The kitchen smelled of onions and garlic, the air thick with steam from the boiling pot. The young man sat at the table, his jungle boots scuffing against the worn linoleum. He tapped a cigarette from the pack, lit it, and let the smoke drift toward the ceiling. His mother stood at the stove, stirring,…

Dismantled by the Spoilsports of Law Where there’s a road, there’s a rascal, and where there’s money, there’s a man eager to collect it by means otherwise. Such was the case of two enterprising gentlemen from Guatemala, whose industry in the field of human transportation was regrettably brought to an untimely halt last Friday by…

SILETZ, Ore. — The search for 2-year-old Dane Paulsen, who went missing from his home near milepost 21 on Highway 229, north of Siletz, has continued into Monday with increasing efforts from law enforcement and community volunteers. Dane was last seen on March 1 playing in his front yard. He wore a grey fuzzy hoodie…

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow There is nothing quite so dependable as the undependability of a rogue government agency, and few know this better today than the folks at Catholic Charities and the Northern Nevada International Center (NNIC). Having thrown in their lot with USAID—the famed arm of Washington’s generosity—both organizations now find themselves staring at…

It is an old and well-established truth that no good ever comes from a man loitering outside a saloon with a pocket full of special powders. The wisdom, however, appears to have eluded one Dallas Weaver of Grass Valley, Calif., who, on the evening of March 2, found hi sself the object of great interest…

And Other Curious Notions The Nevada Legislature, ever eager to find new ways to spend time and money, has turned its attention to one of the great crises of our era—license plates that are not yet digital. Assemblyman Howard Watts, a man of vision and a great believer in the march of progress, has offered…

When a man has a dollar in his pocket, a politician is somewhere nearby scheming how to spend it. And if that man lives in Nevada, he will soon find that not only is his dollar spoken for, but his vote must now travel through a freshly minted labyrinth, designed not so much to improve…

Saturday’s contest between the Virginia City Muckers and the Portola Tigers was a showdown neither team could claim for their own. A deadlock at 10 apiece left both squads shaking hands with unfinished business. Virginia City, now sitting at 1-0-1, will take their bats and gloves on the road next Saturday to square off against…

SILETZ, Ore. — The search for 2-year-old Dane Paulsen, who went missing from his home near milepost 21 on Highway 229, north of Siletz, has continued into Monday with increasing efforts from law enforcement and community volunteers. Dane was last seen on March 1 playing in his front yard. He wore a grey fuzzy hoodie…

It was someplace in the mountains above Lamoille. Maybe higher than I should have gone. The air was thin but good. The lake below was blue and deep, and I had wanted to see it up close. But I had taken the wrong step. The shale had gone out from under me fast. No time…