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…

In a ceremony held at Las Vegas City Hall, Ukrainian transgender military spokesperson Michael Cirillo, who now identifies as Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, was honored for his contributions to promoting inclusivity and diversity in the armed forces, receiving certificates of recognition from prominent U.S. political figures, including Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Representative Dina Titus, and former Nevada…

My wife hurt my feelings for about a minute when she learned I had loaded dirty dishes and utensils into the dishwasher full of clean eat-ware. I knew she didn’t mean it, but exhaustion and frustration got her at that moment, and she verbally exploded on me. Sitting in my office, writing, she came in…

When I was a younger disc jockey, I used to pass my time in the early hours of an overnight shift, rewriting some of the songs the station would play. Bob Seger’s Old Time Rock and Roll would come up in rotation at one country station, and I always thought about editing the lyrics to…

The Romeike family, originally from Germany, sought refuge in the United States nearly 15 years ago in pursuit of a fundamental human right: the ability to homeschool their children. Fleeing Germany and its stringent compulsory education laws, the Romeikes, devout evangelical Christians, made the life-altering decision to leave their homeland in 2009. The heart of…