LAS VEGAS 51s 11, RENO ACES 1

■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Chris Schwinden (3-5); Aces, Garrett Mock (3-3)

Inevitable Heat-Spurs series a close call

Without fanfare and media hype, Paul George took his talents to South Beach, became a star and put a scare into the Miami Heat.

Penn Mile purse lures strong field

The biggest horse race this weekend will take place in Grantville, Pa. No, not at Belmont Park, Churchill Downs or Hollywood Park. The race is the $500,000 Penn Mile on Saturday at Penn National.

Super Late Models points battle crowded at Bullring

No one has dominated Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s Bullring like Scott Gafforini, who has won the title the past two seasons and a record four overall.

Teacher recruitment program deserves funding

I’m a Clark County School District kindergarten teacher who moved to Las Vegas in 2010 to begin my career as an educator through Teach For America.

Limiting use of federal land

For more than a decade, environmentalists have lobbied for Gold Butte to be designated a national conservation area. That push got a big shove last week when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., introduced legislation to fulfill conservationists’ goal.

NV Energy, gaming still rule the roost

News that billionaire investor Warren Buffett has struck a $10 billion deal to purchase NV Energy took many by surprise — but it shouldn’t have.

UMC oversight

The wounds from the County Commission’s political battles over University Medical Center are so infected, not even the hospital’s brilliant trauma unit staff could heal them.

Williams signing off from KOMP

KOMP deejay Craig Williams is saying goodbye today to 3 a.m. wake-ups and 26 years of radio fans.

VIDEO: All shook up for foster care

Project WE, the Clark County Commission and the Department of Family Services organized a “Harlem Shake” to help bring awareness to National Foster Care Month. Several thousand children are in the foster care program in Clark County and the organizations want the public to know about the multiple ways they can help aid these children. The event was one of the last awareness campaigns staged during this year’s National Foster Care Month in Las Vegas.

Arvind Mahankali wins National Spelling Bee

OXON HILL, Md. — Arvind Mahankali has conquered his nemesis, the German language, to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Nevada Legislature finally gets to work on major budget bills

A sure sign that the Nevada Legislature is on track to adjourn by a Monday deadline emerged Thursday when some of the half dozen budget bills needed to fund the operation of state government for the two years beginning July 1 were introduced.

Assembly approves bill banning betting kiosks

CARSON CITY — Barring a gubernatorial intervention, sports betting kiosks in Nevada are set to become a thing of the past.

Nye county officials: Uranium waste might require underground concrete container

Burying a ton of orphaned uranium waste from Tennessee at the Nevada National Security Site might require installing a concrete container to keep its radioactive ingredients out of the environment and its dirty bomb material from falling into the wrong hands, according to Nye County officials who were at a closed-door meeting this week.

Patients chose to forgo anesthesia at Desai clinic, nurse says

During her year and a half as a registered nurse at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, Peggy Tagle watched about a dozen patients undergo colonoscopies without first being sedated.

Glitch that allowed WSOP gambling website to accept wagers corrected

An online gambling website based on the World Series of Poker that is awaiting final approval from Nevada gaming regulators accidentally went live Wednesday for a brief time but was shut down quickly when the glitch was discovered.

Will electric rates soar when MidAmerican takes over NV Energy?

It’s the power ratepayer’s worst fear. A big conglomerate consumes the local electric utility, and energy costs soar. And that’s what has actually happened with some operations of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., the Warren Buffet-owned company that on Wednesday announced its $10 billion buyout of NV Energy.

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