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SUN: Nations second-tallest tower dedicated at McCarran

| Posted in In the News

As air traffic controllers guided midday traffic across the airport’s four runways in hushed tones Tuesday afternoon, FAA officials and members of Nevada’s congressional delegation spoke enthusiastically at its base about the 352-foot structure and its importance to the future of tourism in Southern Nevada. U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and FAA…

SUN: Nevada caves illuminate past climate, future challenges in the Southwest

| Posted in In the News

By Daniel Rothberg Mon, Oct 10, 2016 (2 a.m.) On a trip to Great Basin National Park, UNLV geoscience professor Matt Lachniet says that rainfall many millennia ago formed lakes in the desolate basins lining this strip of rural highway. Between the towns of Pioche and Panaca, we stop at Cathedral Gorge, where a multimillion-year dance of erosion and tectonics forged a slender canyon…

Unlv Grant will Help Disadvantaged Students Pursue College

| Posted in In the News

UNLV has earned a federal grant to help local students from disadvantaged backgrounds pursue a path to college. The $240,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education aims to help students at four schools in the Clark County School District: Chaparral High School, Eldorado High School, O’Callaghan Middle School and Woodbury Middle School. The grant will be used to fund a…

Stars and Stripes: VA attempts to recoup money paid to veterans in prison

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is billing veterans who were incarcerated at any time since 2008 for benefits they received – but shouldn’t have – while in prison, a VA official said Tuesday. Beth Murphy, an official with the Veterans Benefits Administration, faced a congressional subcommittee Tuesday, three months after the VA inspector general’s office found…

Opposing Yucca Mountain

| Posted in Press Releases

For decades, Congresswoman Titus has opposed the effort by the Department of Energy to construct a nuclear waste repository 90 miles north of Las Vegas at Yucca Mountain.