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November 4, 2007 - 10:00 pm

Concert benefits UNLV scholarships

Does anyone really count them? After 22 years, there's a trust level that the annual "76 Trombones + 4" will deliver all 80 horns today to raise money for UNLV music scholarships.

The concert offers standards, jazz and classical pieces, with guest performers from Tokyo, New York and Salt Lake City. General admission is $10 for the 2 p.m. show at Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Call 739-3267.

You don't have to wait until Christmas to hear Clay Aiken sing holiday favorites as part of the Capital One Holiday Celebration on Ice, which tapes Tuesday at the Orleans Arena for a Christmas day broadcast on NBC.

Sasha Cohen headlines the skating cast of the 7:30 p.m. show at 4500 W. Tropicana Ave. Tickets are $35-$100; call 284-7777.

-- MIKE WEATHERFORD

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo addresses the media on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 in Las Vegas. (Benjamin ...

Nevada governor launches re-election bid for 2026

By Jessica Hill / RJ

September 15, 2025 - 6:32 pm

Gov. Joe Lombardo said he wants to “finish what we started” in his job as governor, launching his re-election campaign in what is expected to be a competitive race in 2026.

The Animal Foundation in Las Vegas Monday, March 6, 2023. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal ...

Southern Nevada municipalities considering The Animal Foundation contract extension

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

September 15, 2025 - 5:06 pm

Lawmakers were to vote this week on a contract extension with The Animal Foundation to the tune of an initial $11.44 million for the first-year agreement, according to local municipalities agendas.

Jhone Ebert, superintendent of the Clark County School District, during a Clark County School B ...

Teachers ‘no longer assigned to classrooms’ after Charlie Kirk posts, CCSD says

By Spencer Levering / RJ

September 15, 2025 - 4:29 pm

Superintendent Jhone Ebert said the school district must uphold free speech while also keeping students safe.

Sen. Edgar Flores, D-Las Vegas, asks a question during a meeting of the Commerce and Labor Comm ...

Nevada state senator faces DUI charge, says he wasn’t impaired

By Jessica Hill / RJ

September 15, 2025 - 4:56 pm

Nevada state Sen. Edgar Flores was arrested on suspicion of DUI, though the Las Vegas Democrat claims he was unimpaired.

Crime scene tape surrounds Utah Valley University after Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Ch ...

Growing chorus of conservatives wants Charlie Kirk critics ostracized or fired

By Josh Boak and Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press

September 15, 2025 - 9:58 am

After years of complaints from the right about “cancel culture,” some conservatives are seeking to upend the lives and careers of those who disparaged Charlie Kirk after his death. They’re going after companies, educators, news outlets, political rivals and others.

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‘Encouraging news’: Many Nevada schools improved their ratings, state data shows

By Spencer Levering / RJ

September 15, 2025 - 3:07 pm

Schools across Nevada saw significant increases in performance ratings compared to previous years, new data from the Nevada Department of Education shows.

This issue is contributing to Las Vegas Valley’s housing crisis, major homebuilder says

By Patrick Blennerhassett / RJ

September 15, 2025 - 6:30 am

The Bureau of Land Management requires homebuilders get a grant to run basic utilities and other services through its land, a process that can take up to three years because of government backlog and red tape.

The Great Seal of the State of Nevada on a wall in the Nevada Legislature building during the 8 ...

Nevada firearms background check system restored after cyberattack

By Arlette Yousif / RJ

September 14, 2025 - 5:48 pm

A background check system critical to the firearms purchase process is back online after being down for about three weeks during a cyberattack on the state of Nevada.

A vehicle marked with messages written on its windows in tribute to Turning Point USA CEO and c ...

Motive in Kirk shooting uncertain; Cox says supect was on ‘deep, dark internet’

By Nicholas Riccardi and Josh Boak Associated Press

September 14, 2025 - 1:16 pm

Family and friends of Tyler Robinson described his politics as veering left in recent years as he spent large amounts of time scrolling the “dark corners of the internet,” Utah Gov. Spencer Spencer Cox said Sunday.

Police stand in front of a Henderson home on on Sunday, April 14, 2024, where a multi-day stand ...

If police raid a home in search of somebody who doesn’t live there, who pays for repairs?

By Akiya Dillon and Casey Harrison / RJ

September 14, 2025 - 6:00 am

After the Metropolitan Police Department raided Kim Layson’s home in search of somebody who lived there before she bought the house, police agreed to cover the cost of the damages.