Abstract: The Nelder-Mead simplex method is a well-known algorithm enabling the minimization of functions that are not available in closed-form and that need not be differentiable or convex.

New federal projections for Southern Nevada’s main water source were released Friday and paint an even more dismal picture amid a tight interstate negotiation over the future of the American West. The ...

A Mead School District bus struck and killed a woman crossing the street Monday evening. Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a pedestrian and bus crash at West Hastings Road and ...

MEAD, Wash. — The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a person was hit and killed by a school bus on Monday night. The Spokane County Medical Examiner identified the person killed ...

One of California’s largest suppliers of drinking water in neighboring Nevada was at a troublingly low level yet again at the end of 2025. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation shows that the water ...

LEWES, Del. - The Sussex County Council on Tuesday approved the controversial rezoning of the Belle Mead Farm to allow for the construction of a new commercial development near Lewes. Currently a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For Douglas Wagner, opening Carw Gwyn was an exercise in Murphy’s Law. “It just seemed like everything I could run into, I did,” the first-time restaurant ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Witness testimony began Wednesday with an accusation of negligent supervision in the high stakes trial against the ...

A Mead High School language arts teacher is no longer in the classroom following parent complaints about a social media post she made after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The National Park Service extracted the boat — nicknamed “Skyward” for how its bow stuck up through the water — from the inlet Government Wash in July. The boat’s removal is part of a larger clean-up ...