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UNLV basketball adds guard from Texas-Rio Grande Valley

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Howard Fleming Jr., a 6-foot-5 guard from Texas-Rio Grande Valley, is transferring to the UNLV basketball program, he announced on social media.

Elaine Wynn, visionary businesswoman and champion of education, dies

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Elaine Wynn, a transformative force in Las Vegas and a passionate advocate for education reform, has died, her foundation announced this morning.

Students are buying into UNLV football, and Mullen’s banking on it

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Coach Dan Mullen addressed his UNLV football team after a spring practice recently, emphasizing how the players would serve as the foundation for the program’s future success.

A’s Player of the Month: Green Valley High’s Liliana Esparza

Friday, April 11, 2025

When Liliana Esparza took the field for her senior season at Green Valley High, she already had a résumé that most players could only dream of.

Report: Median sales price of homes $485K in Las Vegas

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

George Kypreos, the president of Las Vegas Realtors, said in a statement that “it’s interesting to see that the median price of existing homes hasn’t changed since the start of 2025.”

UNLV sets apparel sale, invites ticket holders to spring football practice

Friday, April 4, 2025

Are you a UNLV fan in need of some fresh swag? It’s time to restock.

A's Player of the Month: Mater East Academy's Lonnie Bass

Thursday, March 13, 2025

In the most important game of the season for the Mater East Academy basketball team, Lonnie Bass rose to the occasion.

President Keith Whitfield announces he's leaving UNLV

Monday, March 3, 2025

Whitfield said there are family issues he needs to tend to that “require more of my time and energy and prevent me from being your president” ...

Intermountain Health, UNLV work to finalize lease for land to build children’s hospital

Monday, March 3, 2025

Intermountain Health and UNLV are approaching the end of a 180-day negotiating window to ...

MGM Resorts leader Bill Hornbuckle to chair U.S. Travel Association board

Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025

MGM Resorts International CEO and President Bill Hornbuckle was appointed to serve a two-year term as the national chair of the U.S. Travel Association’s board of directors, the group announced today. Hornbuckle will lead ...

Coach’s vision sets Mojave on path to title showdown with Gorman

Friday, Feb. 21, 2025

KeJuan Clark grabbed a pen and piece of paper and started writing. Clark, then the new Mojave High School basketball coach, jotted a list of goals his program would achieve and how to accomplish them ...

Underdog Silverado soars into semifinals of boys’ state basketball playoffs

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025

Some will say the Silverado High School basketball team doesn’t belong in today’s large-school state semifinals. But the Skyhawks will enter the semifinals with a 12-14 record and are ranked 23rd in the state, according to ...

A's Player of the Month: Del Sol Academy's Hannah Baum

Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025

Del Sol Academy bowler Hannah Baum started doing the math as her opponent in the state championship match was preparing to roll in the final frame at the Orleans.

Six UNLV sports teams set GPA records

Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025

Six teams at UNLV established program grade-point-average records in the fall semester, the university said today. The women’s golf team, with a 3.63 grade point average, led the way. Records were ...

President of Las Vegas Motor Speedway set to retire

Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025

Chris Powell, the president and general manager of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, is retiring in March after nearly three decades overseeing the growth of the speedway into one of the nation’s ...

UNLV football finishes ranked No. 23 in historic season

Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025

The UNLV football team finished ranked nationally for the first time in program history coming in at No. 23 in the final Associated Press poll released today.

Old-school charm remains even as Bonanza High undergoes major makeover

Monday, Jan. 20, 2025

Lisa Hungerford, the assistant principal at Bonanza High School, was giving a campus tour this school year to a group of graduates returning for a class reunion. Like most former Bonanza Bengals ...

A's Player of the Month: Liberty's Kilolo Westerlund

Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025

Kilolo Westerlund takes a short pass for the Liberty High flag football team against visiting SECTA, makes a quick cutback move and sprints downfield toward the end zone.

Raiders need a football version of Fleury to build a winning franchise

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

The Raiders need their version of Marc-André Fleury, one of the best goalies in NHL history who gave Las Vegans many nights of meaningful hockey and reasons to …

Late rally helps Coronado basketball down Bishop Gorman in battle of state's top teams

Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025

A regular season high school basketball game Saturday between defending state champion Bishop Gorman and state runner-up Coronado was considered a battle of the state’s top programs.

Las Vegas resorts helping displaced Californians with discounted room rates, donations

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025

Las Vegas resort companies are coming to the aid of Californians impacted by the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area ...

UNLV Student Spotlight of the Month: Basic Academy's Silvian David

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025

Silvian David walks around the courtyard at Basic Academy and is greeted by many classmates. Most students ...

Vegas housing sales: More properties sold in 2024 than previous year

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025

Data from Las Vegas Realtors found that 31,305 homes, condos and townhomes were sold in 2024, marking an increase from 29,069 properties sold in 2023. 

Bishop Gorman High celebrates opening of new $16 million student union

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025

The Gaughan Family Student Union is the modern-day Food Factory — just with an ultramodern broadcast media center hosting the school’s BGTV, an innovation lab for the STEM program and an oratory lab with a …

Authorities trace steps of soldier in Cybertruck blast at Trump’s Las Vegas hotel

Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025

An active-duty U.S. soldier who was in a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded Wednesday outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel had rented the vehicle five days earlier in Denver, authorities said. Matthew Livelsberger, 37, then traveled to Las Vegas in the ...

Las Vegas tourism chief talks monorail’s future, another Super Bowl and convention attendance

Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025

The Las Vegas Monorail has been transporting passengers in the Resort Corridor for the past two decades ...

