It is fun to see “big guys” in journalism start to discover how we “little guys” are treated. The Las Vegas Review-Journal complained in their Saturday, August 19 issue: “In May, the Las Vegas Review-Journal requested five months of calendars from the governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, and controller. Attorney General Aaron Ford’s…

As an eight-year-old at the start of 1969, I became fascinated with the news when I was allowed to help Mr. Zwierlein with the paper route between his home and Rudisill Road in Klamath. Mr. Z was the Klamtha area route manager for the Times-Standard, a daily newspaper published in Eureka, Cal.  In the summer…

The police state is here and can be found in small-town USA, which is frightening… A tranquil small town in America’s heartland is in the national spotlight following an unprecedented police raid on the Marion County Record, a longstanding local newspaper in Marion, Kan. The Marion County Record found itself at the center of controversy…

Analysis conducted by Google Bard, a large language model, potential irregularities in the Nevada election results have come to light, casting doubt on the integrity of the process. The analysis delved into the certified election data of Washoe County and Clark County, two demographically distinct counties on opposite ends of Nevada. The study evaluated 1286…

Allegations surrounding the “Everybody Votes” campaign have thrust Nevada’s 2020 presidential election results into the spotlight, raising concerns about the integrity of the democratic process and the potential influence of voter registration efforts in swing states. The campaign, which claimed it was about boosting Democratic voter turnout, has come under scrutiny for its alleged tactics…

Tensions ran high during a recent Washoe County Commission meeting as Vice Chair Jeanne Herman voiced her frustration over what she deemed a substantial alteration of her proposed election citizen advisory board plan. The proposal’s drastic transformation by county staff led Herman to label the revised version an “abomination,” resulting in Chair Alexis Hill’s decision…

Xlurmc was late for work once again, and they knew it. Instead of taking the long way about, the decision to use the shortcut was programmed into his auto-guidance system, though not recommended. With no galactic traffic to hinder their flight time, Xlurmc pushed his space cruiser to capacity. The stars were a streaked blur…

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Each Friday, while delivering newspapers in Virginia City, I stop at Priscilla Pennyworth’s Old-Time Photos to drop off a few and pick up the receipts from the previous week. While there, I also take a couple of minutes to visit with Hell Betty and Samantha Blevins. This week, last Friday, I had to stop to…

She knew well the dangers of walking in the midnight darkness of Six Mile Canyon. But for Crystalle Cummings, it was her only way to work and home until she finally bought a car. Aside from being a laborious walk uphill, her journey to work was fraught with no more danger than icy, snowy conditions…