Colorado State hopes to overcome loss of 2 key players

Colorado State’s basketball team will try to overcome the losses of Gian Clavell and Emmanuel Omogbo. But coach Larry Eustachy has proven he can win with just about any kind of lineup.

Bettors back Dodgers over Astros in World Series

The Dodgers were quickly moved to a minus-160 favorite Sunday afternoon at the Westgate sports book after opening as a minus-140 favorite over the Astros to win their first World Series title since 1988.

Mormon missionaries now allowed more technology, smartphones

The Mormon church’s gradual embrace of the digital age for missionaries took another step forward as the religion announced it is nearly doubling the missions where technology is allowed and swapping out tablets for smartphones.

Butterfly prompts Girl Scouts to close camp near Las Vegas

The Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada is abandoning its longtime camp in the mountains west of Las Vegas, in part because of restrictions placed on the property to protect the endangered Mount Charleston blue butterfly.

Warmer, sunny in the Las Vegas Valley this week

The Las Vegas Valley will be sunny and warm this week until a slight drop in weekend temperatures, the National Weather Service said.

Nevada agencies hide names, salaries of hundreds of workers

The names and salaries of 349 state employees, including park rangers and game wardens, are not public to taxpayers who spent $30.1 million last year in wages and benefits for those staffers.