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The Vegas Golden Knights, Buffalo Sabres and the NHL are erasing $1.5 million in debt for more than 600 U.S. veterans and their families in recognition of Veterans Day, the league announced Wednesday. Also today: Clark County, three cities to make Nov. 3 election official Friday, Harry Reid Papers exhibit at UNR examines senator’s environmental legacy, Mendoza's moment: Cousins trade sets sta...

Veterans Day falls on Wednesday, and restaurants and retailers across the U.S. are again thanking veterans and active-duty service members with free food, discounts and other perks. Also today: Young voter turnout in Nevada shifts 35 points toward Democrats in decisive election wave, Vegas Vanguards: PWHL expansion teams get names, Las Vegas children’s museum gets $75,000 Google grant for STEM pro...

Bishop Gorman and Faith Lutheran meet Friday in the Open Division state football semifinals, and both teams are headed to a state championship game. The winner plays Nov. 20 at Allegiant Stadium. The loser? We explain on this edition of Prep Sports Now.

“I was kidding, but I think Dana likes the idea, and he is a very capable guy,” Trump said, speaking to reporters in Florida before departing for the White House. White is set to visit him at the White House on Monday. Also today: Cristo Rey: North Las Vegas high school puts students to work, on path to college, Floods bring rare relief to Southwest reservoirs as Lake Powell rises 20 feet, Tomas H...

A federal grand jury in Las Vegas has indicted a Henderson man on a charge of threatening to kill President Donald Trump, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Nevada announced today. Jason Utlaut faces one count of threat against the president.  According to court documents, the FBI’s National Threat Operations Section received an emergency notification Oct. 16 about five threatening posts uploaded to a...

The death of the moderate middle-class American has been greatly exaggerated. On Tuesday, Americans delivered a resounding message from coast to coast, including in states that Republicans have long considered their birthright: Enough. Enough corruption. Enough greed. Enough extremism. Enough government by grievance, fear, political theater and the whims of a president who mistakes public office f...

Aaron Ford could sense victory before anyone called it. When the Democratic attorney general took the stage early Wednesday at MEET Las Vegas, he set out to deliver a speech about his party’s dominance in the midterm election. But the first batch of results already showed him with a roughly 53,000-vote lead over Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, and the news kept pulling him off script. Subscribe to T...

All Election Day vote centers are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on November 3 and accept mail ballot drop-offs. Check out Las Vegas Sun to see all of the locations. Also today: Nevada voters: Know your rights at the polls on Election Day, How Culinary canvassers are changing minds on doorsteps across the Las Vegas Valley, A Democratic win in the Nevada governor race could unlock dozens of twice-vetoed bil...

Attorney General Aaron Ford is closing his campaign for governor the way he opened it: talking about what Nevadans pay. Last week, Ford signed a letter calling on President Donald Trump to refund Nevada households $2,000 for rising gas costs and asked his opponent, incumbent Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, to co-sign it. Also today: Born in a hurry: 162 years of the Battle Born State, Rebuilding UNL...

The hospital will be built at the UNLV Harry Reid Research and Technology Park off Sunset Road in the southwest valley, on land leased from the UNLV Research Foundation. “Tonight is about more than a building, more than building a hospital; it’s about building a healthier future for Nevada,” Gov. Joe Lombardo said. Also today: Airbnb activates antiparty technology in Las Vegas for Halloween weeken...

A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote. Also today: Nevada launches online election data dashboard, Las Vegas airport to break ground on new fire station, Data breach at vendor compromises some SafeVoice tips, Nevada officials say. Subscribe to The Sun Daily newsletter here: https://bi...

Republican congressional candidate David Flippo’s campaign attributed part of a contribution to a woman who died in 2024, according to a Wall Street Journal report based on federal campaign finance filings. Also today: Forget the name. Friday is for the public school state football title, Taco Bell expanding café concept, including at Las Vegas Strip location, Lightning beat Golden Knights 6-2 as...

A jury convicted a Canadian man of animal cruelty charges today for snatching a flamingo named Peachy from its enclosure at the iconic Flamingo hotel in what prosecutors called a drunken and malicious act. Also today: Trade tariffs and lower international travel are hitting Las Vegas small businesses, Midweek storm to bring rain, wind and cooler weather to Las Vegas area, Pinecrest Inspirada tops...

