his famous father, actor Scott Eastwood is in Las Vegas for a pro bull riding event to research his first leading role.

UNLV ace pitcher out for season, faces elbow surgery

UNLV pitcher Erick Fedde who was slated to be a first-round draft pick this year, will miss the rest of the season due to Tommy John elbow surgery.

Inside Gaming: Weight of debt won’t go away

The investment community long has expressed concern over the growing debt that weighs down many casino companies, most notably the $21 billion anchor around the neck of Caesars Entertainment Corp.

Do-gooders, police, judge vie for piece of pot pie

After getting a look at the upstanding citizens elbowing their way like fiends to the front of Clark County’s medicinal marijuana business line, I am reminded of a saying favored by an old illegal bookmaker.

BLM’s next move against Bundy not a matter of if, but when, former officials say

Despite all the resources spent and all the ink and airtime spilled over Cliven Bundy’s cattle, government officials find themselves right back where they started. Hundreds of cows still roam on public land closed to grazing 16 years ago, while Bundy remains free to defy federal authority as his unpaid fees pile up.

Mountain Meadows site of infamous 1857 massacre

Springtime arrives swiftly in the little valley of Mountain Meadows in southwestern Utah. It paints the grassy fields with fresh green and splashes of bright wildflowers.

EDITORIAL: Voters beware ‘The Revengers’

John Bonaventura is the worst elected official in Nevada. In a state with no shortage of incompetent, duplicitous and self-serving politicians, Bonaventura lowered the bar — he so quickly became such an embarrassment as Las Vegas constable that Clark County commissioners voted to abolish his office. When his term mercifully expires in January, his entire operation will disappear. The Metropolitan Police Department will take on the constable’s duties of serving court papers and eviction notices.

EDITORIAL: Margins tax setback

The AFL-CIO has learned from Big Labor’s Obamacare debacle: hugely complex initiatives that jack up taxes and grow government aren’t good for the economy, much less unions.

Farewell, Carol Harter

On Feb. 2, 2006, then-UNLV President Carol Harter stood in the multipurpose room of the Foundations Building on campus and announced her premature retirement.

Reid fails to provide honest check on Benghazi

When it comes to congressional leadership, history will never mistake Harry Reid for Robert Byrd. That would be like going from the ridiculous to the sublime at the speed of light.

Meet the mothers of contention

Being a mom is tough. All the tantrums. All the excuses for bad behavior. All the clinging and tugging. All the messes to clean up.

How the APR works

Explaining how the Academic Progress Rate score is calculated.

Diego Magdaleno relishes fight at Forum

The Las Vegas super featherweight fights on the undercard of Saturday’s Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado main event as boxing returns to the refurbished Los Angeles venue.

Nevada ranchers fight feds for survival in changing times

Ranching on federal public lands is diminishing, and remaining ranchers in Nevada and throughout the West — a hardy breed of survivors enduring changing times — are feeling squeezed by the federal government.

Personality profiles the color of money in CCSD

An investment in personality profiles for top-level officials has grown to a six-figure expense for the Clark County School District, which recently approved its largest contract yet with a $1,000-per-day consultant in Emergenetics, a behavioral assessment product introduced in 2007.

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