Roundup: Basic wins 4-team boys meet

Basic’s Blake Fenyves won the shot put, and Joren McKeever won the high jump Thursdy to power the Wolves to a victory in a four-team home meet.

Roundup: Pair of homers power Spring Valley comeback

Chryshelle Abril-Ryan and Brianna Villarreal each homered for Spring Valley’s softball team Thursday as the Grizzlies rallied to beat visiting Bonanza, 8-7.

Nevada’s rest areas are a mess

It is a shame that this state does not have better rest areas to support visitors from all over the country

Roundup: Sam Belnap leads Arbor View past Gorman

Sam Belnap had 38 assists and 14 digs to power Arbor View’s boys volleyball team to a 25-16, 25-18, 25-27, 25-16 win over visiting Bishop Gorman.

 
UNLV student among those killed in Arizona plane crash

One of the six people killed in a plane crash on a suburban Phoenix golf course Monday night was an international business student at UNLV. Two others killed — Erik Valente and James Louis Pedroza — also were from Las Vegas.

Backpage.com CEO pleads guilty to state, US charges

The chief executive of a website that authorities have dubbed a lucrative nationwide “online brothel” pleaded guilty Thursday to state and federal charges including conspiracy and money laundering, and agreed to testify in ongoing prosecutions against others at Backpage.com, authorities said.

51s snap 5-game losing streak with win over Albuquerque

Las Vegas used a solid start from Chris Flexen and a pair of runs in five different innings to overmatch Albuquerque 10-3 on Thursday afternoon at Isotopes Park.

Roundup: Liberty knocks off No. 1 Rancho

Joseph Rush and Andrew Gallegos each had two RBIs Thursday to lead Liberty’s baseball team to a 9-3 road upset of top-ranked Rancho.

 
Arizona governor vows big raises for teachers by 2020

Caving to demands from teachers who have protested low pay and school funding shortfalls for weeks, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey rolled out a proposal Thursday promising a net 20 percent raise by 2020 and pledged to push the proposal through the Legislature in the coming weeks.

RTC of Southern Nevada proposes $766M budget for fiscal 2019

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada plans to purchase more vehicles and complete several road improvement projects as part of a proposed $765.7 million spending plan for the 2018-19 fiscal year.

Nevada official makes case for drone testing in the state

The man in charge of Nevada’s drone test site gave a presentation at a trade show Thursday that was equal parts sales pitch and “scared straight” program.

Comey says Trump ‘untethered to truth’ in new book

Former FBI Director James Comey blasts President Donald Trump as unethical and “untethered to truth” in a sharply critical new book that describes Trump as fixated in the early days of his administration on having the FBI debunk salacious rumors he insisted were untrue but could distress his wife.

 
Mom sent text days before California cliff crash, says friend

One of the mothers who died when an SUV plunged off a Northern California cliff sent a text two days before the wreckage was discovered, saying she was so sick she might have to go to a hospital, according to 911 call records from Washington state.

 
Busted skate doesn’t deter Golden Knights’ Alex Tuch

Golden Knights forward Alex Tuch lost the blade from his left skate after a collision along the boards late in the first period of Wednesday’s 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings and had to crawl across the ice to get back to the team’s bench.

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