Virgin Valley opens tough road stretch with win

Virgin Valley’s boys basketball team started a difficult stretch of league play on Monday night, playing the first of five upcoming road games. Garrett Leavitt and the team’s defense made sure the Bulldogs started the stretch off right.

 
Cowboy poets a worthy draw for a trip to Elko

Nevada Smith is back on the road this week and headed to Elko for that remarkable roundup of purple sage writers, the 30th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

Female pedestrian killed on U.S. Highway 95

Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on northbound U.S. Highway 95 near Valley View Boulevard.

CCSD bolsters graduation rate by correcting tracking errors

The graduation rate for Clark County School District, often regarded as one of the lowest-performing urban school systems in the country, has increased for the second consecutive year to 72 percent in 2012-13.

2014 NIAA State Bowling Team Tournament Schedule

Follow the link for the schedule and results (when available) for the Division I and Division I-A boys and girls state bowling team tournaments, being held Jan. 27-31 at The Orleans.

House bill cuts red tape on federal land rescues

The House on Monday passed a bill cutting red tape that has hindered rescue searches on federal lands, following two missions at Lake Mead that were delayed for months.

Las Vegas’ Zucker en route to making NHL stay a full-time job

It didn’t take long for Jason Zucker to make a name for himself in Minnesota. Last season, the speedy left wing from Las Vegas capped off his rookie year by scoring the winning goal in overtime in the Wild’s only playoff victory over eventual Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks.

Woman sentenced in theft of government money

A woman who stole over $400,000 in government money was sentenced to almost five years in federal prison Monday by Senior U.S. District Judge Lloyd D. George, according to Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden’s office.

 
Lone road to Alaska town swallowed by avalanche

Highway access to the city at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline has been cut off indefinitely by avalanches, including one that dammed a river and created a lake up to a half-mile long across the roadway in a 300-foot wide mountain canyon.

Reflexologists say rules proposed in Clark County hurt business

Some reflexology clinic operators in Clark County fear that proposed regulations will put them out of business. More than 1,000 people in Clark County are reflexologists, according to county estimates.

KTUD files Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition

KTUD, the former over-the-air TV station owned by an affiliate of the Greenspun Corp., has filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.

 
Wounded warriors hit Red Rock trails on modified cycles

Army veteran John Masson swung onto his new bike from his wheelchair, and a support team began checking tires, tightening screws and adjusting the pedal bar.

EDITORIAL: NFR not leaving Las Vegas

They flirted. They formed contingency plans for the breakup. And at one point, they pretty much had broken up. But once they got down to talking, once they had a good look at the grass on the other side of the fence, they realized anew they were perfect for each other.

A La Carte, Jan. 28-Feb. 3

Dining events and news from across the valley.

U.S. home sales pause in December, but 2013 best in five years

U.S. sales of new homes fell in December for a second consecutive month but even with the pause at the end of the year, sales for all of 2013 climbed to the highest level in five years.

Prison guards: Inmate told to fake suffocation

An attorney for a condemned Ohio inmate whose slow, gasping execution with a new drug combination renewed criticism of the death penalty was temporarily suspended last week while officials investigated whether he had coached the condemned man to fake symptoms of suffocation.

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