The Holiday Festival of Lights at the Dayton Valley Golf and Country Club originally scheduled for today from 4-9 p.m. has been canceled. The information was published in Friday's calendar of events.

The Nevada Wolf Pack football team has lost another 1,000-yard rusher. The Wolf Pack athletic department announced Saturday that running back Vai Taua has been ruled academically ineligible and will not play in the Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl against the

In response to the announcement by Dr. Tracey Green of the vaccine's availability to all Nevadans effective Dec. 18, Carson City Health and Human Services will be offering the H1N1 vaccine to the general public beginning Dec. 21.At present, the

BEATTY - It's been a bit confusing lately in this Nye County community, where residents recently learned that their town might not actually exist, at least not on paper.The trouble began in October 2008, when the Nye County district attorney's

The Salvation Army of Carson City is seeing a severe shortage in donations of Christmas toys to hand out to the hundreds of disadvantaged families who have signed up to receive holiday help. The organization still needs more than 1,500

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is calling on Major League Baseball not to allow the Oakland Athletics to move to San Jose, saying it would hurt San Francisco financially.Herrera sent a stern letter to baseball

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Andy Talley's friends warned him about undergoing heart tests a few days before traveling to the national championship game. They didn't want the Villanova coach to suffer complications before the big game.After waiting 25 seasons for

LONDON (AP) - U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin says Tiger Woods will be as strong a player as ever when he comes back from his marital turmoil and self-imposed break from golf."Tiger's obviously a very strong-minded individual and I

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The PGA Tour has one fewer tournament and a $3.9 million drop in prize money for next year.The tour earlier announced the main portion of its schedule. On Friday, it released the dates for

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods was voted the PGA Tour player of the year by the players on Friday, the 10th time in his 13 years on tour that he has won the award.The PGA Tour does

The Douglas boys' basketball team will take a five-game win streak down to the Amare Stoudemire Invitational in Las Vegas after hanging on for a 66-64 win over a scrappy Elko team Friday night.The Tigers managed only one sustained run

SAO PAULO (AP) - Surgeons on Friday successfully removed four sewing needles from the lung and near the heart of a Brazilian toddler, allegedly plunged into him by his stepfather during a monthlong series of bizarre rituals.The surgery lasted nearly

WASHINGTON - A potential challenger of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is disclosing stock holdings valued at more than $50 million, revealing that she has serious resources available for a political campaign.Sue Lowden is one of the favorites among nearly

When the final buzzer went off, Lowry players celebrated like they had won the state championship. The Carson Senators and their fans could only look on in disbelief.Lowry outscored Carson 11-0 in the final two minutes to wipe out a

The Dayton Community Center's gym transformed into a bustling hub Thursday afternoon as hundreds of people lined up to fill boxes with canned goods, turkey, milk and other staples. The community center's monthly food distribution uses donations from the Food

The state Board of Examiners approved an $886,000 contract Friday for a public outreach and marketing campaign encouraging Nevadans to participate in the 2010 census."We estimate the state would lose $917 for every man, woman and child missed, so people

WASHINGTON (AP) - After marathon talks, the Obama administration and Democratic leaders appeared near agreement with Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson late Friday night to provide the crucial 60th vote needed for Senate passage of health care legislation.Majority Leader Harry Reid

WASHINGTON (AP) - Jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote for historic health care legislation Saturday, putting President Barack Obama's signature issue firmly on a path for Christmas Eve passage.At the White House,