The night had a bitter chill to it, which was strange for the north coast. There was no rain falling, just a cold wind blowing in off the Pacific Ocean as Brady made his way home from the radio station in the dark. He had traveled this path many times during the day and while…

Eddie Arnold  died this morning, days short of his 90th birthday. Originally a country-crooner, Arnold was perhaps the most successful cross-over artist of his time. In March, his wife of 66-years, Sally, died and in the same month, Arnold fell outside his home, injuring his hip. He died at a health care facility near Nashville, Tennessee. My Grandma…

The piece of paper said “Discharged.” Doc had an awful pit in his stomach. This was the day he had fought so hard to avoid. But he had lost. The fight started months before just after Captain Coville arrived at Warren Air Force Base. He was a career reservist and navigator specializing in B-52 bombers.…

More than 150 aftershocks have been recorded on the west edge of Reno after an earthquake shook cans off shelves, knocked pictures off walls and dislodged rocks on hillsides along the Sierra Nevada. There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage from the magnitude 4 . 7 quake that hit at 11:40 p.m.…

City fathers in Needles, Calif., are looking at leaving the Golden State for the Silver State or perhaps form its own county, so reports the Associated Press this morning. The city of nearly 6,000, ·situated on U.S. Hwy 40 is over 200 miles from it county seat in San Bernardino, has had strained relations with…

The American Civil Liberties Union and Nevada Coalition against the Death Penalty called on the Pardons Board to block the October 15, 2007 execution of murderer William Castillo, who had withdrawn his appeals and asked that his execution be carried out. In a letter to the board the two groups wrote, “We implore you to…

It has been a very strange day in Northern Nevada. I woke up to a thin blanket of snow on the ground and a wind chill of nearly 17 degrees due to some crazy winds. Those were a hold over from Monday where we had winds as high as 84 miles per hour.  Luckily I…

An ex-FBI agent claims Congressman Sonny Bono was clubbed to death by hit-men in 1998 and not killed in a skiing accident. Former FBI Agent Ted Gunderson says the politician was killed on the Nevada ski slopes by drug and weapons dealers who feared he was going to expose them. He said the hit-men actually…

Charge of Quarters happened to exchange shifts every eight hours in the barracks. And at six Master Sergeant Goodwin handed Tommy the keys to the building, the logbook and went home. It was up to Tommy to make the rounds of the building. He leafed through the book to take note of how others had…

Yesterday was the funeral for Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Kara Kelly-Borgeone, who was involved in a collision February 20. The crash did not immediately kill her. She was placed on life-support after it was found that her brain had died from the injuries she sustained in the accident. It wasn’t until Thursday of the same…