Test days are notoriously poor days to get a “norm” reading, especially since we have given so many high-stakes tests that students are immune to their importance.
Do not let Nevada follow in the footsteps of other bankrupt, Democrat-dominated states such as California, New York, New Jersey and Illinois.
President Donald Trump promised to revive manufacturing in the United States, but there’s one once-burgeoning sector poised to shrink under his watch: the gun industry.
Former Bishop Gorman High star Zach Collins told anyone who would listen that he wouldn’t want to be South Carolina players facing him in a Final Four game Saturday, and he was dead serious.
Mormon leaders reminded church members Saturday about the importance of performing ceremonial baptisms on dead ancestors who didn’t receive the ordinance while alive — a practice unique to the faith that came under fire in the past from Jews when they discovered Holocaust victims were being baptized.
Ray Ramirez singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning Saturday, lifting Las Vegas High’s baseball team to a 6-4 win at Silverado.
Sam Pochop threw a no-hitter with eight strikeouts Saturday to lead the Rancho softball team to an 8-0 win over Taft (Calif.) at the Washington Union Invitational in Fresno, California.
Quarterback Stacy Conner gave his oral commitment on Saturday to become UNLV’s first recruit for the class of 2018, according to a source close to the situation.
Lauren Santiago and David Wenzel spent months secretly planning to marry at the Little Vegas Chapel on April Fools’ Day. “Life is not that serious, and it’s important to not take it that seriously,” said Wenzel, who recently graduated from the University of Oregon with a computer science degree.
A man walked into Desert Springs Hospital with a gunshot wound Saturday afternoon but wouldn’t give police information about how he got his injury.
The Twitter race is on between Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, thanks to a post by a county public information official.
Before she filled arenas around the world, Lady Gaga brought her “Monster Ball” tour to the Pearl in 2009.
Revenues from gambling in Macau rose 18 percent in March, beating expectations and posting an eighth consecutive monthly increase.
Last year at this time, Leah Pritchett was almost on top of the drag racing world. And then, just as quickly, she was almost at the bottom. Through no fault of her own.
Gonzaga won the battle of the point guards, matched South Carolina’s toughness and executed at the end of the game to advance to Monday’s NCAA final.
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park held its first Spring Fling on Saturday, tying the desert environment into a celebration of the emergence of local flora and fauna.
The 30th anniversary of the annual Festival of Communities was held on the Academic Mall to showcase the melting pot that is Las Vegas. People from all walks of life — from yogis to light saber performers — attended the festival, which was held in conjunction with Rebel Preview Day to let high school students and their families experience UNLV’s diversity.
Dylan Underwood, Erica Hardy, Tatum Spangler and Ashley Ward combined for eight of their team’s 10 hits Saturday and were center-stage in Coronado’s 4-1 victory over previously unbeaten Liberty.
Nigel Williams-Goss and Zach Collins combined for 37 points to lead Gonzaga past South Carolina 77-73 at the Final Four, while North Carolina held off Oregon 77-76 to advance to Monday’s title game.
Biskacky helped Durango win the boys distance medley Friday before winning both the 1,600-meter run and 3,200 run to earn male outstanding track athlete of the meet honors in the Blaine Thompson Memorial Track Classic at Desert Oasis.
UNLV officials are considering several options for Sam Boyd Stadium — including sale of the site — in light of approval for the Oakland Raiders’ move to Las Vegas.
The Raiders will be on the lookout for a practice facility, and the Nevada Legislature set aside $100 million for such a project. They have several potential locations to scout, including Downtown Summerlin, where the Golden Knights are constructing their building.
The Raiders will have some key jobs that will need to be filled in Las Vegas. Some hires will have to be made before they leave Oakland.
Two people escaped a house fire in the east valley uninjured, the Clark County Fire Department said.
Detroit Lions safety Miles Killebrew, a Foothill High product, is one of many locals with NFL ties excited about the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas.
Southern Nevada construction industry experts say whoever ends up building the planned 65,000-seat stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders will face a massive challenge to get it done by the opening of the 2020 NFL season.
While teams who have fled well-established NFL cities all experienced similar logistical hardships and concerns, unique circumstances make a one-way-fits-all model impractical when it comes to backing up the moving trucks.
A man called 911 about 2:05 p.m. and told dispatchers he had “info on a dead body that could possibly be a homicide,” Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Grant Rogers said.
Dr. Tony Alamo, the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission, said neither the NFL nor the NHL has requested any betting restrictions on their games.
The Raiders will play at the Oakland Coliseum in 2017. But then where does the nomadic silver-and-black call its temporary residence until 2020, when a domed 65,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas will be ready?