Brooke Johnson and Dakota Gonzalez scored 16 points apiece Saturday to lead UNLV past host UNR 64-49 in a Mountain West women’s basketball game.
“I like to joke that I am the highest-paid waiter in Los Angeles. … In the basic sense, I support the actors on set and, yeah, just sort of hand them things,” Kim Richey says modestly about her career as an assistant prop master.
The first trial in the case against Cliven Bundy and his supporters coincides with a new political regime. The timing has presented a paradox: Prosecutors characterize the 70-year-old rancher as an anti-government extremist while policymakers prepare to act on some of his ideas.
Actress Meryl Streep likely set the stage for a very political Academy Award ceremony Sunday night at the Golden Globes in January.
Taylen Wachsmuth, Robert McFalls and Andre Davis combined for 54 points, and the Serpents rolled to a 63-46 win over Pahranagat Valley for the Class 1A boys state basketball title at Cox Pavilion.
Agassi Prep’s three best players were in foul trouble in the fourth quarter, making it hard to stop Needles from completing its comeback to win the Class 2A girls state title with a 64-54 victory.
Taylen Wachsmuth, Robert McFalls and Andre Davis combined for 54 points as Mineral County rolled to a 63-46 win over Pahranagat Valley for the Class 1A boys state title at Cox Pavilion.
A police vehicle was rear-ended by a suspected drunken driver in the east valley Saturday night, according to Las Vegas police.
Allen Merritt had 18 points, nine rebounds and four steals Saturday as Agassi Prep won its third state title in four years with a 60-43 victory over Adelson School in the Class 2A final at Cox Pavilion.
The schedule and results (when available) for the boys basketball state tournaments are here.
Eric Mika had 29 points and 11 rebounds to help BYU upset No. 1 Gonzaga 79-71 on Saturday night, ending the Bulldogs’ quest to go undefeated in the final game of the regular season.
Capri Uzan scored 24 points to lead Desert Pines to a 69-46 victory over Cheyenne in the Class 3A boys basketball state title game Saturday at Cox Pavilion.
The Braves held Round Mountain junior Alyssa Hanks to an uncharacteristic 16 points as the Knights were unable to unseat the defending Class 1A state champions in a 65-37 loss to Owyhee at Cox Pavilion.
Several roads in Mojave National Preserve will be closed intermittently in March to accommodate work on railroad crossings in the California park about 90 miles southwest of Las Vegas.
Deep within the bowels of Nevada, a mineral found in the underground brines represents a potential growth industry for the Silver State.
Agassi Prep’s three best players were in foul trouble in the fourth quarter, making it hard to stop Needles from completing its comeback to win the Class 2A girls state title with a 64-54 victory.
Week four of the Nevada Legislature will include hearings that run the gamut from mandating employer accommodations for nursing mothers to abolishing both the offices of controller and treasurer to establishing an Asian Culture Day.
President Donald Trump, who has been criticizing the news media and is famously thin-skinned, says he won’t be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner — sparing himself the dubious honor of being an in-the-house target of jokes.
Democrats chose former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as their new national chairman Saturday over a liberal Minnesota congressman, capping a divisive campaign that reflected the depths of the party’s electoral failures as well as the energy from resistance to President Donald Trump.
Allen Merritt had 18 points, nine rebounds and four steals Saturday as Agassi Prep won its third state title in four years with a 60-43 victory over Adelson School in the Class 2A final at Cox Pavilion.
Unlike most press secretaries, who typically come from the reporting world, Spicer is a veteran flak with a flak’s contempt for the media. What’s missing — and also a missed opportunity — is the camaraderie and mutual respect that often develop in the media briefing room.
To be sure, a two-track, two-policy, two-reality foreign policy is risky, unsettling and has the potential to go totally off the rails. This is not how you would draw it up in advance. It’s unstable and confusing.
Now, however, that pluralism is at risk. We seem headed toward an economy of red brands and blue brands, red employers and blue employers, with no common ground.
U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, in attendance, told these illegal immigrants that she would “fight for their rights.” What rights?
I wish all the celebrities who stated they would move to Canada if Mr. Trump was elected had backed up their statements.
My interest in the Oscars had faded to near-zero since it became so much more about the PC agenda than about recognizing stellar performances.
In the hands of a careless, inexperienced rider, they are dangerous for the rider and the people around him.
Colleges across the country need to recognize that a groupthink echo chamber doesn’t make a campus diverse.
Mr. Ford called the suit “baseless” and “meritless” while throwing in a “misguided” for good measure. It’s the standard “nothing to see here, move along” pose common for those hoping to deflect attention from potentially troubling issues.
I hope Nevada legislators and their constituents support these important priorities that will ensure Nevadans do not get left behind.
