Nick Rupp and Jaxson Otis combined to go 4-7 with two runs and two RBIs on Thursday to help the Sunset Region to a 12-8 win over the Sunrise Region in the Class 4A all-star baseball game the College of Southern Nevada.
The Cavaliers eliminated Boston in a 135-102 blowout Thursday night to set the stage for the highly-anticipated threequel with the Warriors that thankfully promises to be more like “Rocky III” than “The Hangover Part III.”
UNLV senior Justin Jones and sophomore Ernie De La Trinidad were named All-Mountain West second team in baseball, and Bryson Stott was the league’s co-freshman of the year.
Fans celebrated the 40th anniversary of the release of “Star Wars” at the Millenium Fandom Bar in the Arts District on Thursday night.
The 51s’ losing streak hit four games on Thursday as they fell for the third straight night to Round Rock, this time 6-4 at Dell Diamond.
Republican multimillionaire Greg Gianforte won Montana’s only U.S. House seat on Thursday despite being charged a day earlier with assault after witnesses said he grabbed a reporter by the neck and threw him to the ground.
The School Board’s move creates a locally controlled alternative to the state Department of Education’s own agreements that gave those schools an exemption from joining the controversial Achievement School District.
Ruperto Valencia, 59, of Santa Rosa, California, had been driving south toward Las Vegas along I-15 about noon when he took Glendale’s exit 91 at a speed too fast for traffic conditions, the Highway Patrol said.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are heading back to the Stanley Cup Final. Chris Kunitz beat Craig Anderson 5:09 into the second overtime to give the defending champions a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final Thursday night.
But until we are dedicated to that material change, we will continue to wallow at or near the bottom of the educational success lists. And because we are at the bottom of these lists, parental choice must be a potential alternative.
Clearly the press has no respect for the electorate, nor the office of the president. I’m guessing this is why most people do not get their news from mass media outlets, relying on the internet instead.
Third, Ms. Brice Howard states “we all know single-payer health care is on its way.” Well, darn it, I was one who didn’t.
Colbert’s monologue may have been offensive and ill-advised. But that shouldn’t be any of the government’s business.
During a hearing this week on the measure, Assembly Republicans questioned whether it would reduce prices or help diabetics. There skepticism is well founded. It would likely accomplish neither.
Nevada’s “death with dignity” bill has never been a partisan issue.
LeBron James scored 35 points and passed Michael Jordan to become the NBA’s all-time playoff scoring leader as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics 135-102 on Thursday night to claim their third straight Eastern Conference title and a return trip to the NBA Finals.
On a conference call ahead of UFC 212 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo talked about a possible boxing career, while Max Holloway said he’s determined to prove he’s the greatest of all time.
Two venues were shut down on opening night as Crapshoot Comedy Festival grew up fast in its inaugural event downtown.
The Clark County School District’s response — or lack thereof — to instances of teachers’ sexual misconduct involving students is stunning.
Ensuring the environments those swimmers are in are safe is the responsibility of the Southern Nevada Health District, which oversees about 4,800 pools and spas.
Las Vegas police are investigating after a 17-year-old Laughlin High School student was found dead near Harrah’s Laughlin hotel-casino Tuesday evening after walking out of an exam that morning.
A rooftop solar group on Thursday questioned figures from NV Energy that suggest a bill seeking to restart net metering in Nevada would cost ratepayers as much as $48 million a year.
Gaming regulators will spend a little more time fine-tuning regulations designed to monitor employees within the nightclub industry, the state Gaming Control Board agreed Thursday.
The Nevada Senate approved a proposal Thursday to take the Board of Regents out of the state constitution and put the board’s legal authority in state law and under the direction of the Legislature.
Nevada Connections Academy was put on notice in September that the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority would consider closing it because of poor graduation rates.
Travelers passing through McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas during the long Memorial Day weekend might notice some changes to security screening. Or maybe not, since the pilot program was quietly enacted there more than a year ago.
An emergency bill in the works with under two weeks remaining in the Nevada legislative session would ensure raises for school district employees who complete professional growth plans.
The Nevada Assembly unanimously passed a bill that expands the mandatory reporting and background check requirements for public school employees.
A house fire stemming from an unattended grill in east Las Vegas caused so much smoke to billow Thursday afternoon that a nearby middle school had to shut off its air conditioning system to prevent smoke inhalation.
Trump’s budget plan calls for first round of military base closures, realignments since 2005, but many in Congress have little appetite for the politically charged game of winners and losers.
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