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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tourism officials in Las Vegas plan to spend  $435 million renovating older parts of the Las Vegas Convention Center to match the look of a sprawling new exhibition hall section that opened last year. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday approved the expenditure

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A coalition of water conservation groups that opposes plans to import groundwater to southern Utah is accusing the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District of artificially inflating the need for additional supply to justify constructing a new pipeline. Analysis published on Wednesday by the Great

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A police report says a 59-year-old motorist’s sports car was at full acceleration when he caused a multi-vehicle wreck in North Las Vegas that killed him, his passenger and seven family members in a minivan. The report made public Wednesday said a vehicle computer showed Gary Robinson’s Dodge Challenger sped up

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brian Dutcher’s San Diego State Aztecs appear primed for what has become an annual run through the Mountain West Conference Tournament. The Aztecs have reached the championship game all four seasons under Dutcher. They’ve gone 2-2, including winning last year’s title tilt against Utah State.

LAS VEGAS — Brandon Horvath had 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead five Utah State players in double figures as the Aggies romped past Air Force 83-56 in the first round of the Mountain West Conference tournament. Justin Bean added 16 points for the Aggies on Wednesday. Joseph Octave led the Falcons with a

LAS VEGAS — Grant Sherfield had 27 points and 10 rebounds as Nevada topped New Mexico 79-72 in the Mountain West Conference Tournament first round. Jaelen House led the Lobos on Wednesday with 19 points and seven assists.

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jack Eichel acknowledged feeling butterflies in his return to Buffalo on the eve of the Golden Knights game against the Sabres on Thursday night. The game will mark Eichel’s first in Buffalo since being traded to Vegas in November. Eichel prompted the trade, which ended

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — First Lady Jill Biden wrapped up a three-day trip promoting her husband’s economic agenda in Arizona and Nevada with a tour at a community college in Reno. Biden said Wednesday that Truckee Meadows Community College is using American Rescue Plan funds to help train students to

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal authorities allege that a Las Vegas attorney who was shot and wounded before his arrest by FBI agents last week headed a $300 million Ponzi scheme that bilked investors from Nevada, Utah and California. Matthew Beasley pleaded not guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s largest school district is loosening some of its COVID-19 restrictions. Effective Wednesday, the Clark County School District no longer requires wearing of masks on school buses and employees don’t have to participate in mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing. The district took the steps as numbers of COVID-19 cases dropped in previous

By MATT BARNUM of Chalkbeat Chalkbeat and Associated Press Data shows that a feared exodus of teachers during the coronavirus pandemic has not yet come to pass, although concerning signs about the health of the profession remain. Teacher resignation rates actually dipped after COVID first hit schools and as this school year approached generally returned

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Ezra Manjon posted 17 points and UC Davis beat Cal Poly 63-53 in the first round of the Big West Conference tournament. Caleb Fuller had 16 points and eight rebounds for the seventh-seeded Aggies (13-10). Elijah Pepper added 14 points and nine rebounds. Trevon Taylor had 20 points and eight rebounds

By BRITTANY PETERSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DECKERS, Colo. (AP) — Thinning the dense stands of trees across millions of acres of U.S. forestlands is a central piece of the Biden administration’s $50 billion plan to protect against deadly firestorms that have been exploding across western states. But the same warming trends that worsen

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Andrew Nembhard scored 19 points, Rasir Bolton added 18 and top-ranked Gonzaga outlasted No. 17 Saint Mary’s 82-69 to win its eighth West Coast Conference tournament title in nine years. The Zags had one big run in the first half to build a 10-point lead

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carter Hart made a career-high 47 saves, Oskar Lindblom and Justin Braun scored, and the Philadelphia Flyers won consecutive games for the first time in more than a month with a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights. Scott Laughton added two assists for Philadelphia, which last

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller is among Republicans who have made their campaigns for governor official. The former U.S. congressman and Nevada secretary of state filed his candidacy papers Tuesday in Carson City. North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee filed his documents, and Las Vegas real estate investor Barak Zilberberg,

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court says a Las Vegas police detective can be sued for arresting protesters who chalked anti-police slogans on the sidewalk in front of the police station. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned a lower court dismissal of a lawsuit filed by three activists who