Looking back on a banner year in Las Vegas sports, and ahead at what’s to come in 2025

Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024

There were large-scale events making national headlines, local teams pouring their hearts into their games, prep athletes breaking out and so much more. ...

Sunday’s ticket prices unusually low for Raiders

Friday, Dec. 20, 2024

If you want to check out the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars could be the most affordable opportunity to do so. Tickets on the secondary market ...

Forget the future; UNLV football has a bowl game to win this week

Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024

Instead of focusing on the UNLV football team’s Wednesday game against Cal in the LA Bowl, the primary concern is trying to determine how the roster will look and feel next season. Same with the coaching staff ...

Odom authored blueprint; his successor must sustain momentum for UNLV

Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024

Yes, Barry Odom is no longer the coach of your football team. And, yes, the architect of a program that went from perennial two-win seasons to being ranked in the top 25 and on verge of ...

A's Player of the Month: Coronado's Gavin Flickinger

Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024

Coronado High junior forward Gavin Flickinger noticed opposing teams starting to game plan to stop him.

New champs: Slam Nevada, Mojave win state football titles

Slam rallies from 10 points down in second half to dethrone Truckee

Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024

Damien Nevil had four touchdowns and quarterback Alaijah Young was masterful in managing the game, helping the Bulls to a 34-30 win. They snapped Truckee’s 34-game ...

A pair of Hawaii coaching transplants leads Mojave to state championship game

Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024

After some initial struggles, the men have done wonders with the Rattlers’ program. Mojave had just one victory in 2019, didn’t compete in 2020 because COVID eliminated the season ...

Bishop Gorman’s football legacy built on pride, perseverance

Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024

The Gaels have won 14 of the past 16 state championships, going from competing for a Nevada crown to becoming a national brand. They have been voted national champions four times since 2014 and are ranked in ...

Home means Allegiant Stadium for Nevada prep football title teams

Monday, Nov. 25, 2024

Come Tuesday afternoon, Slam will be playing in a $2 billion stadium near the Las Vegas Strip. The Bulls at 12:20 p.m. will take on Truckee, Calif. ...

Canyon Springs, Mojave to play for Class 4A football title

Friday, Nov. 15, 2024

Mojave’s defense stopped Losee on the 5-yard line in the final seconds to secure the win and advance to face Canyon Springs Nov. 26 for the Class 4A state title at Allegiant Stadium ...

'Job's not finished': Arbor View advances to state football title game

Friday, Nov. 15, 2024

Seconds after the Arbor View High football team put the finishing touches on a 37-21 victory against Coronado in the Class 5A, Division-I state semifinals, the public address announcer ...

Democrats Titus, Lee, Horsford retain their U.S. House seats

Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024

Three U.S. House seats in Nevada will remain under Democratic control after the incumbents won reelection Thursday. The Associated Press declared Democratic Reps. Dina Titus ...

Nearly 14,000 mail ballots in Nevada have signature issues

Officials urge residents to use online tool to check if ballot was accepted

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024

Nearly 14,000 Nevada voters must verify their identity with election officials to cure the signature on their mail-in ballots or their votes won’t count ...

Harris or Trump? Uncertainty looms over who will win Nevada’s 6 electoral votes

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024

Polling suggests the race between the Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, is nearly even — in Nevada ...

As UNLV rises, allure with recruits shines brighter

Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

Of those estimated 30,000-plus fans in the stands tonight, a group of 600 recruits and their families sitting near the front might be the most important in attendance. The hype for the Rebels isn’t reserved to its supporters ...

After loss, UNLV seeks redemption on the road at Utah State

Friday, Oct. 11, 2024

UNLV is favored by 19 points, but coach Barry Odom knows Utah State — or any league opponent — is going to give his squad a tough look.

UNLV Student Spotlight of the Month: Canyon Springs High School's Jesus Hernandez Rios

Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024

Jesus Hernandez Rios admits he wasn’t much of a student during his initial years at Canyon Springs High School.

Why UNLV should stay in the Mountain West for now

Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024

Remember, the goal is to get invited to be part of a lucrative league like the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12 or Southeastern Conference. It’s not to pay $17 million in exit fees that the university hasn’t budgeted for to leave ...

High School Football Picks: Week 7

Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024

The Class 5A, Division-I has a pair of notable high school football games on Friday night, including the always-anticipated showdown between the Bishop Gorman Gaels and Liberty Patriots.

Four schools — but not UNLV — leaving Mountain West Conference for Pac-12

Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024

UNLV isn’t one of the four Mountain West Conference schools reportedly leaving the league for the Pac-12 Conference. Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and ...

Smoke from California wildfires delays flights at Las Vegas airport

Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024

Smoke from wildfires in Southern California has drifted into Las Vegas, creating lengthy flight delays, poor air quality and scrubbing outdoor activities, officials said. The smoke turned the sky gray and obscured ...

Slow start haunts Bishop Gorman football in loss to Mater Dei

Friday, Sept. 6, 2024

The Bishop Gorman football team was hindered by slow starts in its initial two games of the season. That was again the case on Friday night. But this opponent wouldn’t let the Gaels ease back into the contest ...

Prep baseball coach Ebarb remembered for love of game, passion for Vegas kids

Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024

Rich Ebarb loved the College of Southern Nevada baseball program so much that he’d brag to friends that he was part of “Coyote Nation.”

High School Football Picks: Week 4

Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024

Bishop Gorman travels into the Los Angeles area to face Mater Dei in a battle of the nation’s top-ranked teams.