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Tyler Corder, chief financial officer of the Findlay Automotive Group, was this year’s recipient of the Civitas Laurel Award during the 17th annual Notte di Carnevale benefit presented by the Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow Oct. 18 at Caesars Palace.
It was a full house when supporters of the Grant a Gift Autism Foundation donated nearly $300,000 during the fifth annual Fashion for Autism Gala Oct. 24 at the Four Seasons. A new partnership was announced that will include the new UNLV Center for Autism, the University of Nevada School of Medicine and the future UNLV School of Medicine.
The oral histories of 11 women who worked in the hotel, gaming or entertainment industry are at the core of UNLV professor Joanne L. Goodwin’s “Changing the Game: Women at Work in Las Vegas, 1940-1990.”
The winning streak of the local high scool football team stood at 75 games on a recent Friday night, the longest in the nation. The eight seniors who would be honored before the game were in sixth grade when it started.
Around the NFL, the New York Jets are the butt of jokes, with a coach on the hot seat, a clueless general manager and a quarterback carousel fit for a circus. And Michael Vick is now the lead rider on the carousel.
The last of the unbeatens in college football has fallen.
Englishman Bill Pitt, who died in 1778, and Nevada cowboy Grant Gerber, who moved on last month, had the same burr under their saddles. They believed tyranny begins where the law ends.
UNLV walk-on kicker Brian McIntyre barely missed a 55-yard field goal that would have sent Saturday’s game against New Mexico into overtime. That left the Rebels with a 31-28 loss at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Always the first one to congratulate her famous father — 16-time NHRA world champion John Force — after a big win, Courtney Force was nowhere to be found after he clinched his 16th title by winning last year’s NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid is not on the ballot this year but few have more riding on the outcome of Tuesday’s elections than the majority leader from Nevada. The results could determine the path forward for the veteran Senate leader in the autumn of a long career.
State officials are negotiating a contract with child welfare expert Mike Capello to conduct an independent investigation of a Clark County foster child who was killed while in care. Capello is a former director of the Washoe County Department of Social Services.
On a UNLV basketball team with five true freshmen, Chris Wood qualifies as a veteran. He is definitely playing the part of a more experienced leader on the floor, in contrast to last season.
Nevada’s congressional representatives who serve on House Veterans Affairs and Armed Services committees paid tribute to Cold War veterans Friday.
Lava that has been creeping toward a small town on the Big Island has stalled just before reaching the town’s main road, officials said Saturday.
One person was dead and all northbound lanes were closed about 7:20 p.m. Saturday after accidents on U.S. Highway 95 between Valley View and Decatur boulevards, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Thirty-five years later, former Marine Staff Sgt. Mike Moeller and his Nevada family say they are still feeling pain from him being held hostage after the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in locating a woman went missing Friday afternoon.
In a visit to Las Vegas aimed at saving Democratic candidates from defeat, Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday urged Nevada’s Latino community to vote or face the prospects of a GOP-run Congress that doesn’t support immigration or the middle class.
A man died after his vehicle was struck by a train at a crossing about 15 miles east of Elko in Northern Nevada.
After Indiana State fell behind Missouri State 18-17 with 42 seconds remaining on Saturday, the former UNLV coach reached deep into his bag of tricks to set up a game-winning field goal.
The New Mexico Lobos survived a possible game-tying field goal to beat UNLV in Las Vegas 31-28.
Kesterson Elementary School first-grade teacher Nicole Schwedrsky is honored as September Clark County Educator of the Month for her ability to connect with students.
If the sudden change in the weather didn’t do the trick, the Southern Nevada Water Authority is here to remind everyone to cut back on their landscape watering.