If there’s one thing Nevada’s legislators have gotten good at, it’s stretching the Constitution like an old pair of suspenders until it fits whatever shape suits ‘em. The latest victim of their tailorin’ efforts is the Second Amendment, which they’ve been wringing out like a prospector squeezing the last drop from his canteen. The so-called…

How the Lawmakers Struck It Rich Now, I reckon no soul alive would be startled to hear that Nevada politicians have a powerful affinity for money, but in the 2024 election cycle, they went at it like prospectors with a brand-new claim. In a record-breaking spree of financial affection, donors heaped a staggering $17.3 million…

There is, no doubt, a kind of genius at work in the machinery of government—whether it be of a divine or infernal nature is open to debate. In the grand arithmetic of justice, one might reasonably expect that the names appearing on an official ledger of persons under investigation would, at the very least, correspond…

Nothing quite stirs the blood like a bit of excitement in a gambling house, and the good people at Circus Circus in Las Vegas had more than they bargained for Saturday evening when a fight broke out and was promptly inflated into a full-scale gunfight by way of a panicked phone call. The Las Vegas…

Pahrump’s Misused 9-1-1 The good people of Nye County have taken a newfound fancy, dialing 9-1-1 for purposes as varied as social calls and imaginary home invasions, much to the chagrin of Sheriff Joe McGill and his band of long-suffering deputies. In a modern marvel of miscommunication, the emergency dispatch lines have been ringing off…

Reno/Sparks Being Gouged Gas prices are doin’ a waltz—one step forward, two steps back, and a little twirl to keep folks dizzy. The learned scholars at GasBuddy tell us the national average has settled at a respectable $3.02, while the distinguished minds at AAA insist it’s $3.078—though on this point, a man might flip a…

It was one of those short, pointed conversations you can only have in a saloon in Virginia City—where the whiskey is old, the walls are older, and the stories older still. I had just settled into a deep and meaningful relationship with my Old Fashioned when she strolled in like she owned the place and…

The Churchill County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to find Nancy Griffiths. Her family reported her missing on January 10. Investigators believe she may be in the Reno/Sparks area and possibly in the company of an unidentified male. Her vehicle, a gray 2016 Toyota Corolla with Nevada license plate 042H66, was discovered in…

When Criminals Get a Cloak of Invisibility In Nevada, if a man commits a crime and happens to be in the country illegally, the authorities believe his identity needs guarding with the same zeal as a treasure map. The Nevada Department of Corrections and the Metropolitan Police Department are blacking out names like a gambler…

If lawsuits got outlawed tomorrow, the legal profession would go the way of the dodo, and the news industry would have to do honest work. Alas, that day has not yet arrived, so the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found itself knee-deep in a dispute over Nevada’s latest election law—a law meant to keep election…