In the grand old tradition of kicking troublesome cans down the road, the Supreme Court plans to referee a dispute over where to pile up America’s surplus of nuclear leftovers. On one side, you have the federal government and a private outfit keen on stacking spent uranium in the open country of Texas. Texas Governor…

Dayton’s Latest Arrest Well, it seems that our good friend Quincy Lee Grubenman of Dayton has found hisself tangled in a predicament that could make even a cat think twice about chasing its tail. On the first Saturday of March, the Lyon County Sheriff’s deputies were doing their regular work, which, as fate would have…

There’s a lot to be said for a swift apology—mainly that it should come with a clause protecting the apologizer from cruel and unusual punishment. Last night, in a lapse of judgment that I deeply regret, I was short with my wife. This morning, she brought me a cup of coffee, which I naively accepted…

The sky was gray over Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley as the wind stirred the flags. The ceremony brief, its significance felt. The Nevada Veterans Coalition had come together to honor those who had served and then forgotten by their families. The crowd, few in number, stood silent as the Patriot Guard Riders…

Well, it appears Senator Jacky Rosen is at it again, and this time dusting off a five-year-old event to stir up some more fear and hoopla to push through a bill that’ll have all the finesse of a bull in a china shop. Her latest venture? A ban on high-capacity magazines, those contraptions she deems…

There is a bill in Nevada, quiet and cold, like the winds that sweep through the desert. Assembly Bill 287 sits on the table today, waiting for the hand to push it forward. It is not just a change in the law; it is a blow to the heart of democracy. If it passes, the…

As if the tariffs weren’t bad enough–Nevada’s getting unsolicited imports of the more indecent variety from Canada now. Last Monday afternoon, travelers along Interstate 80 got treated to an unexpected—some might say unwholesome—spectacle when one Jeffrey Girard, a 49-year-old visitor from the Great White North, decided to engage in a bit of impromptu performance art…

Lights Optional Though Well, friends, it appears that NV Energy, that noble steward of electrical reliability, has once again demonstrated its unique talent for charging more while delivering less. Nearly 27,000 souls in Douglas County were treated to a midweek surprise when the power up and vanished, leaving folks squinting in the darkness and wondering…

The Great American Circus returned to Congress last night, with President Donald J. Trump delivering another full-throttle sermon on the virtues of tax cuts, border walls, and America First—a phrase that, when repeated enough times, starts to sound like a thinly disguised middle finger to the rest of the world. The Nevada political class, ever…

Last Friday, the Elko Indians squared off against the Fernley Vaqueros in a battle between two of the state’s top ballclubs. Elko emerged victorious by the slimmest of margins, a 6-5 win. For those who revel in minutiae, this marked Elko’s closest triumph since April 2024. Elko’s bats came alive as eight different players recorded…