FIELDER’S CHOICES: Look for Bishop Gorman, Centennial to repeat at state

Before I can graduate, there’s some basketball to discuss. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association boys and girls state tournaments are in Reno this week, and I took a break from writing my book about the 2015 football season (“The Year of the Butt Punt”) to make the trip north and check out all the action.

Southern Nevada Fishing Report, Feb. 25, 2016

Striper fishing has been good in the Overton Arm of Lake Mead. Fishermen have been catching fish using crankbaits in shad patterns and jigs.

Boman ‘glue’ making Cougars jell

Coronado won its first Sunrise Region title last week and will play in the state tournament for the first time when they meet Northern Region champ Carson in the Division I semifinals at 8 p.m. Thursday at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center.

Liberty girls quietly take aim at title

With the bulk of the attention paid to nationally ranked Centennial and Bishop Gorman, Liberty stealthly rolled to another strong season and earned a spot in the Division I state semifinals.

NIAA adjusts state tournament times for Adelson School

Adelson School’s boys basketball team will make just its second appearance in the Division IV state tournament this week. And the Lions will try to win their first state crown without compromising the observance of their school’s faith.

Complaints warrant checkups on doctors

The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners had a backlog of 525 complaints at the start of 2015. An additional 1,078 complaints were filed last year — about three per day. By the end of the year, 570 complaints were pending.

Man shot to death in car Tuesday afternoon ID’d by coroner

A 23-year-old man who was found dead in a car Tuesday afternoon near Desert Inn Road and Interstate 15 was identified Wednesday by the Clark County coroner’s office.

NIAA adjusts state tournament times for Adelson School

Adelson School’s boys basketball team will make just its second appearance in the Division IV state tournament this week.

And the Lions will try to win their first state crown without compromising the observance of their school’s faith.

Syphilis outbreak strikes Clark County

An explosion of reported early syphilis cases in Clark County since 2012 has been deemed an outbreak by the Southern Nevada Health District.

Sandoval to be vetted for US Supreme Court, but Republicans stand firm

Gov. Brian Sandoval has agreed to be vetted by the White House to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, his office confirmed Wednesday.

Official targeted in FBI probe linked to firm he supervised

A Bureau of Reclamation official targeted in an FBI-led corruption investigation sat on the boards of two public companies tied to an accounting firm agents raided last week.

 
Apple CEO says unlocking terrorist’s iPhone would be ‘bad for America’

Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday said that complying with a court order to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters would be “bad for America,” and set a legal precedent that would offend many Americans.

Senate needs to take up VA Accountability Act

Spend some time with military veterans, and you’ll hear a common theme: frustration and despair at the difficulty of dealing with the bureaucracy of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

LETTERS: Long caucus lines a disservice to voters

On Saturday, my husband and I went to our assigned Democratic caucus site at Del Webb Middle School, arriving a few minutes before 11 a.m. The courtyard was crowded with people standing in a line that was already snaking around two U-turns

Trump had many paths to victory in Nevada

The America Donald Trump needs to win the GOP presidential nomination looks a lot like Nevada. Trump, the front-runner in the Republican race, captured the Nevada caucuses Tuesday by winning nearly everywhere.

Las Vegas Valley warming up through weekend

After a cool, windy first half of the week, Las Vegas can expect temperatures to warm to 80 by the weekend, the National Weather Service said.

Reid endorses Clinton for president

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced Wednesday that he is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, a sign that Democratic leaders are eager to put the party’s contentious primary fight behind them.

Title defense set for ONE Championship star Askren in Manila

Ben Askren, widely considered the best welterweight fighter in the world outside of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, will defend his title against Nikolay Aleksakhin in the main event of the ONE: Champions Collide event at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila on April 15.

 
Bundys, other refuge protesters arraigned over armed Oregon occupation

The leaders of a six-week armed occupation at a U.S. wildlife refuge in rural Oregon are to be arraigned on Wednesday on charges of conspiring to impede federal officers policing the compound during a fight over federal control of land in the West.

Nevada AG Laxalt opposes new EPA rules on power plants

Attorney General Adam Laxalt filed a friend-of-the-court brief Wednesday challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to impose new regulations over power plant emissions.

 
Here’s what’s leaving Netflix in March — VIDEO

If “Gone in 60 Seconds” has been lingering in your Netflix queue for a while, you might want to sit down and watch it this weekend, because it’s going to disappear from the streaming service next month.

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