Missing field goals is a tough habit to kick

If you are one of those people who take perverse pleasure in watching people more famous than you fail, then you must have enjoyed watching kickers miss extra points and field goals in the NFL last weekend.

Tim Chambers’ arrest is a cry for help to UNLV family

Tim Chambers is today the inescapable truth of two faces: A man still very much intent on building UNLV into a baseball power and one crying out for help.

Cimarron call-up has tricks up sleeve

Cimarron-Memorial’s Arturo Bahena admits he didn’t have the best tryout for the boys soccer team this season, but the junior still was a little surprised when longtime coach Mark Bailey cut him from the varsity team.

FIELDER’S CHOICES: Rivalry games salvage slate of duds

The computer — or maybe it’s just numbers pulled from a hat — used by the Clark County School District to create the prep football schedule typically spits out a few good matchups each week.

7 gorgeous reasons to explore Black Canyon

The Black Canyon. While it may bear a rather ominous name, the 12-mile stretch of cool water offers only the most adventurous voyagers passage to hidden caverns, otherworldly hot springs and secluded beaches.

VOLLEYBALL: Rams down Sundevils in four sets

Kayla Coles had 11 kills and 16 digs, and Serenity Sivongsa added 20 assists and nine aces Wednesday to help Rancho’s girls volleyball team to a 25-20, 23-25, 25-13, 25-13 win over visiting Eldorado.

EDITORIAL: MountainView Hospital launches much-needed residency program

The Las Vegas Valley’s immature health care system is experiencing a prolonged growth spurt. In the aftermath of the launch of UNLV’s medical school, last month MountainView Hospital got word that its internal medicine residency program had been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

McCarthy’s errant comment lets Clinton off hook

The lede to this column is a deep, guttural groan that originates in the throat and expands into the lungs before collapsing in the pit of the stomach.

Scientists say mysterious ocean heat wave harms coral reefs

Corals reefs are suffering a severe underwater heat wave this year for the third time on record, including a mysterious warm patch in the Pacific known as “The Blob”, scientists said on Thursday.

Health officials seek people who sought medical care from unlicensed man

A man police say posed as a doctor and treated people at an east Las Vegas Valley home has been arrested, and investigators are looking into his connections to the sovereign citizens movement.

UNLV officials hope Tesla partnership will boost reputation

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas hopes to boost ongoing efforts to improve its reputation as a research institution through a newly launched partnership with Tesla Motors.

Man arrested in beating death in Wal-Mart parking lot

Las Vegas police arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with a Sept. 23 beating that left a 72-year-old Canadian dead, Metro announced Wednesday.

Las Vegas calls Clark County a deadbeat

Las Vegas has poured a little gas on a long-smoldering fire services dispute with Clark County. At issue: A decades-old agreement that charges the county for services provided by the Las Vegas Fire Department in pockets of unincorporated county within city limits.

Henderson couple dead in apparent murder-suicide

A man killed his wife and then himself Tuesday night after texting a friend that he could no longer handle the stress and pain, Henderson police said Wednesday.

Police: Man was in relationship with woman he ran down, killed

The man Metro said intentionally struck and killed a 42-year-old Las Vegas woman as she was crossing the street Monday night was in a domestic relationship with her, Metro announced Wednesday.

Travel writers get chance to see Las Vegas beyond the Strip

About 25 miles west of Las Vegas, travel writer Larry Bleiberg hopped on a mountain bike and prepared to navigate a single-track dirt trail in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

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