The Saga of Rotten Moon A Mine and the Broken Promise The land was quiet before they came. The wind moved through the pass, and the people went there like always. They called it Peehee mu’huh, Rotten Moon, because of what had happened long ago. The soldiers came in 1865, and they left bodies behind.…

High Penalties, Low Payments In Nevada, candidates and political action committees must file campaign finance reports on time or risk fines of up to $10,000. But in practice, these penalties rarely translate into full payments. Over the first 11 months of 2024, the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office assessed more than $440,000 in fines for…

But at What Cost? The Nevada Senate voted 20-0 on Wednesday to ease restrictions on egg sales, sending AB 171 to Governor Joe Lombardo for his signature. The Assembly passed it 41-0 the day before. The bill, backed by lawmakers and the Nevada Department of Agriculture, would allow retailers to sell eggs from non-cage-free facilities,…

UPDATE–Jeffrey Chapman walked into the VA hospital on Kirman Avenue before dawn. He had a weapon. Officers told him to stop. He did not. The medical examiner said Chapman, 58, of Reno, lunged at police. They fired. He died there in the emergency room. The FBI has taken over the investigation. There are no further…

They looked for him. They found him. They took him in. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Task Force started the hunt on February 6. A man in Fernley. A Tier 3 sex offender who wasn’t playing by the rules. His name was Rogelio Barocio. Thirty-nine years old. He was supposed to register. He…

The wreck sits just past Geiger Lookout, northbound on State Route 341, heading to Reno. It’s 8:51 in the morning. What a bad time for it. Traffic crawls, brake lights stretching down the grade. Law enforcement is on the scene. Men in uniforms move slowly but surely. Drivers sit in their cars, waiting. Some drum…

The shots came early, before dawn. Then a call for help. Police at the VA hospital needed backup. Reno officers answered, securing the scene, but the case was no longer theirs. The FBI took over. It happened at 2:30 the morning of February 12, near the ER entrance, where Locust and Burns meet. No one…

A Fight Over History The law says one thing. The calendar says another. If you look it up, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is October 13. That also happens to be Columbus Day. But in Nevada, the law marks Indigenous Peoples’ Day as August 9. Democratic Assemblywoman Shea Backus wants to change that with Assembly Bill 144.…

Washoe County has a new Registrar of Voters. His name is Andrew McDonald. He is the fourth or maybe the fifth. No one is sure anymore. His job does not include cleaning up the voter rolls. That is the voter’s problem. McDonald replaces Cari-Ann Burgess, who left last September. He has worked in elections before,…

Lacks the Guts to Take It Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo wants more land for housing, but he won’t fight for it himself. Instead, he wrote a letter. He sent it to Nevada Democrats, asking them to push for a resolution urging the federal government to release land for development. Like a limp biscuit, he couldn’t…