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It appears UNLV is still standing behind its new Hey Reb! logo.

The mark was unmercifully ripped on social media for being confusing.

A petition entitled #NotMyReb and #MakeRebGreatAgain has generated 6,100 signatures.

That’s far more folks than attended most home basketball games last season.

Since the backlash, UNLV hasn’t done much to promote the new logo.

There wasn’t a sign of it at football meetings for the Mountain West.

And athletic staff have been told that until otherwise informed, teams will be recognized by the more traditional UNLV letters in arched form.

Fanatics Inc. opened its distribution center in North Las Vegas in June and plans to hire 300 people. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal

The Nevada Athletic Commission approved 8-ounce gloves to be used for the Conor McGregor/Floyd Mayweather boxing match set for Las Vegas on Aug. 26.

The Shade Tree is closing its transitional women’s shelter.

The program provides services for up to 160 people.

Homeless women and those leaving abusive relationships can stay for up to a year.

It’s the largest shelter of its kind in Nevada, which consistently ranks at the top of the worst states for domestic violence.

The program will end Aug. 31 due to a funding squeeze.

Executive director Stacey Lockhart said she hopes the closing isn’t permanent.

The shelter hopes to raise $2.3 million to reopen the program.

Authorities say a disbarred Las Vegas lawyer scammed people into investing in a fake pot dispensary.

Easton K. Harris and his childhood friend were indicted after at least three people were scammed.

In total, the pair collected about $166,000 from their duped investors.

An investigation revealed none of the money invested was used to create the company.

Instead, the funds were used for other expenses, including a trip to Belize.

Harris and Jonathan Peirsol face four counts of theft.

Peirsol is in federal custody, where he remains for a separate case. Harris is still wanted.

McGregor & Mayweather attempt to get 8oz gloves approved for their Aug. 26 boxing match.

Battling addiction, depression and overcoming injury, Brigham Young University soccer player and Centennial High School alum Matthew Kurtz opens up about his defeats and battles in his soccer career. (Bridget Bennett/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

An oldie but a goodie, and now it’s fried (Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Oscar Goodman promotes Las Vegas on a $72,000 contract but his routine might violate convention policy that says alcohol use should be moderate and reasonable.

Vegas Stripped: Poetry saved her life

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STEM Academy works to get into Nevada Schools

Clark County is hiring.

Commissioners voted to create 94 full-time positions spanning multiple departments.

Positions include six fire department employees, 17 public works employees and 18 corrections officers.

A full listing and application information will be posted at governmentjobs.com/careers/clarkcounty

Funding the new workers is expected to cost the county about $7.8 million over the next year.

The money for the new positions came from the county’s general and non-general funds.

Fourteen rural Nevada counties will have an insurance carrier through the state exchange in 2018, ending a period of uncertainty about coverage.

Gov. Brian Sandoval announced that the 2018 carrier for rural counties will be SilverSummit, a subsidiary of Centene.

SilverSummit has never provided insurance through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, which provides coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

State officials began scrambling this summer to find coverage for the counties after both carriers dropped coverage, citing market uncertainties.

Having no carrier in 2018 would have impacted more than 8,000 rural Nevadans.

Authorities say an accused squatter issued bogus “court” orders against a Las Vegas detective.

Thomas Benson and Marina Calove, who is listed as a “Superior Court” judge in at least some of the supposed rulings, have been indicted.

They were charged with interfering with a public officer, preventing or dissuading a person from testifying or producing evidence, and bribing or intimidating a witness to influence testimony.

This is the third time this year Benson was hit with criminal charges in Southern Nevada.