The New York Times’ graphic said it all. On one side, the map displayed the “original boundaries” for Bears Ears National Monument with 1.35 million acres in green. On the other side was the drastically scaled-down monument with less green representing 201,876 acres, thanks to a recent proclamation by President Donald Trump reducing the national monument.
Katie Powell hit a go-ahead shot with 24.6 seconds left and blocked a shot with eight seconds to go, helping UNLV edge host Gonzaga 52-50 in a nonconference women’s basketball game Saturday.
Jovan Mooring scored 27 points and Brandon McCoy had 22 points and 10 rebounds as UNLV defeated Illinois 89-82 Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The National Finals Rodeo continued its annual 10-day run at the Thomas Mack Center in Las Vegas on Saturday.
On a sun-splashed Friday afternoon, Tristan Duenez had a rope in his hand, world champion cowboy Junior Nogueira at his back, and a voice box spilling over with enthusiasm.
Much like so many other Las Vegans, Tim Keener struggled to get his head around what happened here on the night of Oct. 1.
Authorities in southern California say at least two people are dead after a small plane crashed into a home in San Diego.
Justice Ethridge scored 18 of her 26 points in the second half Saturday to help Centennial’s girls basketball team to a 53-43 win over defending Oregon Class 6A champion Southridge in the championship game of the Iolani Classic in Honolulu.
Mickey Roman dropped Orlando Salido three times for a ninth-round technical knockout during Saturday’s trilling main event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Here are the National Finals Rodeo third performance results from Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017.
Karl Stressman’s long reign as PRCA commissioner officially ends Dec. 31. His replacement has yet to be named, but an announcement is expected in early 2018.
Bareback rider Tim O’Connell, saddle bronc rider Jacobs Crawley and bull rider Sage Kimzey won their events Saturday at the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center.
WinterFest, the annual event in Henderson, featured a variety of new and cool attractions including a toboggan run and Santa visits inside a life-size snow globe.
Jalen Hill had 23 points as the Clark’s boys basketball team beat Pinncale (Ariz.) 60-52 in the Hoophall West tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Saturday.
Las Vegas High’s Nathan Rhoads pinned his opponent at 132 pounds on Saturday to clinch a 40-34 win over Foothill in the championship match of the Spring Valley Duals.
As the professional left spins itself into yet another meltdown over the Federal Communications Commission’s current debate over so-called “net neutrality” rules, a note of skepticism is well warranted.
The idea that trimming the area of a monument or two will lead to the eventual destruction of America’s public lands and the ruin of treasured sights such as the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone is delusional.
I was able to work for more than 20 years, in spite of using a wheelchair, because of the assistance of this deduction.
If you stayed up until the wee small hours on the night of Dec. 1 to watch the passage of the Republican tax bill on CSPAN, you heard a lot of debatable propositions. Would tax cuts really grow the economy as much as Republicans said? Would they really throw tens of millions of people off health insurance, as Democrats said? And so on and so forth.
We now have a president who understands that Hispanics are not single-issue voters and a party that embraces our diversity and perspectives on the American Dream.
An apology for making the students question their safety is completely warranted and reasonable.
The calls for Rep. Ruben Kihuen’s resignation came quickly — much too quickly.
In the past few decades, Las Vegas’ dramatic growth has mostly come from transplants, people looking and finding better opportunities.
Stormtroopers marched the red carpet as Star Wars music blared and fans cheered Saturday at the world premiere of latest installment in the beloved space opera franchise.
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant said Shea Theodore’s costly turnover Friday wasn’t the reason the defenseman sat against the Stars on Saturday.
The NHL announced last week it will consider an application to bring an expansion team to Seattle for the start of the 2020-21 season.
Las Vegas’ new United Soccer League team looked at players for nine hours Saturday at Kellogg Zaher Soccer Complex.
