After an offseason of playing defense, the NFL returns to action tonight, the bright stadium lights in Denver illuminating a sport in the midst of change, on and off the field.
In the past nine seasons, three schools have made an appearance in the Sunset Region boys tennis tournament final.
There is good news for hunters who have been waiting for opening day of Nevada’s waterfowl season. According to the 2013 Report on Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, hunters can expect to see bird numbers similar to those of last year. The overall duck population is about 45.6 million birds, according to the report published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
When longtime soccer coach Jose Gomez left Legacy after the 2012 season, many questions suddenly arose regarding the powerful program’s future.
Glover Teixeira floored Reno native Ryan Bader with a combination of punches and followed him to the ground to finish him off with a flurry of shots late in the first round to solidify his spot as top contender in the light heavyweight division.
After being up four match points in the Sunset Region semifinals last season and eventually losing to rival Centennial, it’s understandable that Palo Verde girls volleyball coach Greg Siqueiros says his team’s main goal this season is to stay humble.
■ LAKE MEAD — Mark Eddison had a theory that the larger stripers were hanging out in deep water. Luckily for him his theory panned out when he reeled in a 30-pound striper. Eddison caught his trophy on a pink Spinnow in 60 to 70 feet of water near Sand Island. Top-water action remains good and many anglers are returning with full coolers. Those fishing for largemouth bass and smallmouth bass have had success working coves with jerkbaits or crankbaits in about 20 to 40 feet of water. With the new moon, anglers can take advantage of the dark night by fishing under a light or using submersible lights.
SALT LAKE CITY — Moments after Salt Lake’s dramatic 4-3 win over Las Vegas in Game 1 of the Pacific Coast League playoffs Wednesday night, 51s manager Wally Backman managed a weak smile.
Hand it to Billy Shakespeare. The guy really knew his stuff.
The “Boardwalk Empire” (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO) roster has always been overstuffed.
Nevada state Controller Kim Wallin has been recognized by a national organization for her efforts on government financial management and accountability.
UNLV’s loss to Minnesota last week had a familiar feeling to it, an all-too-familiar feeling.
On Aug. 20, the Review-Journal reported that a young woman was mysteriously left at University Medical Center. She carried paperwork showing a discharge date of Aug. 16 from Napa State Hospital, a 138-year-old public psychiatric facility in California’s wine country. She told a UMC psychiatrist that a mental health caseworker drove her to Las Vegas.
While Clark County School District’s middle and high schools have 13,000 empty seats, the district’s elementary schools have 19,400 more students than their campuses were designed to accommodate, according to a head count on Aug. 28.
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Las Vegas police are looking for potential victims of a real estate scheme.
North Las Vegas City Council members scuttled a controversial life raft for underwater homeowners Wednesday, dropping a complex plan aimed at keeping thousands of upside down borrowers in their homes.
Ted Moody, who was the co-chairman of the Use of Force Board, retired from the Metropolitan Police Department in July after nearly 30 years of service following Sheriff Doug Gillespie’s decision to not follow the board’s recommendation to fire officer Jacquar Roston, who shot an unarmed man in November.
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Busy cancer patient Valerie Harper leads a class of 12 amateur hoofers in the upcoming 17th season of “Dancing With the Stars.”
Residents in the tough Cleveland neighborhood where three women were secretly imprisoned for a decade reacted with scorn and grim satisfaction Wednesday after Ariel Castro hanged himself in his cell barely a month into a life sentence.
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Eliminating the agreement that has governed the operation of Las Vegas’ two daily newspapers since 1989 would violate provisions of the Newspaper Preservation Act and have “anticompetitive and monopolistic results,” attorneys for the Las Vegas Sun wrote in court papers filed Wednesday.
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Southwest Vegas food hall closing only a year after opening
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