State gaming revenue totals in Nevada often reflect discrepancies, especially when a month concludes on a weekend. The lack of a uniform statewide requirement regarding how casinos record their slot machine revenues allows properties to decide whether to report winnings for the current month or defer them to the following month. This situation was evident…

Spending during Halloween has been rising across Northern Nevada, and 2024 is no exception. As Halloween approaches, residents are gearing up for the spooky season, with an expected average expenditure of $103.63 per person—slightly down from last year’s record but still reflecting a significant boost from past years. Back in 2019, Northern Nevadans were spending…

Northern Nevada Public Health (NNPH) is working with the state of Nevada and other partners to address a growing national shortage of IV fluids exacerbated by Hurricane Helene. The storm’s impact on production facilities has raised concerns in Northern Nevada. Baxter, the leading distributor of IV fluids in the United States, was affected by the…

As Nevadans prepare for the 2024 general election, voters will once again weigh in on a ballot initiative that could fundamentally alter the state’s election process. Ballot Question 3, which narrowly passed in 2022 with 53 percent of the vote, proposes the implementation of ranked-choice voting (RCV) and open primaries for statewide elections. This constitutional…

Crane was the kind of guy who didn’t belong anywhere, especially not in San Francisco. Tall, gaunt, with bags under his eyes like he hadn’t slept in years, he stumbled through life like a drunk after last call. His music teaching job was a cruel joke—barely enough to cover the whiskey that kept him upright…

He stepped back, the weight of morning pressing down on him, but it was nothing compared to the strange chill that enveloped him as he glanced at the luminous tendrils of light coiling about her feet. They glimmered like the ghostly afterimage of a lost dream, undulating with a slow, hypnotic rhythm. The woman remained…

A Fernley man, Santos Robin Benitez Tejada, 49, faces up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to felony eluding in connection with a dangerous high-speed chase. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, March 7, involved Tejada driving a lifted blue pickup at speeds of 80-100 mph through Minden, endangering others and causing property…

Dear Big Guy Upstairs, I know you’re up there—lounging on your celestial recliner, sipping cosmic coffee, and watching reruns of the Big Bang. Or maybe you’re busy untangling the strings of fate, like a celestial cat playing with yarn. Now, I’ve got effing questions. Listen, I’ve got a bone to pick with you. Yeah, me—poet,…

An effort by Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford to censure Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana for allegedly making racist remarks about illegal Haitian aliens was stopped by GOP leadership. Higgins posted comments on social media, describing Haitians in derogatory terms. In his now-deleted post on X, Higgins referred to Haitians as “wild,” accused them of “eating…

Adventuring across Nevada is a quiet and lonely thing. The Silver State doesn’t speak much. It stretches itself out, empty and still, like the soul of a man who’s gone too long without saying what’s on his mind. That evening, I was driving State Route 140, heading out of Winnemucca. Denio had come and gone,…