Bobby Bennett was an intriguing choice for executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission. He has a genuine affection for boxing, and as an FBI case agent, he successfully worked one of the few professional fight-fixing investigations in recent history.
The Clark County School District is growing at a rapid rate and the national teacher pool is shrinking, making it increasingly difficult to recruit talented educators to meet the needs of the district. Additionally, many higher education institutions are unable to produce an adequate number of educators, and alternative sources of teachers are not built to scale to fill all teacher vacancies in the valley.
A little more than a month remains in the 2015 Legislature, and lawmakers have lost their sense of balance.
Whoa, Nevada Legislature! Slow your roll! It seems that a coalition is building to switch from Nevada’s chaotic-but-traditional caucus system for picking delegates to the national conventions to a primary election system instead.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and former Nevada Sen. and Gov. Richard Bryan co-signed an op-ed earlier this month dismissing the remarkable scientific evidence in support of the Yucca Mountain Project (“Unsafe site won’t ever be safe for nuclear waste,” April 12 Review-Journal).
Budgeting is time-consuming and boring (for most), so it can be a great idea to automate things, which can save you time, effort and money in the long run.
Centennial”s Stephanie Day started the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings with singles and scored both times in the Bulldogs” 5-1 win over Arbor View on Tuesday in a Northwest League game. Centennial moved into a first-place tie with the Aggies with one league game left.
After a record-breaking career at Bishop Gorman, punter and place-kicker Gage Wilson is headed for Lehigh. Wilson started a charity last year that raised money for diabetes research every time he made a kick and hopes to continue fighting the disease during his college career.
Liam Harris’ two-run single to right-center with two outs in the top of the 10th inning Tuesday broke a 7-7 tie and lifted Mojave’s baseball team to a 10-7 win at Pahrump Valley.
Cameron Meeks and Jun Oshimoto each shot 1-over-par 72 at TPC Las Vegas on Tuesday to help Palo Verde’s boys golf team to a victory in a Southwest League match.
Sarah Penksa spun a four-hitter Tuesday to lead host Foothill’s softball team to a 3-0 win over Rancho.
I disagree with the notion that there is no suspense in inevitability, that because Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao didn’t step into a ring and oppose each other years ago means all the tension and excitement from the moment has disappeared. It just made people angry and bitter, is all.
The Houston Rockets beat the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, eliminating the Mavericks in the first round playoff series, but it was a tweet sent shortly before the end of the game that has everyone talking.
Palo Verde third-year baseball coach Kevin Fiddler said Tuesday he was fired during an afternoon meeting with school administrators and will not coach the team for the remainder of the season.
Chandler Julifs had 21 kills and six digs, and Parker Nelson added 13 kills Tuesday to help Palo Verde’s boys volleyball team take over sole possession of first place in the Southwest League with a 25-23, 20-25, 25-23, 21-25, 15-13 win at Legacy.
A woman died in rollover crash in the southeast valley Tuesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said. The woman, whose age was not immediately released, was heading north on Missouri Avenue when she struck a light pole at Boulder Highway, overturning the car, just before 5 p.m., Metro supervisor Lt. Bruce Miyama said.
Nevada schools are all too familiar with bad news about testing. The poor reputation of the state’s education system is rooted in years of lousy data from standardized exams. But Nevada’s latest testing failure is in an entirely different class.
Las Vegas extended its season-high winning streak to six games Tuesday with a 6-5 comeback victory over the Albuquerque Isotopes at Cashman Field. Wilfredo Tovar hit a walk-off two-run double to left field with two outs in the ninth inning for the 51s.
A man was shot and wounded, and a suspect quickly taken into custody at a Tuesday night protest in Ferguson, Missouri, near the site where unarmed black teen Michael Brown was shot dead by police last summer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
After a record-breaking career at Bishop Gorman, punter and place-kicker Gage Wilson is headed for Lehigh. Wilson started a charity last year that raised money for diabetes research every time he made a kick and hopes to continue fighting the disease during his college career.
Centennial’s Stephanie Day started the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings with singles and scored both times in the Bulldogs’ 5-1 win over Arbor View on Tuesday in a Northwest League game. Centennial moved into a first-place tie with the Aggies with one league game left.
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. “officially” arrived in Las Vegas on Tuesday for the world welterweight unification title showdown Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden. And the two superstar boxers’ arrivals were as different as their personalities themselves.
Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Those famous words came to mind after I spoke with Sarah Jewell, 25, from Sparta. Like most hardworking Americans, the pharmacy technician filed her tax return in February. However, instead of a refund, the IRS sent her a letter that said she was dead.
Austin Anderson’s infield single in the ninth inning scored Morgan Stotts with the winning run as the UNLV baseball team beat UC Riverside 5-4 on Tuesday at Wilson Stadium. Stotts had three hits and scored twice for the Rebels.
Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was scheduled to fight Anthony Johnson in the main event of UFC 187 on May 23 at the MGM Grand Garden. With Jones suspended indefinitely by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Johnson will face Daniel Cormier for the vacant title on the card.
Travel back in time to the iciest days of the Cold War. Elementary school students are watching “duck and cover” public service films in their classrooms and air raid siren tests pierce the Saturday morning quiet every week. Fallout shelter symbols are posted in every neighborhood.
No charges will be filed in the March 2014 shooting death of Ronald Tate by SWAT sniper Charles Moser, the Clark County district attorney’s office said Tuesday. The district attorney’s office concluded that Moser’s actions were “reasonably and legally justified” under the circumstances, according to a 12-page report released on its website.
Three days before the 2015 NFL Draft, Missouri defensive end Shane Ray was ticketed for marijuana possession, and the citation could wind up costing him millions.
Offensive tackle La’el Collins, a possible first-round pick in Thursday’s NFL Draft, is being sought by police for questioning in connection with a murder investigation, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday.
