Aqeel Quinn scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half as No. 2 seed San Diego State rallied to defeat seventh-seeded UNLV 67-64 in a Mountain West tournament quarterfinal at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Las Vegas is the place to be this week and next week if you bet college basketball. It’s not all about next week, either. Many of the fans at the Thomas & Mack Center, MGM Grand Garden and Orleans Arena showed up with betting tickets.
The Las Vegas City Council has been making front-page news for months, thanks to its efforts to build a tax-subsidized, privately owned soccer stadium in downtown’s Symphony Park against the public’s will. That issue alone was enough to awaken city voters from the slumber that normally surrounds municipal politics and compel thousands of them to sign petitions demanding a public vote on the project. The stadium plan died last month when Major League Soccer declined to award Las Vegas an expansion franchise, but the council’s handling of the project remains the dominant theme of the April 7 municipal primary election.
A recent decision by a federal court in Nevada highlights a significant problem facing the Las Vegas economy, one that threatens the livelihoods of many workers. The issue in question is unions seeking to drive business away from employers they dislike. Unfortunately, this has sometimes driven business opportunities right out of the state.
Stew Morrill’s 29-year coaching career, the past 17 at Utah, ends after a 67-65 loss to Wyoming in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center. “I’m looking forward to new things and new challenges, mostly relaxing for a while,” he said.
Isaac Hamilton scored a career-high 36 points in UCLA’s 96-70 win over USC in the quarterfinals of the Pacific-12 Conference tournament at the MGM Grand Garden.
Adam Mitchell catches the first six innings, singles home the go-ahead run in the third and pitches the final inning as the Spartans” submarine-style closer in a 3-2 victory over Shadow Ridge.
Tyler Crone tossed a four-hitter and struck out 11 on Thursday to lead Chaparral’s baseball team to a 5-1 win at Clark.
Sarah Pinkston tossed a five-hitter Thursday to help Coronado stun nationally-ranked Pacifica (Calif.), 1-0, in the Tournament of Champions in Bullhead City, Ariz.
Henderson police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man they say is involved in an armed robbery Thursday. At Smoke Cigar and More, 35 East Horizon Ridge Parkway, a male robber brandished a weapon and demanded money at 12:20 p.m.
Jacob West had four aces, including the match winner, to lead Arbor View’s boys volleyball team to a 27-25, 22-25, 22-25, 27-25, 15-11 victory over visiting Legacy on Thursday.
Authorities say the organized crime figure conspired to kill mob rival and set up criminal enterprises while on supervised release following a prior racketeering conviction.
A lawsuit that centers on the deadly 2013 tuberculosis outbreak at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center may proceed as a class action, a judge ruled this week, but he has not determined which potential plaintiffs may join the case.
There finally appears to be hope for the Chicago Cubs, who will play the Oakland Athletics in exhibition games Friday and Saturday at Cashman Field. Making the trip will be Las Vegan Kris Bryant, a third baseman who is rated baseball’s No. 1 prospect by Baseball America.
Free agent running back DeMarco Murray called his own number and phoned Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly to set up a visit Thursday in response to the Dallas Cowboys failing to meet his contract demands.
The shooting of two police officers at a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, triggered a sweeping manhunt for suspects on Thursday and ratcheted up tensions in a city at the center of a national debate over race and policing.
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A lackluster year so far on the Colorado River has local water managers and National Park Service officials bracing for further declines at Lake Mead.
Cal State-Bakersfield defeats Utah Valley 55-40 in the quarterfinals of the Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament at Orleans Arena, ending the career of veteran Wolverines coach Dick Hunsaker after 13 years at the school.
A crazy call about a basement fire, a car crash and an apartment disturbance landed a man in the custody of Wolcott police.
Adam Mitchell catches the first six innings, singles home the go-ahead run in the third and pitches the final inning as the Spartans’ submarine-style closer in a 3-2 victory over Shadow Ridge.
A man is calling Henderson residents to demand money in the name of NV Energy, police warn. “These are outright scams,” the release said.
Golden Nugget Las Vegas will hold a ceremony Friday to mark its $6.5 million upgrade of 20,000 square feet of convention space.
An unassuming engineer named Gale Fraser II has quietly played a central role over more than two decades in the growth of a wide-ranging system of detention basins and flood channels that are seldom noticed unless a flash flood hits Southern Nevada. Fraser retires Friday as general manager and chief engineer of the Clark County Regional Flood Control District, ending a 22-year stretch heading the organization.
Airport authorities are clearly doing something right in Singapore. For the third year in a row, Singapore Changi Airport has earned the World’s Best Airport title at the annual SkyTrax World Airport Awards, which were announced Wednesday in Paris.
Hundreds of union members rallied in front of the Nevada Legislature on Thursday to protest Republican efforts to curb collective bargaining and push public employee retirement reforms.
Eclipse Award winners American Pharoah and Untapable make their season debuts Saturday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.
If you’ve ever discussed retirement with a professional financial planner, you’ve probably come away shell-shocked and a little nauseous.
Wide receiver Devante Davis and offensive lineman Brett Boyko worked out at UNLV’s pro day on Thursday before scouts from nine NFL teams and two in the Canadian Football League.
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