If there’s gold in them thar hills, nobody’s finding it. That’s the word from the equities research division of a big Canadian bank, which predicts a “production cliff” after 2017 for major miners of the precious metal.
Clark County Sheriff Douglas Gillespie is facing one of the tougher political battles of his career this spring — finding a way to close a $46 million shortfall in the department’s budget for fiscal year 2013-2014.
Nigel Williams-Goss had 25 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists as Findlay Prep beat Future College Prep (Calif.) 84-68 on Saturday at Henderson International.
Dr. Jerry Buss made his name as the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, and those 10 NBA titles certainly helped establish his celebrity.
If the guarantee was somewhat shocking, it’s only because the Los Angeles Lakers have been shockingly bad.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — With nine minutes left, New Mexico guard Kendall Williams trudged to the bench with a career-high 28 points — and four fouls.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Shane Larkin noticed during warm-ups that something was off with No. 2 Miami. The go-go, up-tempo Hurricanes seemed a step slow, and not entirely ready to play.
It took the Pahranagat Valley boys basketball team 26 minutes, 45 seconds to claim its first lead in Saturday’s Division IV state final.
The Pahranagat Valley girls basketball team relies heavily on its talent from the perimeter when things get tough.
Saturday night started as a nightmare for Desert Pines senior Julian Jacobs.
It could have been disastrous.
Lincoln County coach Lori Cheeney has witnessed her squad, time and again this season, fall flat at some point during the game.
When Ryan Rippetoe missed his first chance to put an exclamation point on the Division III boys basketball state final, the Lincoln County senior forward was confident he would get another chance to dunk.
Picking the winner of the Daytona 500 is not as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. But it won’t be easy, either, and the only definite is that Kevin Harvick is the betting favorite.
Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.
One of the endearing traits of the Nevada state high school basketball championships is that unlike in other states, the big schools cut down the nets — in a manner of speaking — first, on Friday night. Then they step aside to consider their scholarship offers and shoe contracts while the little schools play title games on Saturday.
SANDY, Utah — The president of a Mormon church stake in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy is being accused of crossing the line by giving a speech from the pulpit that decried last year’s re-election of President Barack Obama.
A blast of gunfire from a black Range Rover sent a luxury sports car careening through the valley’s busiest intersection, triggering a fiery collision that lit the pre-dawn dark Thursday morning.
State Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, showed last Tuesday he can poke fun at himself and prominent members of his family.
The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada for two decades has served as a home away from home for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens and adults. Now, The Center finally has a permanent home all its own.
Way back in time before humans or even dinosaurs roamed the planet, a huge extraterrestrial object plunged into a sea on the edge of a continent in what’s now eastern Nevada.
Quest Academy has cleaned house after substantiating complaints of corruption by those at the charter school’s helm, but the punishment could continue for recently fired Principal Connie Jordan.
The bullet Kenny Cherry Jr. courted left the barrel years ago.
DETROIT — Ishe Smith beat Cornelius Bundrage by split decision Saturday night to claim the IBF junior middleweight (154-pound) title.