EDITORIAL: More premium hikes coming, thanks to Obamacare

Hardly a day goes by without more depressing news about the effects of the Affordable Care Act, on both the state and national levels. And what’s likely to come next has the potential to affect far more Nevadans than did the initial rollout back in October.

Knight OK with UNLV’s regional seeding

The Rebels, who are coming off a third-place finish at last month’s Mountain West championships, will be the No. 5 seed at next week’s Sugar Grove, Ill., Regional where familiar foe California is the top seed.

Steelers’ 1974 draft defines greatest single-team haul

Forty years ago, in 1974, pro football’s draft wasn’t televised, so people sometimes forget that four of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first five picks went on to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

UFC president White eyeing first event at new MGM venue

Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White was one of the dignitaries chosen Thursday to put one of the first golden shovels into the dirt for the groundbreaking of Las Vegas Arena.

Weekend marred by recreation-related deaths across U.S.

Investigators trying to determine what caused the crash of a vintage airplane during a stunt at an air show said Monday that they will start by examining the wreckage and ground scars. The crash was one of several recreation-related deaths over the weekend across the U.S

VOLLEYBALL: Layne, Bengals sweep Bulldogs

Kellen Layne had eight kills, three aces and six digs Monday to help Bonanza’s boys volleyball team to a 25-23, 25-20, 25-22 sweep of visiting Centennial.

Driver charged in northeast valley crash

The 18-year-old driver of a pickup truck carrying six other teenagers that rolled over early Sunday morning faces several felony charges of driving under the influence, according to Las Vegas police.

County sheds more light on medical pot license applicants

Clark County has shed more light on who is vying for a limited number of lucrative licenses to move newly legalized medical marijuana from seed to sale.

Testing animals group finds homes for beagles in Las Vegas

Nine dogs that spent years living in a laboratory got a chance at a new life with a foster family as the Beagle Free Project, a nonprofit organization that rescues testing animals, continues its efforts to save them, find them homes, and push legislation against animal testing.

North Las Vegas home suffers major fire damage

The three adults and six children inside the residence escaped the house without injury before firefighters arrived, fire officials said.

Informant grilled on convictions in federal theft trial

The government’s chief witness spent the morning under intense cross-examination as the federal trial of three Cuban immigrants charged in a major Las Vegas-area theft ring entered its second week.

Gates Millennium scholarships pave way to college for 4 Nevada students

Four Nevada students are among the 2014 winners of scholarships from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which annually awards scholarships to 1,000 minority students below an income limit. The scholarships also will pay for graduate school in computer science, education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health or science.

‘Secret’ of Red Rock dinosaur tracks might not be safe for long

Red Rock Canyon draws more than 1 million visitors a year, making it the busiest National Conservation Area in the country. Apparently it was big with the dinosaurs, too. Since the first such discovery made news in 2011, the fossilized footprints of long-extinct creatures have been found at more than 10 different spots in the 196,000-acre conservation area.

Blowtorch ignites bridge fire that closes I-15 in California

All three lanes of Interstate 15 in Hesperia are closed in both directions after a construction worker’s blowtorch caught the overpass bridge’s wooden supports on fire. The freeway is Southern California’s main connector to Las Vegas and has been closed since 1:30 p.m.

Colorado crash victim survives 5-day car stranding

After being stranded for five days in a crashed car, hikers found 43-year-old Kristin Hopkins of Highlands Ranch, Colorado off the highway in critical condition.

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