What is the risk of nuclear waste coming to Nevada?

Coach Tony Sanchez has a high profile transfer to start his UNLV career.

The UNLV men’s golf team will make its 27th straight appearance in an NCAA Regional, an NCAA record for most consecutive appearances. The Rebels will be the sixth seed at the regional played at The Sagamore Club in Noblesville, Ind., beginning Thursday.

An educated citizenry contributes to an improved quality of life for all. At the college level, the money to pay faculty and keep the lights on comes from tuition and fees, workforce and research grants, and state dollars. However, state funding for the eight institutions in the Nevada System of Higher Education decreased dramatically, by nearly 30 percent, during the Great Recession, from a high of $683,818,577 in 2009 to $472,368,017 in 2013.

Even from the shadows, Nevada’s undocumented immigrants pay state and local taxes, which in 2012 added up to nearly $94 million, according to a Washington think tank. Nationwide, immigrants living illegally in the United States contributed $11.8 billion.

People living at the La Quemada archaeological site 1,500 years ago would eat their enemies then hang up their bones for display.

Here’s a fish story for you: Five years ago, researchers at UNLV launched what they expected to be a simple, one-week study of the endangered Devil’s Hole pupfish. What they netted instead was a metabolic mystery that seems to defy the rules of biology.

Payton Squier went 3-for-5 with a three-run triple to power UNLV to a 4-3 victory over San Diego State in a Mountain West baseball game Sunday in San Diego. The Rebels won two of three games in the weekend series, marking their first series win at San Diego since 2007.

In a large swath of desert near Boulder City, naturally occurring asbestos rests in the rocks and soil.