Bishop Gorman teammates Dorian Thompson-Robinson and Palaie Gaoteote are two of the best players in the state Gaoteote, the top-ranked linebacker in the country , is committed to USC Thompson-Robinson is ranked as the No. 3 dual-threat quarterback and is headed to UCLA The two headline a Gaels team looking for its ninth consecutive state championship They play their last game as teammates Saturday at 12:10 p.m. at Mackay Stadium in Reno
The Animal Foundation took in a whole lot of pups overnight. 164 Pomeranians came to the shelter after police found the animals in a box truck in Sandy Valley. The woman who drove the truck was reportedly breeding the dogs in her backyard in San Bernadino and was tipped off that her property would be searched. Officials say there were three to five dogs per cage and that the cages were stacked inside the truck. The dogs will be medically evaluated and groomed over the next few days. Officials say sometime in the next several weeks, the Pomeranians will be cleared for adoption.
Bishop Gorman is seeking its ninth straight state championship Saturday The Northern, Sunset and Sunrise Regions alternate host sites for the title game Gorman won the Sunset, and will be playing Northern champ Reed The Gaels are traveling to Reno, one of the longest in-state trips in the country The game is at 12:10 p.m. Saturday at Mackay Stadium
Spirit Airlines will launch nonstop flights from Las Vegas to two Florida airports beginning April 12. Spirit will offer daily flights between McCarran airport and Tampa, along with Orlando, as well as 9 other new routes across the U.S. Over the past two years, Spirit has grown to become the fifth busiest airline at McCarran International Airport. Mark Kopczak, Spirit Airlines vice president
Dec. 8: Deadline for all comments on the draft protocol. Dec. 11: The LVVF committee will adopt the final protocol. Dec. 11: The LVVF committee will adopt the final protocol. Jan. 2, 2018 – Jan. 31.: Claim forms to be completed and submitted to the fund administrators along with required documentation. Jan. 2, 2018 – Jan. 31.: Claim forms to be completed and submitted to the fund administrators along with required documentation. Feb. 1 – Feb. 26, 2018: All telephonic meetings requested with the fund administrators completed. March 1, 2018: All claims to be reviewed by the fund administrators and recommendations for payments to eligible claimants submitted to the LVVF committee. March 5, 2018: Distribution of payments to approved eligible claimants begins on a rolling basis. April 30, 2018: Independent audit begins (contingent upon the completion of payments and the absence of a second round of determinations and payments).
It’s hard to have worse luck than Sunrise Mountain wrestler Alex Herrera His freshman year ended when he came down with shingles Ringworm kept him out of state his sophomore year A concussion brought his junior year to an abrupt end He hopes to stay healthy when Sunrise Mountain’s season begins Friday
After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, 87 children are coping with the loss of a parent. Of the 58 people killed at the Route 91 Harvest festival, 33 were parents. The youngest child to lose a parent was just six weeks old when his mom, Rocio Guillen-Rocha, was killed. Losing a parent in such a public and traumatic way can send a child into a tailspin, UNLV clinical psychologist Michelle Paul says.
Gunman Stephen Paddock fired more than 1,100 rounds the night of the Las Vegas shooting. The total includes about 200 rounds fired from Paddock’s Mandalay Bay corner suite and into the hallway of the 32nd floor. The mass shooting left 58 concertgoers dead and more than 500 injured. Lombardo said they found about 4,000 more rounds of unused ammunition in the gunman’s suite. Investigators have not determined why Paddock stopped shooting.
Three cups of coffee a day
keep the doctor away? Researchers from Southampton and Edinburgh universities said that drinking three cups of coffee a day can reduce the risk of premature death, heart disease, liver disease, liver cancer and cirrhosis. The study confirms that pregnant women should not consume coffee as it could be harmful. Despite the positive outcomes of the study, the researchers warned that people should not start drinking coffee for health reasons, as their review included mainly observational data, and no firm conclusions could be drawn about cause and effect.
At age 17, Cristina Hernandez found herself homeless in Las Vegas. At age 33, she has hit the sweet spot in Washington, landing a coveted White House fellowship.
Hernandez received her B.A. from UNLV in 2010 and had begun work as a contractor who trained military personnel at Nellis Air Force Base. Her fellowship project put Hernandez in the Office of Personnel Management, where she is working to advance an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to “create a lean, accountable, more efficient government that works for the American people.”