Iconic comedian Carrot Top is set to resume his residency at the Luxor, he announced nearly a month to the day after he was hospitalized amid a suicide attempt. Also today: ACLU appeals ruling on Las Vegas Strip pedestrian bridge restrictions, Education board expands college safety efforts with Eyes Open campaign, Regents make Chris Heavey UNLV’s permanent president through 2029, Raiders fall to B...

The murder victim found in a barrel revealed four years ago by the receding waters of Lake Mead has been identified as an Arkansas man whose family last saw him in the early 1980s.  Also today: Where to vote: Midterm election voting sites in Southern Nevada, Saying farewell to Cashman Field and the countless memories made inside its walls, Mark Stone has 3rd-period hat trick in the Golden Knights&...

Election season is underway in Clark County, with mail ballots arriving and in-person early voting set to begin Saturday. Here is how Nevada’s mail-in voting process works. Also today: UNR nursing school receives $3 million grant to prepare nurses to serve in rural Nevada, With gardens in more than 100 local schools, Green Our Planet is transforming the desert, Golden Knights give up 3 goals in fi...

Las Vegas wedding chapels are putting a Halloween twist on tradition, with ceremonies featuring horror characters, gothic flowers and movie-inspired decor. Three chapels’ packages, ranging from $719 to $1,099, were outlined in a news release distributed Thursday under the Clark County clerk’s “Wedding Capital of the World” branding. Also today: CCSD names Skye Canyon school for late state Sen. Joy...

On Election Day, Nov. 3, Allegiant Stadium will again serve as a Clark County vote center, the Las Vegas Raiders announced today. In the 2024 general election, the stadium drew more than 4,200 voters, making it Nevada's busiest polling place, the Raiders stated in a news release. Also today: UNLV basketball picked fourth in preseason Mountain West poll, Las Vegas nurse honored for saving woma...

Southern Nevada home prices and sales declined in September as mortgage interest rates increased, according to a report released this morning by Las Vegas Realtors. The median price of existing single-family homes sold in Southern Nevada in September was $470,000, the group said. That is down 1.1% from August and the same as the median price in September 2025. Also today: Benitez-Thompson gains na...

Southern Nevada’s future children’s hospital could transform pediatric care in the region, but it won’t fix low pay, provider shortages and a fragmented system on its own, a new Lincy Institute report finds. Also today: Raiders battered on the ground by Chiefs in first loss of the season, Ford targets economic policies and small-business support in Nevada gubernatorial race, New report shows educa...

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo on Wednesday escalated his election-administration clash with Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, urging him to use the Trump administration’s expanded federal SAVE database to check Nevada voters’ citizenship just over a month before the Nov. 3 election. Also today: As ground breaks on Oct. 1 memorial, community reminded that every voice counts, Fever and Ace...

Las Vegas is among the cities where Chuck E. Cheese plans to open Adventure World, its multilevel indoor playground, the company said today in a news release. The Las Vegas location is part of an expansion that will bring Adventure World to more than 20 communities across the U.S. in 2026 and 20 Also today: Emergency move saves more than $13 million for Nevada schools, John Mayer plans solo, full...

David Flippo, the Republican nominee in Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District, falsely claimed on multiple occasions in recent years that he received a Bronze Star “for valor,” a distinction reserved for combat heroism rather than meritorious service, The Washington Post reported today . Also today: Editorial: How Nevada debunked Trump’s noncitizen voting claims, Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley to b...

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar is launching an expanded campaign to assure voters that the state’s mail-ballot system remains secure and unchanged for the midterm elections. Also today: Diller ends MGM Resorts takeover bid but stays 'open' to other deals, Wilson puts herself in best position to lead Aces on another playoff run, Women Inspiring Nevada 2026: Trailblazing with care...

Nevada drivers pay some of the highest car insurance rates in the nation, and the state’s top insurance regulator says the drivers themselves are largely to blame. “People, they just really need to drive better,” said Ned Gaines, commissioner of the Nevada Division of Insurance. Also today: 'Deep belief' in students helps Valley High educator win Nevada Teacher of the Year award, Despite...