GIRLS SOCCER: Bishop Gorman claims Howell Memorial title

Arlie Jones and Hannah Borgel each had a goal and an assist on Saturday to lead Bishop Gorman’s girls soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Galena in the championship game of the Howell Memorial Tournament in Reno.

Fast start helps Sierra Vista top Moapa Valley

Sierra Vista turned three Moapa Valley turnovers into touchdowns as the Mountain Lions started 2016 with a 21-12 victory.

100 years of National Parks — PHOTOS

The U.S. National Park Service is celebrating 100 years of managing some of the nation’s most well-known parks, monuments and historic places.

Getaways calendar: September

Here are upcoming events for September and early October in our region.

Orlando shooting charities marked by waste and fraud

The fundraisers posted on GoFundMe after the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub exposed weaknesses inherent in these popular do-it-yourself charity campaigns: waste, questionable intentions and little oversight.

 
Nevada emerges as one of Trump’s big hopes for swing state victory

Nevada is the most diverse battleground state. On paper, it should be secure for Democrats. But there are enough people like Russ Wheeler, still rattled by the recession and frustrated about other things, to make it one of Trump’s best swing states.

Suspicious note delays Frontier flight in Las Vegas

A flight at McCarran International Airport was delayed for almost three hours after crews performed a search of the plane due to a suspicious found on a plane.

E. Parry Thomas ponied up the cash and Wynn went on a ride

Steve Wynn noted that when E. Parry Thomas passed away Friday at his ranch in Hailey, Idaho, the legendary Las Vegas banking magnate was surrounded by his wife and children.

Climate change threatens American pika in Nevada, West

Populations of a rabbit-like animal known as the American pika are vanishing in many mountainous areas of the West as climate change alters its habitat, according to findings released Thursday by the U.S. Geological Survey.

In fantasy sports pari-mutuel wagering, just substitute horses with football players

It takes a certain type of statistics geek to get into fantasy sports. On Sunday afternoons, fantasy sports players keep an eye on their favorite National Football League teams, but their hearts and souls are invested in the individual players on their fantasy teams.

Businesswoman the impetus behind networking event

Every second and fourth Thursday of the month, between 30 and 50 business owners and others in the Henderson business community file into Joe’s Crab Shack, to attend an informal networking event. The woman who runs the networking event is Susan Smith.

Ms. America hopeful’s horrific crash in Nevada produced goals, not misery

Tracy Rodgers was the reigning 2011 Ms. Nevada when she was in an horrific car accident. She had to endure 29 surgeries and she deals with pain every day. Still, she’s now competing to become Ms. America during a competition in Brea, California, on Sept. 3.

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