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…

Jedidiah Smoothwater had gone to his reward if he was to have one, which I reckoned was doubtful. He had played his part in this grand comedy with such middling skill that spectators, if any, must have been snoring through his final act. Now, he lay, decked out in a mahogany coffin, glass over his…

Rascals of Tahoe and a Case of Leniency Now, dear reader, let us turn our attention to a tale of crime, justice, and a rather curious brand of leniency that has settled upon the shores of Lake Tahoe like an unwelcome fog. The principal character in this drama is one Edgar Ivan Trejo-Mendoza, a man…

Norm Clarke Norm Clarke had the instincts of a bloodhound, the nerves of a riverboat gambler, and, lest we forget, the unmistakable eye patch that made him look as though he had just stepped off a pirate ship and straight into a press room. It was not merely an accessory; it was the badge of…

A Tale of Fraud, Fines, and Foolishness Some men will climb the highest mountain, ford the deepest river, and perjure themselves on a stack of Bibles to bag a mule deer that isn’t legally theirs. Such was the case in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, where two enterprising individuals got snared by the long arm of…