There are just seven weeks left in the 2015 Nevada Legislature. Lawmakers have made much progress in reviewing Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $7.3 billion, two-year budget, which includes about $800 million in new education spending. There is wide bipartisan support for the governor’s plan to improve Nevada’s inferior public education system: a mix of program expansions, new initiatives and policy reforms that will make schools more accountable for the billions of dollars they spend each year.
On March 29, the Review-Journal published an editorial on Yucca Mountain under the headline: “Washington, make an offer on Yucca Mountain.” The editorial deserves thoughtful consideration.
Nevada Rep. Cresent Hardy, who joined a pro-Yucca Mountain congressional site visit this past week, recently asked the question, “Is there a scenario in which Nevadans would actually welcome nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain?” (“Time for Nevada to talk Yucca Mountain,” March 22 Review-Journal).
How long is too long for a school to fail in educating our kids before we finally do something about it? One year? Two years? More?
If you had a half-gallon of expired milk in your refrigerator, would you drink it simply because you didn’t want the money you spent to go to waste?
Roscoe Smith and Khem Birch are good enough to eventually find an NBA home. But it’s impossible to guarantee either will, because what the former UNLV players are discovering is that making it is as much about timing and opportunity as skill and upside.
Mickey Bey, the International Boxing Federation lightweight champion, recently resumed training after having surgery to repair a torn tendon in his right hand. There had been reports that he would meet Denis Shafikov on April 30 at the Palms in his first title defense, but Bey said they are inaccurate.
Desert Oasis senior Nolan Kingham, one of the area’s top baseball prospects as a pitcher, showed Saturday that he also can hit. He was 4-for-4, including two fifth-inning home runs, as the sixth-ranked Diamondbacks topped No. 4 Green Valley 10-1.
Hiding hate behind the mask of pathological religion is a disturbing and dangerous thing.
The Major League Soccer season is only five games old. But that the frigid Windy City springtime weather has been the biggest adjustment for Matt Polster, a former Palo Verde High School star, shows just what a fine rookie year he’s having.
Weeds frequently arrive amid those that received tender nurturing from the time they were mere seedlings. While it can be labor intensive, getting rid of them can pay off in conserving water and nutrients.
Top Fuel driver J.R. Todd was home watching the NCAA Tournament last basketball season when he got a call to join Kalitta Motorsports in time for the Las Vegas race. He went on to finish second in the points standings, and celebrated his one-year anniversary with the team by jumping off the Stratosphere.
More than 700 guests attended the third annual Nevada Military Support Alliance gala March 28 at the MGM Grand Conference Center.
Brandon Allen, Darrell Ceciliani and Alex Castellanos homered to back Darin Gorski’s strong pitching and lift the 51s to a 7-2 win over the Fresno Grizzlies in a Pacific Coast League game Saturday at Fresno, Calif.
The Armenian American Cultural Soceity of Las Vegas plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide by breaking ground on a memorial at Sunset Park.
One man was slain and another was critically wounded in shootings just minutes apart and a few yards away from each other Saturday afternoon, North Las Vegas police said.
With over 100 breweries, 400 craft beer selections and an estimated 5,000 thirsty beer drinkers, the fifth annual Great Vegas Festival of Beer attracted record participation Saturday.
Defiant rancher Cliven Bundy picked a bouquet of wildflowers from what he calls Nevada’s “free land” to kick off a barbecue and festivities Saturday marking a year since his militia-backed standoff ended.
Desert Oasis senior Nolan Kingham, one of the area”s top baseball prospects as a pitcher, showed Saturday that he also can hit. He was 4-for-4, including two fifth-inning home runs, as the sixth-ranked Diamondbacks topped No. 4 Green Valley 10-1.
While the recession knocked the California Indian casino market down a few notches — as it also did in Nevada — signs are afoot the Golden State’s tribal gaming industry is once again firing up.
Dejanae Gage went 2-for-4 with a homer and five RBIs Saturday to help host Palo Verde’s softball team top Canyon View (Utah), 10-0 in five innings.
Over three decades numerous studies and media investigations have laid bare systemic problems with conservatorships and guardianships, but there’s been little effort to curb abuses.
Sam Pastrone’s bases-loaded single with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday lifted host Arbor View’s baseball team to an 8-7 win over Liberty.
Kode Mwirigi won two individual events and was a part of two winning relay teams Saturday to help Las Vegas High’s boys track team win the Division I/I-A Challenge of The Meadows Invitational.
A rodeo and pig racing will entertain visitors on the final day of this year’s Clark County Fair — praised as a small country fair — in Logandale on Sunday.
Having astonished the golfing world with his remarkable composure in record-breaking style at the Masters, Jordan Spieth will again rely on his putting as he aims for a first green jacket at Augusta National.
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