Nevada’s Local Food Programs Get a Chilly Reception In an act that has sent school cooks and food bank operators into animated disbelief, the federal government has momentarily taken leave of its senses and frozen over $8 million intended for fresh vittles for Nevada’s schoolchildren and food-insecure populations. The Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA), standing…

High Prices and Low Spirits The thermometer ain’t the only thing climbing in Nevada—gas prices are making a mad dash for the heavens, leaving drivers clutching their wallets like a gambler on his last silver dollar. At present, the privilege of filling one’s gas tank in the Silver State comes at an average of $3.74…

The sky was pulsing like a neon bruise, and the mushrooms were kicking in with the fury of a derailed freight train. Green oranges tasted red—no, not red, RED—a screaming, blood-warm explosion of fresh Placentia and number nine cosmic dissonance. The air was thick with sin and sweat that stuck to the roof of your…

Whiskey Weeps in the Corner For lo, these many years, it was taken as gospel truth that the official beverage of Nevada was whatever whiskey could get poured from a jug, and the only credentials required for its adoption were a fiery disposition and an ability to make a man forget his troubles—sometimes permanently. But…

A Bill, A billion, and A Bunch of Questions It does appear that Governor Joe Lombardo has loaded a scatter gun with a grand notion–he wants to sprinkle a cool billion dollars across the Nevada landscape like a farmer seeding a field, only instead of wheat, he’s looking to grow houses folks can afford. The…

If you happened to look up in Washoe Valley last week and saw a helicopter buzzing about like a dragonfly with purpose, you weren’t hallucinating—at least, not unless you’ve been into something more than fire water. The flying machine belonged to the Nevada Division of Forestry, and it wasn’t just out for a joyride. Nope,…

Clark County Employee Jailed for Indecency In a development that will set many a parent’s teeth on edge and send schoolhouse reputations tumbling like a poorly built fence, a Clark County School District employee has been clapped into irons for alleged misconduct with a minor. Manuel Ayala-Tovar, aged 33 years and—one assumes—fully aware of societal…

Well now, gather ‘round, ladies and gentlemen, and let’s take a gander at the latest installment of Nevada’s most thrilling spectacle—The Grand and Glorious Assurance of Election Integrity! The dazzling performance, brought to you by none other than Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar, complete with lofty pronouncements, statistical wizardry, and the ever-reliable sleight of hand…

On Sunday evening, the good folks of Central Lyon Fire found themselves called away from whatever honest labor or idle mischief they were about to engage in as a brush fire set about making a general nuisance of itself near Stagecoach, just off Highway 50 East. Not wanting to miss the excitement, Carson City Fire…

The good folks of Storey County can rest a little easier—or at least drive a little straighter—thanks to a generous donation from local business owners Thomas and Deborah Hayward. In an act of goodwill that would put a Sunday preacher to shame, the couple handed over the keys to an all-wheel-drive Dodge Challenger that will…