It might sound and even feel like a hockey game, but this is actually something brand new for the Las Vegas Valley—the excitement of a Desert Dogs lacrosse game. The expansion team began …
Monthly Archives: January 2023
Culinary training helps tackle Nevada’s high unemployment
Nevada started 2023 with the highest unemployment rate in the country at 5.2%. Clark County unemployment sits above the statewide average, with a current rate of 5.4%.
End of the road for Las Vegas-born band Panic! At the Disco
“I am going to bring this chapter of my life to an end and put my focus and energy on my family,” mainstay Brendon Urie said in a social media statement.
Local libraries to offer free pass to Nevada state parks
State parks in the Southern Nevada area include Valley of Fire, Spring Mountain Ranch and Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort, where day-use entrance fees range $3 to $15.
Liberty basketball again beats Bishop Gorman — this time by 23 points
Whenever the Liberty High basketball team needed to make a big shot, many observers in the gym at Bishop Gorman on Wednesday assumed the ball would go to standout guard Dedan Thomas Jr.
Man sentenced in fatal car that killed Henderson teen
Jose Marmolejo, who struck and killed a 13-year-old when driving his sports car at a high speed through a Henderson neighborhood last March, was sentenced today to a two to six years in prison.
Cortez Masto introduces legislation in US Senate to help with gas prices
The Fair and Transparent Gas Prices Act, if passed, would give the Federal Trade Commission the authority and resources to investigate large petroleum companies that could be engaging in market manipulation or price gouging.
Kruger switches up the plan; UNLV finds a way to break losing spell
When things were going well for the UNLV basketball team this season, the Scarlet and Gray followed a defined blueprint for winning games: They switched every screen on defense, they forced turnovers …
Magazine ranks UNLV nursing programs among nation’s best
The 2023 U.S. News & World Report released today ranked UNLV 10th overall in the nation for their online nursing master’s program. It rose five spots from 2022 …
Gov. Lombardo speaks: Full transcript of the State of the State address
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo told a joint session of the Democrat-controlled Legislature he wants to permanently cut taxes on Nevada businesses and suspend the state’s gasoline tax for 12 months.