Devante’s Diary: Looking for another win in front of our fans

Last Saturday we played Northern Colorado at home and had a really good opening series on both sides. We played a little rattled from there, but I have to say that the crowd was great and we were excited to see everyone out there supporting us.

 
NDOT: I-15 flood repairs will take weeks

It will be several weeks before the portion of Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas that was devastated by floods is back up and running at full speed, Nevada Department of Transportation officials said Tuesday.

Veteran 49ers announcer Robinson suspended by team, Pac-12 Network

The San Francisco 49ers suspended veteran broadcaster Ted Robinson on Wednesday night for two upcoming games following comments this week to a San Francisco radio station about the Ray Rice domestic violence case that were deemed insensitive.

1 dead in crash near Rancho and Craig

One person died after a motorcycle crash Wednesday afternoon near Rancho Drive and Craig Road, according to Las Vegas police. The intersection is closed.

 
Not standing still: Riders ‘bike’ for US troops

To raise money for care packages for troops overseas and to mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the nonprofit Douglas J. Green Memorial Foundation launched a stationary bike riding event Wednesday.

GOLF: Diamondbacks win Northwest League match

Ashley Malone shot a 9-over-par 81 at Highland Falls Wednesday to share medalist honors and lead Desert Oasis’ girls golf team to victory in a Northwest League match.

Moapa school reopens; flood damage hotline established

School will resume Thursday at Moapa’s Ute Perkins Elementary School after several days of being closed because of flooding. Clark County officials also have established a flood damage hotline for the Moapa Valley.

Las Vegas observes 9/11

Las Vegas residents are invited to join various organizations on Thursday to remember the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

Wish we were going to war with a Michael Corleone, instead of Fredo

For Las Vegas aficionados who watched the president’s speech tonight on the ISIS terror threat, this line from Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic will resonate: “Michael Corleone’s fatalistic insight about the mafia also holds true for presidents in the Middle East: ‘Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in.’

Nevadans vary on support for Obama strategy

Nevada members of Congress expressed varying levels of enthusiasm Wednesday after President Barack Obama presented a strategy to combat jihadist forces that have shaken up the Middle East.

2 arrested in string of northwest robberies

Las Vegas police arrested two people Tuesday who they say were involved in nearly a dozen northwest valley robberies.

‘Gilmore Girls’ coming to Netflix October 1

If you’re out on the road, feeling lonely and so cold, all you have to do… is turn to Netflix because “Gilmore Girls” is coming to Netflix on October 1.

Literary Las Vegas: “Tony Sacca: Las Vegas Ambassador of Entertainment”

Tony Sacca is a singer, actor, television host, producer and now, with the publication of “Tony Sacca: Las Vegas Ambassador of Entertainment A 50 Year Journey,” he’s the subject of a biography by local author Arlene Krieger.

 
Work crews confident I-15 will reopen — partly — by Friday

Nevada Transportation Department crews say they’re optimistic they’ll be able to have one lane of traffic flowing in each direction of Interstate 15 by Friday.

Nevada nabs $29.3 million in road grants

Nevada has been awarded $29.3 million in federal grants for road improvements in its two major cities, according to state lawmakers.

Here’s what Obama said about ISIS

President Barack Obama is committing the U.S. to a broad military campaign to root out militants in two volatile Middle East nations, authorizing airstrikes in both Syria and Iraq that could last well after his presidency.

Henderson golfer loses in semifinals of USGA mid-amateur

Henderson’s Kevin Marsh was defeated in the semifinals of the United States Golf Association’s Mid-Amateur Championship on Wednesday, losing 3 and 2 to Scott Harvey of Greensboro, N.C., at the Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa.

1 man dead, another wounded in Tuesday shooting

One person died and another was injured after a shooting in east Las Vegas Tuesday night, according to Las Vegas police.

Memorial set for strangled Arizona girl

A public memorial service is scheduled Thursday for an 8-year-old girl whose body was found in a shallow grave less than a mile from her Bullhead City, Ariz., home on Sept. 2. She had been strangled

Utah author says sex scenes added to plagiarized novel

A Utah author says a schoolteacher plagiarized her Christian romance novel, added graphic sex scenes and passed it off as her own.

 
Ferguson protesters try to block highway, arrests made

More than 100 demonstrators tried to block a U.S. highway and some were arrested in clashes with authorities on Wednesday in a protest over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, police said.

Betsey Johnson’s married to her new collection

Drag queens and a transgender bride romped down Betsey Johnson’s runway Wednesday with same-sex couples, a few “Real Housewives” and the 72-year-old designer’s TV dance partner in a fashion show that screamed JUST MARRIED!

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