Back when the Endangered Species Act was being debated in Congress, everyone seemed to have a pretty good idea what they were talking about. The eastern woodland bison was already extinct, along with the passenger pigeon. Nothing to be done about any of those — barring the miraculous discovery of a remnant population, or some kind of cloning project out of a science fiction novel.
Ryan Couture submitted Jimmy Spicuzza with an armbar 1:22 into the first round in the main event of a Tuff-N-Uff amateur card at the Orleans on Saturday night.
The 51s scored the first three runs of the game in the fourth inning Sunday, but they couldn’t make the lead stand for long, as the Salt Lake Bees scored four times in the bottom of the inning and went on to a 6-5 Pacific Coast League victory in Salt Lake City.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Ryan Moore, a former NCAA champion out of UNLV, claimed his first win on the PGA Tour with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Kevin Stadler on Sunday at the Wyndham Championship.
In preparation for a new school year, we offer parents and students their first quiz to sharpen their minds: What is the safest way to travel to school?
RENO — Government regulators say they will reassess the dangers of an abandoned pesticide dump in Antelope Valley 50 miles south of Battle Mountain.
RENO — Wild horse advocates are seeking to halt federal land managers’ plans to remove all the animals from a large swath of eastern Nevada, saying the animals deserve protection under federal law.
Right now may be the worst time ever to take over as president of UNLV. Professors are job hunting, the last president was humiliated and dumped, and budget cuts have been so severe that entire programs face possible elimination.
The tents are gone. The streets in downtown’s homeless corridor are clean. The homeless have moved into housing or simply moved along.
Michael Browning’s family spent last week at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area fishing, boating and swimming.
Eldorado High School’s shrinking enrollment might remedy overall campus crowding, but its individual classroom populations are expected to remain large this year. It’s a situation common throughout the Clark County School District as students head back to class today.
Jasmine Fiore was a carefree but very lonely “Vegas girl,” before she was brutally strangled and stuffed in a suitcase, found nine days ago; her teeth and fingers chopped off; her body identified by serial numbers imprinted on breast implants.
COLD SPRINGS — Crews were gaining the upper hand on a wildfire that has grown to 10,000 acres, or nearly 16 square miles, in the Clan Alpine Range of Nevada.
FURNACE CREEK, Calif. — Two French teens were killed and five other French nationals were injured when the driver of their van fell asleep, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and roll over, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday.
The most recent Las Vegas Review-Journal poll proved one thing to me: Who’s your daddy makes a difference.
