A cleaner, greener CES

Producing a show as all-encompassing as CES, the largest trade show in North America, is a little like building a small city in a matter of weeks. As with any city large or small, CES requires resources — energy, transportation and human capital. It takes a tremendous amount of work not only to build a successful show, but also to do so with an eye toward sustainability.

Be afraid: Nevada taxpayers’ worst nightmares of 2015

All snug in your bed, with visions of sugar-plums dancing in your head? Not anymore. The cold sweats are back with the realization that government is never done wasting your money.

Here’s how you can watch today’s bowl games

College football fans get four bowl games today. The action kicks off early with Penn State facing Georgia in the Taxslayer Bowl and will end with West Virginia facing Arizona State tonight in the Cactus Bowl. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to watch.

EDITORIAL: Real ID Act another TSA nightmare

Just as the United States begins to address the terrorist threat of the Islamic State, the Transportation Security Administration is poised to adopt another arbitrary, ineffective, burdensome screening protocol that does nothing to improve the safety of commercial air travel.

Community rallies around ailing Sparks mayor

Mayor Geno Martini recalls the day in 2010 when his doctor delivered the crushing news: He had Parkinson’s disease, a painful debilitating disorder without a cure. Later, he slid inside his pickup truck and started the ignition. Then he just sat there.