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,…

Nevada Pushes Back, Of Course President Donald Trump has taken it upon himself to tighten up the election process with all the vigor of a frontier sheriff cleaning up a crooked town. In a move that has sent many a bureaucrat into fits of righteous indignation, he has signed an executive order demanding that voters…

A Grave Reminder The Grim Reaper has been keeping himself mighty busy on Nevada’s highways, and if the latest numbers are correct, he ain’t planning to retire anytime soon. Last year alone, 412 families had the misfortune of setting an extra place at supper out of habit, only to remember that their loved one had…

There are many ways to make an impression on a Friday night, but piloting a Porsche up Geiger Grade like the Devil himself was riding shotgun is one of the more memorable—if not advisable—methods. Late on March 28, a 2016 Porsche Coupe was engaged in what might generously be called an unwise expedition northbound on…