CenturyTel of the Gem State CenturyTel of the Gem State CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. is a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Idaho and northern Nevada owned by CenturyLink. The company was established in 1901 as the Gem State Utilities Corporation. The company was acquired by Telephone Utilities in 1966 as the first company TU would acquire to expand its footprint. The state of Nevada approved the company's request to provide telephone service in the state in 1973. The company became CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. in 1998. The company was part of Pacific Telecom until 1997, when it was
Wright State Raiders men's basketball in 2016. Billy Donlon was the head coach from 2010-2016 after Brad Brownell was announced as the new Clemson head coach. Brownell is one of two coaches who have taken Wright State to the NCAA tournament, the other being the winningest coach in team history, Ralph Underhill. Underhill coached from 1978 to 1996 and accumulated 356 wins at Wright State and a NCAA DII national championship in the 1982–83 season. WSU's records season by season since joining Division I in 1987. The Wright State and University of Dayton series is known as the Gem City Jam. The two universities are