Their numbers may be small, but Basques and their descendants have left an indelible mark on Nevada — so much so that the theme of the 34th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko is “Basques Buckaroos: Herding Cultures of Basin, Range and Beyond.”
Three takeaways from the UNLV basketball team’s 88-78 victory over San Diego State on Saturday at the Thomas Mack Center.
UNLV junior Shakur Juiston was the best player on the floor Saturday night and because of it and other key contributions, UNLV beat San Diego State for the first time since 2013.
On Saturday, about 15 men perused a Tet Offensive 50th anniversary remembrance display at American Legion Post No. 8. The display, which included machine guns, olive-green uniforms, and albums of photos, was a reminder of the attack that spanned 35 cities and killed 6,328 U.S. military personnel.
“The blacktop is not safe. Kids slip, fall and get hurt badly,” the students wrote in a letter to Clark County school trustees, urging the district to fix the crumbling blacktop field blamed for 150 abrasions so far this school year.
Elections that end next month will select the president, vice president and six representatives on the local teacher union’s executive board, as well as six seats representing the local on the Nevada State Education Association board of directors.
Katie Powell had 21 points and 16 rebounds to help UNLV rally for a 75-64 victory over host San Diego State in a Mountain West women’s basketball game Saturday.
I went looking for 20-something women at last Sunday’s Women’s March: Power to the Polls rally, and my search found that the overwhelming number of the estimated 20,000 people attending, to put it delicately, appeared to be “women of a certain age.”
The Newmans care for three teenagers and a 9-year-old. For the family and their foster agency, Eagle Quest, to receive Nevada Medicaid funding the parents must conduct and document two hours of basic skills training with each child every day.
Shakur Juiston and Brandon McCoy each scored 21 points to lead UNLV to an 88-78 victory over San Diego State on Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center. The victory ended an 11-game losing streak to the Aztecs.
Michael Devoe’s 3-pointer from the left corner with 2.5 seconds left in the game lifted Montverde Academy (Florida) to a 69-67 home win over Findlay Prep in championship game of the Montverde Invitational Tournament.
Las Vegas police said the 42-year-old man was working on a Dodge Ram pickup truck outside his mobile home on the 1200 block of Lamb Boulevard when someone came up and shot him several times at close range.
Just three years ago, Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index revealed widespread pessimism among consumer and job creators alike.
I hope all Nevada voters will keep their treachery in mind the next time these people run for office.
Just like Donald Trump, he just wants anything that was Obama gone.
Surely, somewhere in the vast Nevada Test and Training Range which extends through three Southern Nevada counties, military “access” areas can be found in other places.
Costs will outweigh revenues from legalization
Leave it to government to screw up something so simple.
America’s most prolific leaker and the man who proclaimed himself “America’s toughest sheriff” have a few things in common. They both are beneficiaries of the presidential pardon — and they’re both running for U.S. Senate.
Ideally, state law should simply prohibit the practice of civil forfeiture — allowing only for criminal forfeiture in cases when an individual is convicted of wrongdoing.
The next superintendent of the Clark County School District is going to fail.
Folks, this is called a coup. This is supposed to happen only in a Banana Republic.
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza recorded a first-round knockout over Derek Brunson in the main event of UFC on Fox 27 on Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Brooklyn Hafen scored 15 points as Lincoln County’s girls basketball team rolled to a 57-12 home win over The Meadows on Saturday.
An inmate who escaped from a minimum-security conservation camp last week was captured Saturday morning in Summerlin, according to a department of corrections spokeswoman.
Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury won the inaugural Saves Streak event during the NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday, stopping 14 straight breakaway attempts.
Jon Gruden, welcome to Las Vegas. An image of the new Raiders coach has been plastered on a billboard located above the site for the future Raiders stadium in Las Vegas.
Gordon Ramsay, an ex-soccer prospect in Scotland before a knee injury sidelined his athletic career, is still in top shape and fired up about his new restaurant.
Alex Noren of Sweden has all the credentials to be on the fringe of the elite in golf. He is a nine-time winner on the European Tour, including the flagship BMW PGA Championship, and he cracked the top 10 in the world when he won four times in 2016.
Gerard Gallant’s magic with the Golden Knights was one of the topics of conversation among coaches Saturday during media day for the NHL All-Star Game.