Yesterday, as I started for the Roasting House door to drop off some newspapers, I met Robert warning me, “Don’t go in there.” “Why? What’s going on?” “A woman is having a seizure in there.” Like the ass I can be, I pushed passed and entered to find a young woman in the throes of…

The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the posthumous privacy rights of slain reporter Jeff German, delivering a significant victory for press freedom and the protection of journalists’ sources. The decision, handed down on Thursday, October 6, asserted that Nevada’s shield law, designed to safeguard journalists from revealing their sources, extends even after a journalist’s passing. This…

In a unified stance against the Biden administration’s Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), governors, led by Governor Joe Lombardo of Nevada, are raising concerns about expanded and arbitrary environmental justice standards applied to infrastructure and energy projects. The Governors argue that Biden’s proposed rule expands the purview…

In the pages of time, their tales unfold, Five scribes of the West, courageous and bold. Mark Twain, with wit as sharp as a spur, Spun yarns of Tom and Huck, adventures that stir. Jack London, he roamed the wild and the free, With Yukon’s call, he found destiny. Through White Fang’s eyes, he saw…

People of America, united we stand, Fighting for justice, hand in hand, Listen to the call for change, In a nation where freedom, we will arrange. Soon or late, a change is coming, Where all shall have their rightful say, And a country that’s fair and just for all, Shall be our dream, our aim,…

The stars over the prairie go on forever. The wind over the prairie goes on forever. The time for the hunter and the hunted goes on forever. This cowboy rides to the setting sun. The stars are dim above the daylight line. There’s a beginning, though no one knows when time began. There’s an end,…

Out ‘neath the endless western sky, Where hoofbeats mark the steady time, I ride with purpose, head held high, Bound to the land, this heart of mine. The earth, my mother, guides my way, A song of wild, a call to roam, In every sunrise’s golden ray, I find my heart, my truest home. With…

HOMETOWN Tommy’s junior-year civics class teacher was a gentleman by the name of Jules. They called him Mr. Legier. One guy, two unusual names in a school full of Bob’s, Bill’s, and Tom’s. But it’s not his name that Tommy remembers him for. He remembers him because he was a “real” teacher. He was animated…

Two recall petitions that circulated over the summer have reportedly gathered enough signatures to initiate a special election aiming to remove two elected officials, Trustees Matthew Dent and Sara Schmitz, who currently hold the positions of Chair and Vice Chair on the Board of Trustees overseeing the Incline Village General Improvement District (IVGID). The recall…

The Foundation for Positively Kids, a Las Vegas-based nonprofit dedicated to serving medically fragile and developmentally disabled children, has come under scrutiny following allegations of financial mismanagement and irregularities. An internal whistleblower flagged a series of concerns in January 2023, including bounced payroll checks, payments for work that were never initiated or completed, poor staff…