GATOR CLASSIC: Foothill’s defense clamps down on Durango

Foothill backed off its full-court press late in the first quarter Tuesday and held Durango to two field goals the rest of the way in a 58-20 victory during pool play in the Gator Winter Classic at Green Valley.

TRI-STATE: Basic opens tourney with two wins

Geoff Faries led Basic with 20 points, including a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line as the Wolves held off Provo (Utah) 63-59 to go 2-0 on the first day of the Tri-State Holiday Invitational at Desert Oasis.

Man carjacked near Smith Center

A man was carjacked late Tuesday about a half-mile west of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts.

‘Watership Down’ author Richard Adams dies at age 96

British author Richard Adams, whose 1972 book “Watership Down” became a classic of children’s literature, has died, according to his daughter. He was 96.

LV PREP: Hot-shooting Samuel Porras leads Cowboys into semifinals

Samuel Porras hit 8 of 9 shots in the second half and scored 21 of his 30 points after halftime to lead Chaparral to a 65-59 win over Galena in the quarterfinals of the Las Vegas Prep Championship at Las Vegas High.

LeBron James named AP Male Athlete of the Year over Phelps, Bolt, Bryant

LeBron James, who ended 52 years of sports heartache by bringing Cleveland a championship and used his superstar platform to address social causes, was chosen as The Associated Press 2016 Male Athlete of the Year, an award he won previously in 2013.

EDITORIAL: Voter integrity

Democrats now paying attention to possibility of voter fraud

UNLV Rebels hope to make run as MW play opens

UNLV’s basketball team opens Mountain West play at Colorado State on Wednesday and against Wyoming on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center. This is the part of the season first-year coach Marvin Menzies has been pointing toward.

Party balloons become ‘airborne litter’ in Nevada desert

Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said they can’t go anywhere on the 1.6 million acre Desert National Wildlife Refuge without finding at least one Mylar balloon blown in from nearby Las Vegas.

Las Vegas City Council to take aim at regulating party houses

Short-term rentals that become “party houses” in neighborhoods near the Strip have been an issue on Las Vegas City Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian’s to-do list for years.

Foothill downs Durango at Gator Winter Classic

Foothill backed off its full-court press late in the first quarter Tuesday and held Durango to two field goals the rest of the way in a 58-20 victory during pool play in the Gator Winter Classic at Green Valley.

Nevada changes inmate programs for post-prison success

Nevada prisons are going to start planning for their inmates’ successful release back into society on the first day they get into prison, rather than waiting for the end of their sentences.

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