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AggregateAllNewsLas Vegas teacher who saved student’s life to be honored at Sun Standout Awards
By the panicked shouting of the boy’s classmates, Steven Mull knew this was a true emergency.
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateNominations are now open for 2026 Sun Standout Awards
The Las Vegas Sun Standout Awards — the ESPYs of Las Vegas preps — return May 18 to the South Point Showroom. We need your ...
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Sun Standout AwardsNewsAggregate15 titles later, Centennial’s Weitz still shaping the game and her players
Karen Weitz is this year’s Hank Greenspun Lifetime Achievement recipient. The award, given to Weitz during Monday’s Sun Standout Awards show, recognizes outstanding contributions to ...
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Sun Standout AwardsSportsNewsElite seasons, defining moments recognized at Sun Standout Awards
The gala honored achievements including a history-making soccer squad, a flag football rushing leader who topped national statistics and a dominant cross-country runner who secured ...
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EducationSun Standout AwardsNewsShadow Ridge’s Barczyszyn, Western’s Jones named Southern Nevada's top scholar-athletes
I’yanna Jones worked through adversity and grief to be a three-time state medalist in wrestling and Ivy League-bound. Jerrad Barczyszyn took up bowling to stave ...
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Sun Standout AwardsNewsAggregateSierra Vista coach’s approach instills confidence in wrestlers, sets team on championship path
Brett Terry knew transforming the Sierra Vista High wrestling team into a respectable program would require significant effort …
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NewsAllAggregateNominations now open for Sun Standout Awards
The Las Vegas Sun is looking to recognize the best of the best in high school sports across Southern Nevada. We need an assist from ...
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SportsSun Standout AwardsPrep SportsSun Standout Awards are bigger and better than ever in seventh year recognizing high school athletics
A record 15 winners collected honors at the 2024 Sun Standout Awards May 20 at the South Point Showroom.
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NewsSportsAggregateDesert Oasis freshman shines in three sports while wearing prosthetic leg
Alissa Perkins stands in the batter’s box awaiting the pitch. She’s one of the best hitters on the Desert Oasis High softball team ...
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AggregateHome AggregateCCSDDesert Oasis twins find success, recognition in flag football
Akemi Higa is a quarterback; twin Akiko is her favorite wide receiver. And they are dominating, leading Desert Oasis High this winter to the state ...
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NewsAllSportsFemale Scholar Athlete of the Year: Zoey Robinson, Boulder City volleyball
Robinson made a pair of all-state teams—in volleyball and academics.
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NewsAllSportsCitizen of the Year: Nykita Rustad, Spring Valley cross country and track
The senior is Spring Valley’s ambassador for Hope Squad, a suicide-prevention group. She has served in the role since 2020, after being voted to the ...
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NewsAllSportsMale Scholar Athlete of the Year: Jeffrey Morosini, Durango football and wrestling
Morosini won the 220-pound wrestling state championship, and that might not even be the top accomplishment from his senior year.
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NewsAllSportsMoment of the Year: Moapa Valley football returns home to a state-championship parade
The Moapa Valley High football team was already celebrating on its long ride home to Overton from Allegiant Stadium after defeating rival Virgin Valley 27-13 ...
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NewsAllSportsTeam of the Year: Coronado girls golf
This year’s Cougars were the best golf team in state history, and it wasn’t even close.
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NewsAllSportsGame of the Year: Bishop Gorman beats Liberty in thrilling double-overtime basketball affair
This late-December night of basketball had a little bit of everything: multiple buzzer beaters, two overtimes, a packed gym to watch undefeated rivals square off, ...
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NewsAllSportsCoach of the Year: Kevin Soares, Liberty basketball
One of the consensus top basketball coaches in Southern Nevada for the past 25 years, Soares now has the elusive state championship to complete his ...
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NewsAllSportsFemale Rising Star: Rebecca Diaconescu, Palo Verde swimming
Palo Verde’s swimming dynasty is still going strong, and a familiar name might be the biggest reason why the Panthers have been able to stay ...
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NewsAllSportsMale Athlete of the Year: Justin Crawford, Bishop Gorman baseball
Being known as “Carl Crawford’s son” put a lot on pressure on Justin Crawford growing up, but the graduating Gorman star feels like he has ...
