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Fifth grader Anyelo Rodriguez listens to an online tutor during a Teach for America Ignite Fellowship literacy class at Dearing Elementary School Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. Photo by Steve Marcus

Pilot tutoring program helping to lift elementary reading skills in Nevada

The educator preparation program Teach for America, which has long had a presence in the state, brought the virtual tutoring to three Nevada schools this fall with plans to expand next year.

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• UNLV could be ready to climb the Mountain West this season

  Dec 18, 2025 (2 a.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  The once-proud UNLV men’s basketball program has only finished in the top half of the Mountain West standings once in the past five years, and three times in the last decade.

  

• Las Vegas’ Historic Westside welcomes a sleek new library for the next generation

  Dec 18, 2025 (2 a.m.)

  By Tyler Schneider

  After 18 months of construction, the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District finally unveiled an ambitious $40 million project poised to become an educational anchor in the community for years to come.

  

• Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 16 winners against the spread

  Dec 18, 2025 (2 a.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have won the NFC South in four consecutive seasons and looked like a shoo-in to make it a half-decade straight as recently as a few weeks ago. ...

  

• Las Vegas gearing up for New Year's Eve celebration

  Dec 17, 2025 (2:52 p.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  Local leaders are calling it an unforgettable way to start a new year in the nation’s premier entertainment destination.

  

• 2 men sentenced for fatal hit-and-run of bicyclist in Las Vegas that was captured on video

  Dec 17, 2025 (1:06 p.m.)

  By Jessica Hill, Associated Press

  Two Nevada men were given lengthy prison sentences Wednesday after pleading guilty to the fatal hit-and-run of a man who had been biking alongside a road in Las Vegas.

  

• Ohio football fires coach ahead of bowl game against UNLV

  Dec 17, 2025 (1:12 p.m.)

  Football coach Brian Smith was fired Wednesday by Ohio University, which cited “serious professional misconduct.”

  

• Metro: Pursuit of robbery suspect ends in gunfire, barricade situation

  Dec 17, 2025 (5:32 p.m.)

  By Las Vegas Sun Staff

  A suspected armed robber fired shots at Metro Police officers today following two separate robberies, leading to a vehicle pursuit and standoff in North Las Vegas, police said.

  

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• Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump

  Dec 17, 2025 (5:37 p.m.)

  Associated Press

  He said that if asked whether he would “prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the president was a Republican or Democrat.”

  

• 2 men sentenced for fatal hit-and-run of bicyclist in Las Vegas that was captured on video

  Dec 17, 2025 (1:06 p.m.)

  By Jessica Hill, Associated Press

  Two Nevada men were given lengthy prison sentences Wednesday after pleading guilty to the fatal hit-and-run of a man who had been biking alongside a road in Las Vegas.

  

• Ohio football fires coach ahead of bowl game against UNLV

  Dec 17, 2025 (1:12 p.m.)

  Football coach Brian Smith was fired Wednesday by Ohio University, which cited “serious professional misconduct.”

  

• Las Vegas gearing up for New Year's Eve celebration

  Dec 17, 2025 (2:52 p.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  Local leaders are calling it an unforgettable way to start a new year in the nation’s premier entertainment destination.

  

• Dolphins benching Tua Tagovailoa for rookie Quinn Ewers

  Dec 17, 2025 (9:54 a.m.)

  Tagovailoa leads the NFL with 15 interceptions and hasn’t played up to his contract after signing a four-year, $212.4 million extension in July 2024. ...

  

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States brace for Trump's push to make oil drilling cheap again

Pump jacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M., April 24, 2015. Photo by: Charlie Riedel / AP

Posted 5:52 p.m.

A Republican push to make drilling cheaper on federal land is creating new fiscal pressure for states that depend on oil and gas revenue, most notably in New Mexico as it expands early childhood education and saves for the future.

Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes begins rehab after knee surgery with eye on Week 1 return in 2026

New York is set to legalize medically assisted suicide with 'guardrails,' governor says

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Standing the test of time: Enduring institutions in ever-changing Las Vegas

Over the years these places have changed owners, changed their insides and outsides, even changed their location. But they hold true, and we can’t help but hold true to them.

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