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Former Basic and Cimarron coaches inducted into Hall of Fame
By Christopher Drexel
Photo: Cliff Frazier, who coached Basic football for more Between the two of them, Ron Smeltzer and Cliff Frazier have more than seven decades of coaching experience. For their dedication to football in the state, both have been inducted into the Southern Nevada Coaches ...
11:56 p.m.
Habitat dedicates 12th home in Las Vegas
By Amanda Finnegan
Photo: Salavador and Maria Villaseñor and their tw Salavador and Maria Villaseñor got their first home Monday.
11:00 p.m.
Del Sol stymied once again in title game
By Ray Brewer
Del Sol assistant football coach Don Morse knew the lead wasn't safe.
9:32 p.m.
Rebels pass first road test, defeat Miners, 80-67
By Ryan Greene
EL PASO -- There was a time in the first half when UTEP led UNLV Monday night by 13 points. In the end, it was easy to forget that. The Rebels' 7-0 run to open ...
8:13 p.m.
Air Force investigator: F-15 spun 20 times before July crash
By Mary Manning
A July 30 jet crash that killed one pilot over a remote area of the Nevada Test and Training Range during a training exercise resulted from several factors that sent the F-15 into a spin ...
6:59 p.m.
Donations up at Emergency Aid of Boulder City
By Cassie Tomlin
Photo: With wagons full of donated food, Mary Jo Zapolski This year, as need for help to get through the holidays grew, so did donations to Emergency Aid, directors said.
5:00 p.m.
Court rejects appeal of killer
By Cy Ryan
CARSON CITY – A Las Vegas man sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the fatal baseball bat beating of his grandmother has lost his appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court.
4:16 p.m.
Police seek public's help in soccer field attack
By Mary Manning
An attack during a soccer game in a northeastern Las Vegas Valley last week park left one player with a life-threatening injury and Metro Police on Monday asked for the public's help in finding the ...
3:43 p.m.
Taxable sales continue slump, construction up in Clark County
By Cy Ryan
Photo: Construction activity ended a 23-month decline las Taxable sales in Clark County fell 6.3 percent to $2.8 billion in September, the fourth decline in the last six months, the state Department of Taxation reported. Statewide taxable sales fell 5.2 percent to $3.9 ...
3:10 p.m.
Judge's son released to parental custody
By Frances Vanderploeg
Photo: Family Court Judge William Voy presided over a cou Michael Mosley, the 16-year-old son of District Judge Donald Mosley, was released to the joint custody of his estranged parents today after a hearing before Family Court Judge William Voy.
Updated 7:10 p.m.
Shooting victim identified as North Las Vegas teen
By Mary Manning, Tim Richardson
A 17-year-old North Las Vegas teenager who died at a local hospital after a shooting late Saturday has been identified as Eric Duane Knox, Jr., the Clark County coroner's office said.
Updated 6:02 p.m.
Lt. Gov. Krolicki says he's an indictment target
Staff and wire reports
Lt. Gov. Krolicki says he's an indictment target Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki says he's been advised that the attorney general's office intends to have him indicted for the way he handled a college savings program while serving as state treasurer.
Updated 4:19 p.m.
Rain moving in to Las Vegas for holiday week
By Mary Manning
Valley rains and snow-capped peaks in Southern Nevada's mountains are arriving Tuesday through Wednesday before a northern flow of air keeps temperatures cool for Thanksgiving Day and beyond.
1:09 p.m.
U.S. home prices fall to early 2004 levels
Staff and wire reports
Photo: This home near the intersection of Green Valley Pa Nationwide sales of existing homes fell more than expected last month, as economic fears made buyers leery even though prices plunged to the lowest level in more than four years. And the decline is expected ...
12:16 p.m.
Pedestrian identified in fatal hit-and-run collision
By Mary Manning, Tim Richardson
Metro Police are still looking for a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision with a pedestrian late Friday in the northeastern Las Vegas Valley.
11:51 a.m.
Woman identified in fatal three-vehicle crash
By Mary Manning, Tim Richardson
A 45-year-old woman who died at the scene of a fatal three-vehicle crash Friday night has been identified as Kimberly Teuscher of Las Vegas, the Clark County coroner's office said.
11:46 a.m.
Man struck by pickup on Tropicana identified
By Mary Manning
A man struck by a pickup truck while crouching in a westbound lane of Tropicana Avenue last week has been identified as 36-year-old Robert Steven Balash Jr., of Las Vegas, the Clark County coroner's office ...
11:28 a.m.
More than 9,000 qualify for new jobless benefits
By Cy Ryan
CARSON CITY – More than 9,000 laid off Nevada workers will qualify for extended unemployment benefits under the federal legislation signed by President Bush on Friday.
9:24 a.m.
