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Hoops for Troops: Stars coach boys and girls at Nellis clinic

Ten-year-old Ferious Nieves was among 100 children of Nellis airmen who participated in the USA Basketball Hoops for Troops clinic at the base’s 3-month-old Warrior Fitness Center. “It was fun,” said Nieves, the son of Tech. Sgt. Jason Nieves. Legendary NBA coach Lenny Wilkens said the program “shows young people we have a lot of interest in them.”

Injured hiker from Nellis saves rescuer hit by copter blades

After he broke his leg and needed to be evacuated from a national forest in Northern California, Nellis Air Force Base doctor Jeremy Kilburn was called on to save the life of his rescuer.

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