Snow causes avalanche danger

RENO — Sierra Nevada ski resorts are stepping up avalanche control efforts after a California man died in a slide and a string of storms dropped as much as 12 feet of snow over the last two weeks.

Justices chide ‘heavy hitter’

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court has thrown a high fastball past Las Vegas lawyer Glen Lerner, who bills himself as the “heavy hitter” on TV commercials.

Expect chilliness to remain in LV Valley

It will continue to be chilly for the next couple of days, but Las Vegas area residents can expect clearer skies and gradually warming temperatures through New Year’s Day.

Buyers in search of big deals

Like the relative who spikes the eggnog, bargain hunters helped retailers hide from the holiday pain the day after Christmas by filling stores and mall concourses to take advantage of deep discounts.

Christmas tree recycling sites open

Last year, an estimated 18,000 Christmas trees were collected for recycling in the Las Vegas Valley, representing fewer than 10 percent of the estimated 250,000 trees that help Southern Nevadans celebrate the season.

Valley man surrenders in standoff

An 11-hour standoff between police and a Las Vegas man involving his 1-year-old child ended peacefully with the man’s surrender and arrest early Friday morning.

Cancer institute tries to make patients’ sad stories happier

The reasons why some cancer-stricken families seek public support when times get tough can turn Teresa Gomez’s day into a crying spell. But in the short five months she’s spent as a “patient navigator” for the Nevada Cancer Institute, one story haunts her.

A plot to keep blacks out of downtown?

Matthew Callister, a former state legislator and City Councilman, has taken up the cause of two Las Vegas women angry over the decision to permanently close the F Street, Interstate 15 underpass near downtown as part of a highway widening project.

Sour economy pushes back Tivoli Village opening

The economic slowdown has delayed yet another large-scale commercial development in Las Vegas, though construction will continue on the $850 million Tivoli Village at Queensridge at Rampart Boulevard and Alta Drive, an executive said.

IN BRIEF

Retail gasoline prices sink to four-year low

MAKE YOUR MOVE

Justin Findlay, general manager of Findlay Chevrolet, hasn’t met anyone who is buying a car before year-end to get an income tax break.

Traffic at McCarran tumbles

Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport fell 14.7 percent to about 3.2 million arrivals and departures in November, officials said Friday.

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IN BRIEF

Texas Tech poised to suffer letdown

Shortly after Texas Tech learned it would be spending New Year’s Day in Dallas, record-setting wide receiver Michael Crabtree was quoted in a Dallas newspaper as saying, “I’m just not feeling the Cotton Bowl.”

ON TV/RADIO

BASKETBALL

Jackson refuses to live in past

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson says he’s looking ahead, not behind, as he prepares to return to the Octagon on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.

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