Unsecured spending
Homeland Security officials have failed to properly oversee the purchase of billions of dollars in equipment, an audit released last week found.
2:08 a.m.
Pulling a disappearing act
Ever since it was created as a Cabinet-level federal agency in 1965, the Housing and Urban Development Department has stated that increasing access to affordable housing is one of its major goals. But the agency’s ...
2:07 a.m.
Protecting national parks
With two months remaining in the Bush presidency, the administration is still doing whatever it can to cause as much damage to the environment as possible.
2:06 a.m.
We have no business growing right now
Donna Thibault, North Las Vegas
Are we, the people of North Las Vegas, ready to sell our rich archaeological treasures for the sole purpose of building more houses when we already have a glut of homes which have been foreclosed ...
2:04 a.m.
Supervision should accompany bailout
Philip Hoffman, Las Vegas
I am an attorney, former corporate executive in manufacturing/international trade and current small business owner, and I have a suggestion for the auto industry bailout:
2:03 a.m.
America can do better by its veterans
Frank Perna, Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Sun’s Nov. 15 editorial, “Assisting wounded vets,” identified another void in services to our Iraqi–Afghanistan veterans, who are returning sicker physically and mentally than in previous wars.
2:02 a.m.
Parents fired up
By Jon Ralston
It used to be when grass-roots activism to improve the state’s school system was talked about, the natural focus was the teachers union ...
2:01 a.m.
U.S. strikes at landlord bias against children
By Timothy Pratt
The federal government recently settled a complaint against the owners of Las Vegas apartments who allegedly discriminated against families, the third such case in the valley in two years.
2:00 a.m.
Work cut out for next OSHA chief
By Alexandra Berzon
Frustration permeated a Washington hearing room in June as a House labor committee took testimony on construction safety that focused on fatalities in Las Vegas and other places.
2:00 a.m.
Comparison of computer system, man-eating plant strikes chord
By Emily Richmond
The Clark County School District doesn’t have to look far for one of the harshest critics of its new computer system, which is only partially operational after four years and nearly $40 million.
2:00 a.m.
Miners trying to keep Rebels from Runnin'
By Ryan Greene
If the Rebels live up to the unofficial 'Runnin' tag that has preceded their nickname Monday night, Texas-El Paso coach Tony Barbee probably won't be the happiest man in the world.
2:00 a.m.
Curtain goes up at UTEP as Rebels' show hits big time
By Rob Miech
Photo: UNLV guard Wink Adams splits North Carolina A&T fo The auditions are over. Now, fifth-year UNLV basketball coach Lon Kruger takes his 4-0 team on the road to see what it has learned so far this season.
2:00 a.m.
Hatton, trainer have eyes on Pacquiao-De La Hoya
By Jeff Haney
Photo: Ricky Hatton, left, poses with trainer Floyd Maywe After his dominating 11th-round stoppage of Paulie Malignaggi on Saturday at the MGM Grand, Ricky Hatton said he should fight the winner of the Dec. 6 megabout between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao.
2:00 a.m.
Inventor’s plea: Take my ideas, please
By Brendan Buhler
Photo: Inventor and portrait artist Vince Fodera, right, Vince Fodera is trying to be heard. If you listen, he’ll tell you how he’s trying to save the world.
2:00 a.m.
As target users get younger, slots get more hip
By Liz Benston
Every year slot machine manufacturers gather to discuss their industry’s version of global warming — a dramatic shift in customer tastes with long-term implications for survival that are still years away.
2:00 a.m.
‘Rock of Love’ rumbles into Aliante’s house
By Jerry Fink
Bret Michaels, the Rock of Love himself, rolls into town to perform this weekend at the new Aliante Station in North Las Vegas.
2:00 a.m.
Precinct view of Obama’s win
By Alex Richards
Photo: precincts The Barack Obama/Joe Biden ticket won Clark County by a 19-point margin, a partisan disparity not seen here in nearly a quarter-century, when Ronald Reagan bested Walter Mondale by 27 points during the 1984 election.
2:00 a.m.
“You can’t travel across the country in style without a piano.”
By Kristen Peterson
Photo: Robert Dorgan looks out over a wooden model of dow A weekly snapshot of creative people living in the Las Vegas Valley
2:00 a.m.
Struggling to hang on
By Brian Eckhouse
Photo: Co-owner Paul Goldberg looks out the door of his M Without close inspection, you could chalk up the receding monthly sales at the Maui Wowi smoothie shop to cooling temperatures. But slumping sales began in April. You could argue that fewer people today can afford ...
2:00 a.m.
Six Questions for Benjamin Grumbles
By Phoebe Sweet
Photo: Benjamin Grumbles says 30 percent of indoor water Benjamin Grumbles, the Environmental Protection Agency’s assistant administrator for water, has a lot of pictures of himself with toilets.
2:00 a.m.

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