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It’s become an annual tradition to predict the year ahead in Las Vegas sports here, and last year was almost certainly the most accurate the exercise has ever turned out.

Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn poured in a career-high 33 points Tuesday for UNLV in the Rebels’ 89-85 overtime win over Boise State at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Officials in drought-stricken Arizona are moving to regulate groundwater use on the state’s western edge where wells have been running dry.

ALDI plans to open more than 180 stores by the end of 2026 as part of an expansion plan that calls for doubling its Las Vegas store count by 2030 ….

A Lake Tahoe school district is caught between California and Nevada’s competing policies on transgender student athletes, a dispute that’s poised to reorder where the district’s students compete.

Democratic Party insiders are beginning to puzzle over one of the more consequential decisions for the party’s future: which states should vote first in the 2028 presidential primary elections.

The Golden Knights ended 2025 and opened 2026 by losing eight of nine games, including five in regulation that denied Vegas even loser points.

“Mary J. Blige: My Life, My Story The Las Vegas Residency,” is scheduled for 10 performances May 1-9 and July 10-18 at the 5,200-seat venue inside Park MGM, resort officials announced today.

UNLV today received its second consecutive Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement, maintaining its place among the nation’s most community-focused higher education institutions.

Thousands of people received a letter in the mail the week of Thanksgiving, informing them that Somos Votantes had eliminated their medical debt. There had been no application process.