Skinning a Cat Without It Yowling In the grand tradition of statesmen who solemnly assure the public that a fleecing is for their good, Washoe County Commission Chair Alexis Hill recently declared it’s time to have a “conversation” about raising taxes. Conversations is a polite term for reaching deeper into the taxpayer’s pocket with the…

“Now, ain’t that rich?” The Peanut Gallery roared as the Communist Party USA took to denouncing the firebombing of a Tesla collision center in Las Vegas, all while federal prosecutors point at Paul Kim, a man who, by their telling, harbored “far-left extremist ideologies.” Las Vegas police had themselves a busy spell, nabbing Kim, 36,…

A Lament for Lost Wagers There was once a time when Nevada’s gaming halls seemed incapable of losing at anything except humility. The dice tumbled favorably, the cards turned precisely, and the slot machines hummed a tune so profitable that one might think the laws of math were in the Silver State’s favor. But alas,…

Once upon a time, in the grand and bewildering expanse of the American West, there resided—albeit briefly—one Jairo Ivan Paredes Cota, a gentleman of Mexican birth with a peculiar fondness for unofficial border crossings. The enterprising traveler first became acquainted with the U.S. government in the spring of 2013, when the diligent fellows at Customs…

The Fernley women came into Saturday hoping to shake off Friday’s loss to Lowry, but fate had other ideas. The Vaqueros battled hard but ultimately fell 6-3, stretching their losing streak to four games. Despite the setback, Lauren Smith and Sara Moffett did their best to keep Fernley in the fight. Smith notched a 2-for-3…

The Virginia City women stormed into Saturday’s doubleheader against Smith Valley riding high on a four-game winning streak, and when the dust settled, they had stretched it to five. The Muckers took the Bulldogs to task in a 20-10 rout, marking their most decisive victory over Smith Valley since April 2021. Leading the charge was…

The Yerington Lions are packing their bags and heading into opposing territory to face off against the Oasis Academy Bighorns on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. Both teams roll into this contest fresh off commanding victories, their bats hot, and their pitchers dealing. Yerington’s latest triumph saw them blank Pershing County 14-0, with pitcher Erika Landa…

Tom shuffled into the kitchen, bleary-eyed and yawning, the gray light of dawn seeping through the blinds. He flicked on the coffee maker, long since gone cold from yesterday’s brew, and poured the stale, dark liquid into his chipped ceramic mug. He’d turned the machine off last night—why waste power keeping it warm? It was…

There are men born with the sense of a barn owl, men graced with the common sense of a fence post, and then there is Brandon Blount—a man whose thought process, if it can be called such, operates on a plane of reality not yet charted by science. Mr. Blount, a 39-year-old specimen hailing from…

In a grand display of legislative valor, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, flanked by her trusty Montana counterpart, Steve Daines, has unsheathed the Small County PILT Parity Act—a bill of such magnificent importance that one wonders how civilization has managed to persist without it. This noble measure, aimed at counties with fewer than 5,000 souls,…