BLAZER BASH: Anthony Guzman dazzles in pitching debut for Rancho

In his first pitching outing of the season, Anthony Guzman struck out four in three innings of relief to help Rancho’s baseball team secure a 6-4 victory over San Pedro (California) in the Blazer Spring Bash at Shadow Ridge High.

Shipments resume to New Mexico nuclear waste dump

The nation’s only underground nuclear repository has received its first shipment of waste, more than three years after shipping was halted in response to a radiation release that contaminated part of the facility and sidetracked the federal government’s multibillion-dollar cleanup program.

Interior chief Zinke partially lifts Utah ATV ban

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lifted a ban Monday on motorized vehicles in some parts of a Utah canyon that was the setting of a 2014 ATV protest ride that was a flashpoint in the Western struggle over government land management.

Review-Journal’s Karisa King a finalist for Pulitzer

Karisa King, the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s assistant managing editor for investigations, was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for reporting she did last year at the Chicago Tribune.

Las Vegas City Council in the palm of Republic Services

It’s disgusting and outrageous when elected politicos put campaign contributions above the best interests of their constituents. No wonder Donald Trump got elected.

Report on Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority ignores many important facts

The article is a disservice to the authority’s phenomenal results that have fueled the growth of and employment in Las Vegas and cemented its status as one of the top business and leisure destinations on the planet.

New look great for the Review-Journal

I encourage everyone to attend at least one county commission meeting. If you can’t make it in person, at least follow it on on television.

COMMENTARY: Even well-intentioned public policy has unintended consequences

When contemplating a major policy change, often the only way to find out the impact is to run the experiment and see — or, as NancyPelosi famously said about Obamacare, to “pass the bill in order to find out what’s in it.”

San Diego State coach Steve Fisher retiring

Steve Fisher is retiring from a basketball coaching career that includes a national championship at Michigan, directing the Fab Five and then turning San Diego State from a laughingstock into a West Coast power.

Nevada advocates try again to ban surprise medical bills

Unions and patient advocates presented legislation Monday attempting to build on the momentum of other states to end surprise medical bills in Nevada.

Measure resolves to oppose Yucca Mountain dump project

A resolution restating the Legislature’s opposition to any effort to license Yucca Mountain as a high-level nuclear waste dump was approved Monday by an Assembly panel.

Near suicide, nursing executive found reason to live

Diagnosed at age 21 with temporomandibular joint disorder or TMJ — she’d awaken with her jaw locked open — Debra Fox, the chief nursing officer at UMC, took a journey through hell as doctors tried to fix hinges that connected her jaw to the temporal bones of her skull.

Bill could benefit Nevada craft brewers

The Assembly Labor and Commerce Committee on Monday heard Assembly Bill 431, which would nearly triple the number of barrels a craft brewery can produce annually.

Testimony wraps up in first Bunkerville standoff trial

Two months of testimony in the first Bunkerville standoff trial concluded Monday with a defendant’s dramatic assertion that authorities sat in foxholes waiting to shoot protesters who arrived at the site where federal agents for days had been rounding up Cliven Bundy’s cattle.

Teachers’ union claims CCSD altered new salary system

The Clark County Education Association plans to file an unfair labor practice complaint against the Clark County School District over changes in the Professional Growth System that dictates how and when teachers can advance in salary.

Nevada senators work to undo 2015 bargaining law

A Nevada Senate committee heard a bill Monday to undo a collective bargaining law that employee groups complained unfairly harms public workers.

‘Oblique’ Martin swaps shots with Short at Caesars

Steve Martin and Martin Short put on an act, but their friendship is real. At least this is what they told the full house at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Sunday night.

Solid pitching leads 51s past El Paso

Starter Wilfredo Boscan threw five scoreless innings, Beck Wheeler threw two and Dave Roseboom and Chasen Bradford each threw one apiece.

Coming in August: A Yes logjam in Vegas

August is a boon for Yes fans, with versions of the band playing The Joint and Reynolds Hall just five days apart.

IRS investigations team fights fraud during tax season

While many Las Vegans will be scrambling to file their tax returns before filing season ends next week, the IRS criminal investigations team will be working to punish scammers.

Kihuen, Rosen to address Nevada Legislature

Two Nevada freshmen in the U.S. House of Representatives return to the Silver State this week to address joint sessions of the state Senate and Assembly.

Manufacturing growing again in Las Vegas economy

Manufacturing has increased every year since 2010 in Southern Nevada, growing 15 percent to 43,600 jobs in 2016, according to data from the Nevada Employment, Training and Rehabilitation Department.

Record snow year in Sierras ends drought

A short but strenuous trek by snowshoe to a measuring station here on Monday confirmed what pretty much everyone expected: A record water year has been reached in this mountainous area west of Reno.

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