Joseph Russ was born in 1825 in Maine, and came west in 1850. In fall of 1852 he purchased 100 cattle in Placerville, and with two hired cowboys, drove them over the Coast Range to Humboldt County, selling them in Eureka to the Army which was buying beef for its troops on the north coast…

President Barack Obama is accusing Mitt Romney of being blind to the burdens of paying for college, claiming his opponent’s education policies amount to nothing more than encouraging them to tap their parents for money or “shop around” for the best deal. “This is his plan,” President Obama said during his recent campaign speech in…

She had laid her baby to sleep in her bassinette and went to Mrs. Fortain’s, up the road for a visit. Mrs. Fortain owned the nearby mobile home park. Once there, they began to chat about this and that, but were suddenly interrupted by a sound of the nearby Yurok Volunteer Fire Departments siren. “Look,” Mrs. Farmer exclaimed, “I…

A Carson City lobbyist may have bit off more than he should have when he brought together Nevada and technology giant, Apple, Inc. Greg Ferraro represented Apple, while his company, Ferraro Group, has a contract with Nevada’s Governor’s Office of Economic Development, which inked the agreement. Ferraro’s long-standing friendship with Governor Brian Sandoval is also…

President Obama will campaign Tuesday in Reno, delivering remarks at Truckee Meadows Community College. The Obama campaign says the event is open to the public, but tickets are required and will be available at Obama campaign offices in Reno and Carson City beginning at 11 a.m. Sunday. The president will talk about the upcoming election,…

There’s an old expression: All is fair in love and war. This also works well for politics. The reason politics between the Left and Right is so dirty, comes down to the fact that each believes the enemy is “inside the wire.” That’s a term meaning your fire base, encampment, compound, etc., is in the…

It seems as if the two of us were always staring in to the deep blue, towards a point that we could only see. It was like that as we sat in Mike’s truck and day dreamed of finding the lost treasure somewhere out there, four-miles away and 250-feep deep. Sitting there, I would spin the…

1.  Guns have only two enemies: rust and politicians. 2.  It’s better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. 3.  Cops carry guns to protect themselves — not you. 4.  Never let someone or something that threatens you get within arms length. 5.  Never say, “I’ve got a gun.” If you need to…

State health and human services director Mike Willden has announced the federal government is giving its approval of Nevada’s plan for using more than $6.1 million in stimulus funding for connecting the  hospital computer systems. Governor Brian Sandoval last week signed a law that gives his permission to start building the system. This isn’t the…

Everyday, after school, Adam and I would come home and look in the icebox. There was always something good in it, like cookies or cake.   The tradition continued as we would come home for visits. It is hard to break old habits, especially ones that seem so natural and taste so good. During one visit to see Mom,…