I strolled into the Union Brewery Saloon that morning, where the dusty scent of antiques hung in the air, where folks traded stories like breathing. At the bar sat a man, maybe a decade older than me. He looked like someone who had spent his life taking what the land offered without ever asking for…

There are some folks who, upon encountering a rickety old fence in the wilderness, will tip their hat, step over it, and go about their business. Then there are others who, upon seeing the museum piece, will whip out a hammer, rally a crowd, and commence hollering about how the fate of civilization hangs upon…

Nevada’s Senators Can’t Agree on Disagreeing In a display of unity so fractured it could make the Grand Canyon blush, Nevada’s two Democratic senators found themselves at odds today over whether to keep the government’s doors open or let it slam shut like an old saloon in a dust storm. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, perhaps…

ICE Struggles with Simple Arithmetic Now, it would seem a curious thing—one might even say a confounding thing—that an agency whose sole occupation is the counting, catching, and corralling unlawful inhabitants cannot, with any degree of certainty, say how many it has apprehended in a particular state. And yet, here we are. Two months into…

The Lost and Found Water For some time now, one must wonder what the fine folks at Lion Copper and Gold have been using to make their morning coffee—dust, prayers, or perhaps a sense of optimism. Lo and behold, their water had up and vanished, forfeited to the powers. But take heart, dear reader, for…

Well, well, well—look who’s back. Measles, that old red-spotted scourge of childhood, thought to have been cast into the dustbin of history by the twin forces of science and common sense, has returned for another engagement. And why, you ask? Because while the disease has remained much the same, our wisdom appears to have taken…

In Nevada, where men have long prided themselves on their ability to rope a steer, mend a fence, and keep a watchful eye on the ways of civilization, a peculiar couple has found themselves in a most unenviable predicament. John and Kimberly Comellas of Silver Springs have been placed in the county’s finest accommodations—namely, its…

It ain’t every day that a fellow who once took an oath to uphold the law finds himself tangled up like a fly in a spider’s web, but here we are. Christopher Six, a former Dayton, Ohio attorney, has made quite the spectacle of himself having pled guilty to over three dozen charges involving the…

Fervo Energy’s High-Stakes Bet At one time, geothermal energy occupied about as much space in the national imagination as a two-bit prospector panning for gold in a dry riverbed—plenty of hope but precious little payoff. Yet here comes Fervo Energy, striding onto the scene with the confidence of a riverboat gambler, laying down stakes in…

It is curious how men of science can survey a charred ruin where once stood a noble forest, stroke their beards solemnly, and declare, “Well, that was unexpected.” For years, the custodians of the land hemmed and hawed over a proper course of action for the Beaver Creek Pinery, that noble stand of ancient ponderosa…