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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Board of Regents for Nevada’s state universities and colleges has accepted the resignation of Higher Education Chancellor Melody Rose under a severance agreement less than two years into her four-year contract. The board’s 9-4 vote Friday to pay Rose $610,000 in severance follows controversy over a 2021 complaint in which

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The family of a northern Nevada woman who was kidnapped and killed has complained that a sheriff’s office mishandled its initial response to her disappearance weeks before her body was found. KRNV-TV of Reno reports that Naomi Irion’s family said a Lyon County deputy delayed taking a missing person report when

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland vowed on her first day on the job to ensure Native American tribes have opportunities to speak with her and the agencies she oversees. Haaland has been delivering on the promise, meeting with nearly 130 tribes over

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland vowed on her first day on the job to ensure Native American tribes have opportunities to speak with her and the agencies she oversees. Haaland has been delivering on the promise, meeting with nearly 130 tribes over

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Jack Eichel scored twice in his first multigoal game since being traded to Vegas, Logan Thompson made 26 saves and the Golden Knights beat the Seattle Kraken 5-2. The Golden Knights, the previous NHL expansion team, swept the season series against the newest expansion team. Vegas

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities have accused a rural Nevada man of kidnapping and killing an 18-year-old woman. Naomi Irion’s body was found this week in a remote grave in northern Nevada’s high desert. Troy Driver of Fernley was booked Friday of charges of murder with use of a deadly

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural Nevada man who was jailed a week ago on a kidnapping charge is now accused of killing the 18-year-old woman whose body was found this week in a remote grave in northern Nevada’s high desert. Lyon County sheriff’s detectives charged and booked Troy Driver

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — New Florida basketball coach Todd Golden has rounded out his staff by hiring UNLV assistant Carlin Hartman. Hartman joins Mississippi State’s Korey McCray and Richmond’s Kevin Hovde on Florida’s bench. Golden called his staff “a grand slam.” He adds, “I couldn’t feel any better about

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Nevada state Assembly member has been indicted on charges that he didn’t live in the district he represented, misused thousands of dollars in campaign funds and lied in statements and documents in 2018 and 2020. Alexander Assefa, a Democrat, represented a Las Vegas district for one term and was

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — An effort by Nevada casino regulators to impose a $500,000 fine and discipline former Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn over allegations of workplace sexual misconduct has new life. The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a judge in Las Vegas acted prematurely when she sided

FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say they’re investigating the death of an 18-year-old northern Nevada woman kidnapped from a Walmart parking lot as a homicide but won’t say how she was killed. A statement released Thursday by sheriff’s officials of Churchill and Lyon counties said cause of death of Naomi Irion is known but can’t

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammys might be missing stars like Drake, The Weeknd and Kanye West as a performer, but the biggest night in music could still shine bright on the Las Vegas Strip. The ceremony relocated to Las Vegas for the first-time ever with several artists

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A planned new medical campus in North Las Vegas will include at least one new hospital, research and specialty care facilities along with hotel, restaurant and retail operations. The City Council in early March approved selling the 135-acre site near the existing Veteran Affairs hospital for nearly $37 million

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammys might be missing stars like Drake, The Weeknd and Kanye West as a performer, but the biggest night in music could still shine bright on the Las Vegas Strip. The ceremony relocated to Las Vegas for the first-time ever with several artists

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — It’s been 40 years since Formula One last ventured into Sin City for back-to-back Las Vegas races staged in the parking lot of the Caesars Palace hotel. The European-headquartered series raced in Las Vegas in 1981 and 1982, then packed up with little incentive

By MARK MOSCHETTI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Shea Theodore scored in the second period just moments after stepping out of the penalty box, and goalie Logan Thompson made 23 saves for his first shutout of the season, leading the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-0 win over the Seattle Kraken. Michael Amadio also scored

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say they have discovered the remains of an 18-year-old northern Nevada woman who was kidnapped over two weeks ago east of Reno. The Lyon and Churchill county sheriff’s offices said late Wednesday a tip led investigators to the body of Naomi Irion in a remote