New range at public Highland Falls highlights major improvements

More than two decades since opening, many golfers still don’t realize that the three golf courses that make up Golf Summerlin are open to the public and not solely for residents of Sun City Summerlin.

Rebuilding Lakers play first of 2 preseason games in Las Vegas

The Los Angeles Lakers will be without Kobe Bryant for the first time in 20 years. New coach Luke Walton is in his first year and looking to restore the franchise to prominence.

 
UNLV Rebels picked 8th in Mountain West basketball

UNLV was picked to finish eighth at Mountain West media day, and no Rebels were selected to the preseason all-conference team.

Patience might be in short supply for UNLV’s Marvin Menzies

First-year UNLV basketball coach Marvin Menzies has a major rebuilding job in front of him, and he will need time to accomplish it. How much time he gets is a major question.

Ronda Rousey to return at UFC 207 on Dec. 30 in Las Vegas

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will return to action to challenge Amanda Nunes for the belt at UFC 207 on Dec. 30 at T-Mobile Arena.

Topics set for presidential debate at UNLV

The topics for next week’s third and final presidential debate at UNLV were announced Wednesday by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton rallies supporters to vote during Las Vegas appearance

“I want to be a president for all Americans, not some Americans,” the Democratic nominee also told a crowd of about 3,5000 during a rally Wednesday at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. She encouraged attendees to vote and reminded them that Tuesday is the deadline to register to vote.

Toronto’s Auston Matthews nets 4 in NHL debut, Leafs still lose

Auston Matthews needed 40 minutes to get into the NHL record book. In the highest-scoring debut in modern NHL history, Matthews scored four goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but Kyle Turris scored 37 seconds into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators to a 5-4 victory Wednesday night.

Green Valley volleyball seniors no ordinary class

The Green Valley girls volleyball team is poised for a deep run in the playoffs behind a senior class that will leave a mark with longtime coach Erin Hill.

Temperatures staying in the high 80s in Las Vegas Valley

Skies should be mostly sunny in the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday with temperatures expected in the high 80s, according to the National Weather Service.

Women say Donald Trump touched them inappropriately

Two women tell The New York Times that Donald Trump touched them inappropriately — groping a woman in one instance and kissing a woman in another — during separate encounters that took place as long as three decades ago, the newspaper reported Wednesday.

Underground explosion tested at former Nevada nuclear test site

Federal researchers reported Wednesday they detonated an underground explosion comparable to nearly 2.5 tons of TNT at a vast former nuclear proving ground in the desert north of Las Vegas.

Billy Bob Thornton finds his calling as ‘Goliath’ on small screen

You can live the majority of your professional life assuming you’re a movie star. And then — Boom! — one day you wake up, and it turns out you were meant for TV all along, in the absolute best way possible.

EDITORIAL: A new deal

Republic Services needs to honor its current contract with the city of Las Vegas. If the city agrees to renegotiate, then it should also open the process to competing bidders.

Joe Biden coming to Las Vegas to support Hillary Clinton, Cortez Masto

Vice President Joe Biden will stump Thursday in Las Vegas for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, who is aiming to replace U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.

Plan calls for new Clark County manager to take over Dec. 2

Yolanda King, the current Clark County chief financial officer, will make $260,000 a year in the new position, with a chance to earn performance raises each year, according to the agreement county commissioners will consider at a meeting next week.

Approval of Las Vegas stadium plan might face bumpy ride in Nevada Assembly

Nevada lawmakers will return to work Thursday as the debate and fate of a bill to help finance a domed stadium and expand the Las Vegas Convention Center moves to the Assembly, where its path to passage could be bumpy.

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