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FireswildfiresNewsNevada’s wildfire season looks poised to arrive earlier and hit harder
The restructuring of federal agencies and job cuts could also impact a potentially dangerous wildfire season.
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MusicYour guide to the hottest summer concerts in Las Vegas
From Rosalía this month at T-Mobile Arena, to Olivia Dean in July at MGM Grand Garden Arena, to AC/DC in August at Allegiant Stadium, this ...
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A&E'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' makes its Sphere Las Vegas debut in 2027
Sphere has us shivering with antici...pation!
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MusicDon't miss these free summer concerts in Las Vegas
Free concerts, most of them outdoors, are vital this year because hey can fill in the parts of your summer lost to shrinkflation.
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MusicInterpol’s Daniel Kessler on a new album and nearly three decades of the band’s evolution
Ahead of the band’s stop at the Theater at Virgin on August 16, we spoke with Interpols' founding guitarist about creative longevity and what it ...
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A&EMagic spectacle 'Now You See Me Live' coming to MGM Grand
The show based on the hit films will open at the MGM Grand Theater on October 15.
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NightlifeDayDream vs. Rouge La Plage: Which Las Vegas pool day is right for you?
All the details you need to compare the relaxing pool club experiences at the M Resort and Red Rock Resort.
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A&EWhat to do in Las Vegas this week: June 18-24
Jordan Davis at Sunset Amphitheater, Juneteenth Festival at Water Street Plaza, Mega Block Party at Area15, Father’s Day with LVA Jazz at Vic’s and more.
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NV PoliticsPoliticsNewsCortez Masto and 50 members of Congress challenge new DACA immigration court ruling
The Board of Immigration Appeals concluded in April that an immigration judge may not terminate removal proceedings based solely on the fact that a respondent ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateTickets on sale for iHeartRadio Music Festival featuring BTS, Cardi B, Lainey Wilson
Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the festival will also feature performances by Benson Boone, Cardi B, Goo Goo Dolls, Kenny Chesney, Lainey Wilson, Major Lazer, Muse, ...
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DiningThe Golden Tiki remixes its menu of snacks and cocktails
Lighter snacks like gochujang cucumbers and a crab Rangoon dip are strong companions to the new cocktails, which slyly subvert your idea of what a ...
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NewsBorder Mexican Grill & Cantina has only five locations left — including in Las Vegas
On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina has closed its doors at all but five locations just over a year after filing for bankruptcy.
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SportshockeyNHLGolden Knights had no answers once Hurricanes adjusted in Stanley Cup
All three of the Golden Knights’ trips to the Stanley Cup Final in their nine years since coming into the league have now concluded at ...
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DiningWynn chef Sarah Thompson wins James Beard Award
Thompson, executive chef at Casa Playa, became the first Las Vegas chef to win the award in 15 years.
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SportsDesert Oasis graduate gives US women’s flag football team youthful infusion ahead of world championships
Many yards passing and TD tosses later, the 17-year-old quarterback from Hawaii/Las Vegas is part of a youthful wave within the U.S. women's national team ...
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FoodCasa Playa executive chef Sarah Thompson wins James Beard Award for Best Chef Southwest
Thompson, who has led the coastal Mexican restaurant since it opened in 2021 at Wynn Las Vegas, became the first female chef on the Las ...
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AggregateAllNewsRaiders are stoked with Stukes
The Raiders’ war room, packed with team executives and coaches, celebrated enthusiastically on back-to-back nights to start the NFL draft two months ago.
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AggregateAllNewsSierra Club condemns Lombardo’s federal land map as a blueprint for taxpayer subsidized sprawl
The group argued that Nevada’s housing challenges wouldn’t be addressed by selling off public lands, pointing to the state’s status as the driest in the ...
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NewsLas Vegas animal nonprofit receives $15K Petco Love grant to expand veterinary care
Heaven Can Wait Animal Society is receiving a $15,000 grant from Petco Love, the national nonprofit arm of pet supplies retailer Petco, to expand their ...
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AggregateAllNewsRegents set to vote on new Boring Company tunnel station at UNLV
Months after shelving the idea over parking concerns, UNLV is back on track to host a Vegas Loop station, with the Board of Regents set ...
