The world grew smaller some how as I slept the day away, resting for my overnight shift at the radio station. I didn’t find this out until I got up to get ready for work. My bride told me she received a telephone call from her sister, Sarah, who lives in Ramona, California. The two…

Spanish Springs 2011 — Since returning from Afghanistan in April 2010, Christian Riege had settled into his full-time position with the Joint Forces Unit of the Nevada Army National Guard in Carson City. The Nebraska native was one of four people killed when a gunman opened fire at a IHOP in the same city. After…

Got up early yesterday morning so I could take some pictures of the 30th Annual Great Reno Balloon Races. I have often wished there was a way the races could be held later in the day — I’m so not the early morning guy I used to be. Afterwards, I had an eye-appointment. After more…

Spanish Springs 2011 — Major Heath Kelly, 35, survived the battlegrounds of Iraq – but was one of four killed in the Carson City IHOP by a man on rampage who then took his own life in the parking lot. The highly decorated Nevada Army Guard soldier was married and had two young children. Between 2004 and…

Eleven people were shot during the rampage at a Carson City IHOP when a gunman sprayed bullets around the parking lot and at neighboring businesses. Five people were killed in the attack including U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Miranda McElhiney, 31. She and fellow Nevada Army Guardsmen were taking part in an off-site meeting, having…

Spanish Springs 2011 – As the community of Carson City attempts to come to grips with the multiple shooting deaths at a local IHOP, authorities are still searching for a motive in the homicide case.  So far investigators have had little luck in learning why the gunman open fired on the group of Nevada Army…

The group that celebrates the death of American soldiers is confirming they are heading to Carson City to picket during the funerals of soldiers slain during the mass shooting at an IHOP “Yes, we are planning on being at the National Guard memorial and the funeral home in Carson City,” says Fred Phelps Jr., son…

Authorities say the man who opened fire on Nevada Army Guard members at a Carson City restaurant had two guns in addition to the AK-47 he used in the rampage, but he left them in his vehicle. The shooting at the IHOP left five people dead and seven wounded. The gunman, Eduardo Sencion of Carson City,…

Managing the histories between Native peoples and the settlers is much like walking a tight rope in a gale-force wind. I want to avoid the politics, the right and wrong of the incident and get down to telling the story of what happened. During  the years, 1851 and 1852, the California Legislature authorized payment of…

I wrote this article a few days after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami killed over 23,000 people. Much of it still holds true for the way I feel about the non-profit group and how it operated on a national level shortly after the 9/11 terror attacks. It is impossible to purchase a simple piece of…