Wranglers open ECHL season with win over Bakersfield

Defenseman Charlie Cook scored early in the third period, and the Wranglers held on to beat the host Bakersfield Condors 3-2 on Sunday in the ECHL season opener for both teams.

Nevada to vote again on special sessions

CARSON CITY – Nevada voters will decide next month whether to give state lawmakers authority to call themselves into special session, a move backers argue would allow legislators to act quickly in times of crisis, while critics fear it could slowly morph the state’s part-time citizen Legislature into a full-time governing body.

Unchecked corrosion links pair of fires at Chevron refinery

SAN FRANCISCO – Corrosion that went unchecked – the suspected cause of a fire at Chevron Corp.’s Richmond refinery in August – has been linked to a fire at the plant in October 2011, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday.

Forum takes up Mideast troubles

It wasn’t long before the Holocaust became a point of heated argument during a Sunday discussion of U.S.-Israeli relations at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Fuel/air mixture concerns cited in plane crash at Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – A preliminary report says the pilots that were involved in a small plane crash at Lake Tahoe in August that killed all five people aboard expressed concerns about the aircraft’s fuel/air mixture at high altitude before departing.

Political Eye: Senate race endorsements send messages

Political endorsements of candidates are rarely surprises. Yet they can signal to single-issue voters or community groups that this candidate is OK. Take last week in the U.S. Senate race.