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The Nevada Board of Regents accepted the resignation of the state’s higher education chancellor, Melody Rose, but not without being roundly criticized by students, current and former regents and others in a highly charged meeting Friday.

The one-two punch of nasty wildfires followed by heavy downpours, triggering flooding and mudslides, will strike the U.S. West far more often in a warming-hopped world, becoming a frequent occurrence, a new study said.

A man kidnapped and killed an 18-year-old woman whose body was found in a remote grave in northern Nevada’s high desert, sheriff’s detectives said Friday.

Palin, a former Alaska governor who was the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, has the biggest national political profile in the packed field that includes current and former state legislators and a North Pole city council member named Santa C…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people early Saturday that retreating Russian forces were creating “a complete disaster” outside the capital as they leave mines across “the whole territory,” even around homes and corpses.

Chris Tomlin, on the third consecutive night of the “Tomlin United” tour, greeted the Las Vegas audience March 31 at T-Mobile Arena with a message of gratitude.

Jonny Greco and Ayron Sequeira were vital in producing on-ice entertainment for the Vegas Golden Knights in the team’s first years of existence; now the two are doing the same for the expansion Seattle Kraken.

UNLV is no longer in the national conversation, having last played in the Final Four in 1991 and having not been in the tournament field the past eight seasons. But the Rebels’ place in Final Four history is undeniable …

Game days are never boring in Las Vegas, and that won’t change in the Lights’ fifth season. They put on one of soccer’s most unique productions, with Sports Illustrated having called the Lights “the most interesting team in the world” in 2018.

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