Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos Jazz Johnson brings the ball up the floor on Thursday during the Mountain West Conference tournament quarterfinals. Nevada was upset by the No. 11 seed Wyoming, 74-71. LAS VEGAS — Freshman Kwane Marble II scored a career-high 24 points and 11th seeded Wyoming stunned No. 3 Nevada 74-71 in a Mountain West Conference Tournament quarterfinal game … [Read more...]
US Agency to Pay for 11,000 Miles of Fuel Breaks in 6 States
The Bureau of Land Management has announced plans to fund 11,000 miles (17,703 kilometers) of strategic fuel breaks in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Utah in an effort to help control wildfires. The fuel breaks are intended to prop up fire mitigation efforts and help protect firefighters, communities and natural resources, The Oregonian reported Saturday. … [Read more...]
Thanks to Trump, There is Still No Recession in Sight for Nevada
By Andy Matthews Despite the ongoing Democrat campaign to spread pessimism about our prosperous future, the Silver State continues to thrive under Donald Trump. According to a recent report from the state's Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation, Nevada’s jobless rate in October was almost a half percentage point lower than it was in the … [Read more...]
Toolson, Childs lead BYU over Nevada 75-42
PROVO, Utah — Jake Toolson had 15 points, Yoeli Childs had a double-double and BYU handed Nevada its worst loss of the season, 75- 42, on Tuesday night. Childs had 14 points and 13 rebounds for his second-straight double-double in his third game back from a season-opening suspension. Alex Barcello added 13 points, TJ Haws 11 and Connor Harding 10 for BYU (8-4). Jalen … [Read more...]
Harris Scores 31 to Lead Nevada over Air Force 100-85
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jalen Harris scored a career-high 31 points and Nevada scored its most points of the season Saturday in a 100-85 win over Air Force in its Mountain West Conference opener. Lindsey Drew scored 15 points, Jazz Johnson had 14, Zane Meeks 13 and Nisre Zouzoua 12 for the Wolf Pack (7-3, 1-0), which made 13 of 23 3-pointers in winning its fifth straight. … [Read more...]
Give Books about Nevada and by Nevadans
With Christmas rapidly approaching you may be casting about for suggestions for what to give that special Nevada friend or family member. What could be better than books about Nevada or by Nevadans? The choices are as varied as the Nevada landscape and its denizens. Doubly apropos this holiday season is Patricia Cafferata’s “Christmas in Nevada,” a collection of seasonal … [Read more...]
Nevada news briefs
Tahoe college soccer player arrested in hit-and-run death SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A 20-year-old soccer player at Lake Tahoe Community College was arrested Monday in a hit-and-run that killed a man crossing a street in South Lake Tahoe, California, police said. The victim in his 70s was struck Sunday night along Lake Tahoe Boulevard outside a crosswalk, police … [Read more...]
Reid in Farewell Speech Calls on Press to Criticize … We Oblige
In what Harry Reid himself called “my final speech” this past week on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Nevada’s senator for the past three decades and minority or majority leader of Senate Democrats for more than a decade rambled for 77 minutes in his customary monotone through a disjointed litany of accomplishments and a painfully personal autobiography of his ascent from poverty … [Read more...]