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- County manager taps budget director to replace departing assistant manager
- Friday, May 24, 2013
- A longtime Clark County employee would ascend to the county’s No. 2 administrative post if her promotion is approved next month. Yolanda King, Clark County’s director of budget and financial planning, is in line to become the new assistant county manager.
- Several Clark County pools, water parks to open Saturday
- Friday, May 24, 2013
- Just in time for the Memorial Day weekend, eight Clark County pools and water parks will open for business Saturday. “Memorial Day Weekend is not just the unofficial start of summer,” County Commissioner Susan Brager said.
- 51s blanked in series finale at Iowa
- Thursday, May 23, 2013
- Las Vegas 51s infielders Wilmer Flores and Brandon Hicks each had two hits Thursday against the host Iowa Cubs, but the 51s were held scoreless in a 4-0 defeat to close an eight-game road trip.
- Red Rock Campground to close for summer months
- Thursday, May 23, 2013
- A popular, developed campground in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is scheduled to close for the summer beginning Tuesday.
- Grand slam from birthday boy gives 51s win at Iowa Cubs
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- Happy Birthday, Collin Cowgill.
The Las Vegas 51s outfielder hit a grand slam Wednesday on his 27th birthday, helping the 51s beat the host Iowa Cubs, 9-4. - 51s drop both games of doubleheader at Iowa Cubs
- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
- The Las Vegas 51s lost both games of a doubleheader by one run Tuesday at the Iowa Cubs, falling 2-1 and 6-5.
- Budget burger challenge: Which is the finest in Vegas?
- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
- Las Vegas Weekly’s recent list of some of the best burgers in Las Vegas was a delicious and hunger-inducing look at the burger in its most refined and elaborate form. But what about the city's more garden-variety burgers? The blue-collar ones from places with roadside signs? Lasvegassun.com staffers offer some of their suggestions for quick-stop burger restaurants.
- Your turn to vote: Congress or Starbucks?
- Monday, May 20, 2013
- It's time to decide who will win the May edition of the Smithereens Cartoon Caption Contest.
- 51s unable to hold off Storm Chasers, lose 4-3
- Sunday, May 19, 2013
- The Las Vegas 51s will have to settle for a split of their four-game road series against the Omaha Storm Chasers.
- 51s rally but fall short against Omaha
- Thursday, May 16, 2013
- Eric Campbell went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, but the Las Vegas 51s were unable to complete a rally, dropping a 5-4 game to Omaha on Thursday.
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- Newseum chronicles Elvis' meteoric rise
- Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/05/AR2010040504469.html
- People in the news quiz
- Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009
- Can you name these eight people who were in the Las Vegas Sun this week?
- Fake field goal sets up Green Valley win
- Friday, Aug. 28, 2009
- Green Valley beat Centennial 10-7 tonight.
- ESPN 1100 hosts Radiothon to benefit cancer wellness center
- Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Longtime boxing analyst Al Bernstein and ESPN Radio 1100, supported by a score of UFC personalities, will again be hosting “The Longest Radio Show Ever” next weekend to benefit The Caring Place — a non-profit facility that provides free services to support the mind, body and spirit of individuals touched by cancer.
- 51s drop another
- Sunday, May 3, 2009
The slide continued for the 51s on Sunday. Despite taking a two-run lead in the fourth inning, Las Vegas gave up four runs in the seventh to suffer their third straight setback, a 4-2 defeat to the Salt Lake Bees at Cashman Field.
- MGM Mirage halts stock trading
- Wednesday, April 29, 2009
- Pending an important news announcement, MGM Mirage closed stock trading at 12:11 p.m. today.
- UNLV's golf team wins Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship
- Sunday, March 15, 2009
The UNLV men's golf team erased a 12-shot deficit in the final round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship on Sunday and held off Oklahoma State by a single stroke to win its own tourney for the second straight year with a 54-hole total of 9-under par 855.
- Former Sen. Heck to run for governor
- Friday, March 13, 2009
- Sun columnist Jon Ralston is reporting that former state Sen. Joe Heck will enter the race for governor.
- NHL awards ceremony coming to the Palms
- Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009
- http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3857941
- Hot-handed Allen, Malott reach PBA TOC finals
- Friday, Jan. 23, 2009
Wes Malott kept his hot streak going Friday, jumping into the lead of the Professional Bowlers Association’s H&R Block Tournament of Champions at Red Rock Lanes in the afternoon.
But by the end of the night, the five-time PBA Tour titlist — fresh off his Bayer Earl Anthony Medford Classic title last weekend in Medford, Ore. — needed every ounce of that luck to survive and advance into Sunday’s ESPN televised (9:30 a.m. PT) stepladder finals.
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