Nevadans put up big bucks for presidential, other races

Nevada’s top political donors so far this election cycle for presidential and congressional campaigns, PACs and Super PACs are the co-founder of a data center, the former head of Reebok and a casino magnate.

Man shot, killed overnight in east valley

A man was shot and killed early Saturday morning in the east valley, and Las Vegas police don’t have any witnesses.

Research backs up conservatives’ concerns on campus speech

Okay, maybe conservatives are right to freak out about illiberal lefty militancy on college campuses. Today’s students are indeed both more left wing and more openly hostile to free speech than earlier generations of collegians.

 
Thousands gather to pay respects at Scalia’s funeral

Thousands of mourners paid their respects Saturday to late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last week at age 79.

Position breakdown: Tonight’s UNLV-UNR game

Breaking down the UNLV basketball team’s game against UNR at 7 p.m. today at the Thomas & Mack Center:

Rich Abajian never forgot about UNLV sports

The third-to-last time I saw Rich Abajian, the former UNLV assistant football coach and longtime Rebels uber booster whose funeral service is at 11 a.m. today at South Point Arena — he died in his sleep last week at age 62 — was at Findlay Toyota, where he was general manager and part owner.

Local woman opens mosque to serve neighbors as well as Muslims

Sharaf Haseebullah is hosting a housewarming party, mingling with and accepting congratulations from family members, friends and even a few strangers whom she hasn’t met but who, upon meeting Haseebullah, probably will become friends before long.

GOP has right to fight over Supreme Court nominee

Let’s understand something about the fight to fill the Supreme Court seat of Antonin “Nino” Scalia. This is about nothing but raw power. Any appeal you hear to high principle is phony — brazenly, embarrassingly so.

Where does Dean stand?

We know where Nevada’s senior senator, Harry Reid, stands on quickly appointing a new justice to fill the seat of the late Antonin Scalia — he’s all for it.

EDITORIAL: Culinary’s arrested development

Among life’s many certainties: The sun sets in the west, your federal income tax return is due in April, and the Culinary union pickets Station Casinos. Talk about predictability.

EDITORIAL: State Supreme Court right to fast-track ESA case

In the contentious fight over Nevada’s stalled Education Savings Account program, there is one narrow issue upon which everyone seems to agree: the legality of the program must be determined, and quickly.

Hope flickers anew at old Moulin Rouge site in downtown Las Vegas

There’s a flicker of life at the old Moulin Rouge casino site on the industrial northwest edge of downtown Las Vegas. And a property transaction could be in the cards by the end of March.

Rebels get second shot at intrastate rival UNR

The basketball game had just ended, and UNR coach Eric Musselman dashed over the Lawlor Events Center floor to the student section, his shirt coming untucked as he celebrated wildly with fans and Wolf Pack players.

No blowout for a change, but Centennial reigns again

The overall record is 29-1, and the national ranking is a robust fifth, and the goal of reaching another Division I state tournament has been realized, and everything they say about the Centennial High girls basketball team and its prominent place in Nevada history seems more than trustworthy.

COMMENTARY: No blowout for a change, but Centennial reigns again

The overall record is 29-1, and the national ranking is a robust fifth, and the goal of reaching another Division I state tournament has been realized, and everything they say about the Centennial High girls basketball team and its prominent place in Nevada history seems more than trustworthy.

And yet there is a good chance Karen Weitz’s mother today still thinks she screams at players too much.

SUNSET BOYS: Gaels hang on to nip Centennial

Zach Collins had 24 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots and the Gaels escaped with a 71-69 win over the Bulldogs for their eighth consecutive Sunset title and a berth in next week’s Division I state tournament in Reno.

SUNRISE BOYS: Hot-shooting Cougars win first region title

Coronado made 13 of its 18 field-goal attempts in the second quarter, including six 3-pointers, and the hot-shooting Cougars rolled to a 70-32 victory over Eldorado in the Division I Sunrise Region final at Liberty.

SUNSET GIRLS: Ethridge sparks Bulldogs by Gaels in region final

Justice Ethridge scored four points in two seconds, including a back-breaking jumper off an inbound steal that lifted the Bulldogs to a 71-56 win over the Gaels and their sixth straight region title. Centennial (29-1) heads to Reno next week for the Division I state tournament. Gorman, ranked No. 23 by USA Today, had its season end at 29-2.

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