Just as the agency begins to recover from a series of high-profile missteps, the Secret Service is facing yet another scandal. A female employee accused Xavier Morales, a supervisor within the agency, of assault after he made sexual advances at her.
As Nevada lawmakers consider $1 billion in tax increases to fund Gov. Brian Sandoval’s new education spending, they need to remember those dollars won’t go as far as they’d like without accompanying labor reforms.
Another reminder for legislators: hundreds of millions of dollars in new education spending will create hundreds upon hundreds of new teaching positions. If the state can’t fill those positions with good educators, achievement initiatives won’t work.
Las Vegas author, public speaker and radio personality Marie Rose guides readers on a journey of empowerment and encourages them to break through self-imposed bonds in her book, “Change Your Layers … Change Your Life!”
The aquarium withstood the winds and water of Hurricane Katrina but it was dark in there, and there was no electricity to cool things down. All the penguins complained but Patience, the oldest penguin there, kept them all “in line.” It was important to be patient, but where was Tom the Keeper?
Brayden Robert Lewis of North Las Vegas assembled 53 emergency backpacks and water buckets for the classrooms at Somerset Aliante Campus. He is a part of Troop 128, and his parents are Cory and Debbie Lewis.
Las Vegas literary happenings this week include a presentation by local historian Michael Green at the Clark County Library.
Answers to Sudoku and crossword puzzles from April 9, 2015, View editions.
Green Valley senior sprinter Ian Mack has the nation”s No. 2 wind-legal time in the 100-meter dash. This weekend, he will compete at the prestigious Arcadia (Calif.) Invitational and has the chance to prove he can outrun some of the region”s best, slender frame and all.
The Coronado softball team scored all of its runs and collected all four of its hits in the fourth inning and held off visiting Rancho 3-2 on Wednesday in a battle for first place in the Southeast League.
Gov. Brian Sandoval stood on the dusty shore of a shrinking lake bed in Washoe Valley on Wednesday to sign an executive order creating a forum to study Nevada’s lingering drought and recommend state policies.
Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, who promotes Manny Pacquiao, says he needs to have the tickets and hotel rooms secured for the May 2 megafight at the MGM Grand Garden. Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions, says the rant is much ado about nothing.
Chase Wood and Mark Rubalcaba each won two individual events Wednesday to help Faith Lutheran’s boys track team win a four-team meet in Overton.
Eimainei Thomas-Palmer won the triple jump and high jump Wednesday to lead Valley’s girls track team to a 70-61 victory over visiting Las Vegas.
Patriotic artist Scott LoBaido, saying “every day is Veterans Day,” thanked veterans of Nevada on Wednesday for their service after painting a huge American flag on the side of American Legion Post 8 in Las Vegas.
Every Southern Nevada acute care hospital rated by the private, nonprofit health care watchdog Leapfrog Group scored well in using computerized prescribing systems designed to reduce medication errors, the leading cause of harm to patients in the U.S.
Cierra Davis doubled home the go-ahead run in the top of the fifth inning, and Cimarron-Memorial’s softball team rallied for a 6-4 victory over host Durango on Wednesday.
Nate Diaz will return to welterweight to fight Matt Brown at UFC 189 on July 11 at the MGM Grand Garden. Diaz has fought at lightweight since 2011 and lost a decision to then-champion Benson Henderson in a title fight in 2012.
Branson Diaz had 20 kills and four blocks, and Shilo Chow dished out 51 assists to go along with four kills, three aces and three digs as Foothill’s boys volleyball team outlasted Rancho, 29-31, 25-20, 25-18, 19-25, 15-12 on Wednesday.
Arbor View’s Sam Pastrone stroked a two-run homer in the top of the fifth inning to give the Aggies a 4-3 road victory over Desert Oasis on Wednesday.
The Coronado softball team scored all of its runs and collected all four of its hits in the fourth inning and held off visiting Rancho 3-2 on Wednesday in a battle for first place in the Southeast League.
A pedestrian is dead and part of Jones Boulevard is closed after a west valley crash, according to Las Vegas police.
Aaron Knief carded a 3-over-par 75 at Stallion Mountain on Wednesday to help Coronado’s boys golf team win a Southeast League match.
The 51s will feature two hard-throwing pitchers this season in right-hander Noah Syndergaard, who is rated baseball’s No. 11 prospect by Baseball America, and left-hander Steven Matz, who is No. 33. They are the top two prospects of the New York Mets.
A civil rights lawsuit claims two Nevada prison guards “created a gladiator-like scenario” in November when they allowed two handcuffed inmates to fight before a third guard shot both inmates.
Cold fronts blowing through the area have disrupted some of the quality fishing at Lake Mead. Cooler waters in the shallows pushed many bass off the beds, and stripers moved to deeper water.
Nevada clung to the top 10 in a national think tank’s measure of economic competitiveness. The state’s No. 10 ranking in the American Legislative Exchange Council’s “Rich States, Poor States” study was a downgrade from No. 8 in 2014.
