GIRLS BASKETBALL: Gators use late surge to down Rams

Shelby Clark’s layup with three minutes to play Thursday sparked an 8-0 run and helped Green Valley’s girls basketball team to a 56-49 win over visiting Rancho in a Division I Southeast League game.

Joseph Benavidez to meet Zach Makovsky at UFC 196

A flyweight contender bout between Joseph Benavidez and Zach Makovsky will take place at UFC 196 on Feb. 6 at MGM Grand, the Review-Journal has learned.

EDITORIAL: Four good ideas from Jeb Bush, and two that need work

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is running for president to disrupt Washington. He wants states to make more decisions for themselves. And unlike some of his rivals for the Republican nomination, he has a record of conservative accomplishments.

LETTERS: Rooftop solar owners shouldn’t have to pay extra

NV Energy would have you believe that supplying a rooftop solar customer with electrical power is far different than supplying electrical power to a nonsolar customer. Nothing could not be further from the truth.

Nevada could play an even bigger role in prez pick than we thought

Everyone knows former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee for president, right? But Nevada Democrats are talking about a scenario in which the Silver State plays an even more critical role in deciding the Democratic contest than previously thought.

In State of City address, Las Vegas mayor highlights growth in 2015

Last year was very much a ho-hum year for the city of Las Vegas. “It wasn’t the greatest year,” Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said at City Hall during her fifth State of the City address Thursday. “But it was a good year.”

Pacific University wrestlers dealing with tragic night on Strip

When the hours had passed and the telephone calls to terrified parents and family members and school officials had been made and the injured had been transported to local hospitals and the chaos and fear had leaked into a basin of emotional exhaustion deep within him, Severin Walsh sat alone in a Las Vegas motel room.

FLAG FOOTBALL: Kalaau-Sunia, Mountain Lions top Clark

Jamie Kalaau-Sunia caught three touchdown passes and had three interceptions Thursday to lead Sierra Vista’s flag football team to a 25-7 road win over Clark.

Someone wants to spend $188,000 for $10,000 cash

Are you desperate to own a rare piece of Las Vegas history? Are you willing to pay a lot more for it than the government says it’s worth? You’re in luck.

Nevada’s AG accuses lieutenant governor of ‘ethical conflicts’

Attorney General Adam Laxalt on Thursday accused Nevada’s lieutenant governor of “ethical conflicts” and asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit he filed in his private capacity over the state’s new education saving accounts program.

Trial opens for former Las Vegas pastor on sex charges

A former Las Vegas pastor used his church as an outlet to rape several minor girls, a special prosecutor said Thursday during opening statements of a sexual assault trial.

Bundy rejects sheriff’s bid to end standoff in Oregon

The leader of a group of armed protesters occupying the headquarters of a federal wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon met briefly with a local sheriff Thursday but rejected the lawman’s offer of safe passage out of the state to end the standoff.

 
‘Game of Thrones’ announces Season 6 premiere date

Season six of “Game of Thrones” will premiere on April 24, HBO announced Thursday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena.

Las Vegas Bowl pursues new sponsor as Royal Purple drops out

The Las Vegas Bowl is looking for a new title sponsor after motor oil producer Royal Purple decided to not renew its deal with the annual pre-Christmas college football game at Sam Boyd Stadium.

 
With ‘Revenant,’ Oscar winner Inarritu crafts riveting tale of revenge

You rarely think of an Oscar-winning piece of directing as merely a tuneup. Yet Alejandro G. Inarritu has expanded upon some of the techniques he mastered in 2014’s “Birdman” and applied them to “The Revenant” to create a truly spectacular tale of revenge.

‘Ultimate fan’ crosses the line into niche promoter

Las Vegas is a city of reinvention. And Teresa Kidder lives the theory that if nobody’s putting on the kind of entertainment you want to see, quit wishing you were some place else (in her case, New York) and do it yourself.

Rooftop-solar company Sunrun says it is also exiting Nevada

Another major rooftop-solar company announced Thursday it is ceasing all operations in Nevada as a result of a new net metering rate adopted by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission last month.

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