Losing streak hits 6 as 51s fall to El Paso

The 51s are mired in their longest losing streak of the year. Saturday, they had their chances to snap out of it, leading at different points early in the game.

Boulder City barbecue challenge draws thousands

At at the 13th annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge, held Friday and Saturday at the Boulder City Bicentennial Park, event judges scored chicken, ribs, pork and brisket on taste, texture and appearance.

 
Nevada academy students step from internet to dance floor

Nevada Virtual Academy’s 894 students don’t go to a physical classroom to learn. But every year, the school’s student council organizes a prom for students to dance and socialize in person.

Wabash Valley routs CSN in NJCAA World Series opener

Romero Harris had a home run, two doubles and three RBIs to lead Wabash Valley past College of Southern Nevada 11-4 on the first day of the NJCAA World Series on Saturday in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Fate of Nevada Connections Academy remains undecided

A three-day meeting wasn’t long enough for both the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority and Nevada Connections Academy to decide the online K-12 charter’s fate.

 
Woo-hoo! Homer Simpson inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame

On Saturday, Homer Simpson got “inducted” into baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. An exhibit dedicated to “The Simpsons” opened, 25 years after the popular TV episode “Homer at the Bat” originally aired.

Wild horses in Nevada could be sold for slaughter in Trump plan

President Donald Trump’s budget proposal calls for saving $10 million next year by selling wild horses captured throughout the U.S. West without the requirement that buyers guarantee the animals won’t be resold for slaughter.

COMMENTARY: Taking a break in Palm Springs from current events

Thus, as your long-suffering Palm Beach correspondent, I propose a toast to America’s first ladies for showing the world that despite our coarse, ham-fisted president, we have not completely forsaken class.

COMMENTARY: Middle East peace must start with Saudi Arabia

The reversal has now begun. The first act was Trump’s Riyadh address to about 50 Muslim states (the overwhelming majority of them Sunni) signaling a wide Islamic alliance committed to resisting Iran and willing to cast its lot with the American side.

San Diego minimum wage hike a lesson for Nevada

Predictably, some firms are moving their operations to Texas, joining the exodus of California businesses looking for greener pastures.

COMMENTARY: Trump making claim to Kennedy legacy

Trump’s rhetoric mirrors Kennedy’s. “This is a battle between good and evil,” Trump said in Saudi Arabia. Kennedy’s 1955 commencement address at Assumption College used the same stark language about the Cold War: “good versus evil, right versus wrong.”

Native Americans celebrate heritage at Snow Mountain Pow Wow

Monty Williams, 57, the lead gourd dancer at Saturday’s Snow Mountain Pow Wow, at exit 99 off of U.S. Highway 95 northwest of Las Vegas, said the Pow Wow aimed to pass on Native Americans’ oral history through song and dance.

UFC Fight Night 109 main card matchups

A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC Fight Night 109 on Sunday at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.

Gustafsson looking for redemption in Sweden

UFC light heavyweight champion Alexander Gustafsson will look to atone for a 2015 loss in front of his home fans when he meets Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC Fight Night 109 on Sunday.

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