This is a friend’s cousin… SILETZ, Ore. – Authorities in Lincoln County, along with the Oregon State Police and the FBI, are searching for a missing two-year-old boy who vanished Saturday afternoon. Dane Paulsen was playing in the yard of a residence near milepost 21 on Siletz River Highway at approximately 4 p.m. on March…

Jim Talbot had just sat down to a hot plate of venison and beans as the phone rang. He knew before he picked it up that it wasn’t good news. It never was at this hour. “Talbot,” he said. “We got a problem,” came Chief Henry’s steady voice. “State boys were transferring a prisoner. They…

In a contest where neither side could seize the upper hand, the Fernley Vaqueros and Needles Mustangs settled for a hard-fought 3-3 draw on Friday. It was a game of give and take, with both teams showing flashes of brilliance but neither able to land the decisive blow. The draw leaves Fernley sitting at an…

Reno’s New Gigafactory Stirs Debate When a new enterprise sets its sights on a place–it comes wrapped in the finest promises of prosperity, only to be met with the grimacing squints of those who must live beside it. Such is the case with Lyten, a green energy upstart from San Jose, which plans to raise…

There was no question about it—Excel Christian’s home opener on Thursday was a proper spectacle, and the Virginia City Muckers found themselves on the business end of a rout. When the dust settled, the Warriors had romped to a 13-1 victory, snapping a three-game skid that had shadowed them since last season. Tommy Schoech was…

But the State Wants Another Pound of Flesh There was a time, in the golden age of common sense, when a man settled his dues with society by serving his time, and once he’d done so, he was handed his walking papers and sent on his way, free to pursue whatever meager prospects awaited him.…

Water, Wealth, & Wisdom The fine folk of Amargosa Valley have spoken, and they ain’t whispering no more. With voices hoarse from repeating common sense to an indifferent government, they gathered again to plead their case: keep the mines out and the water in. For those unacquainted with the latest chapter in the eternal saga…

Jebediah Slocum was born in Illinois of decent stock, but somewhere along the way, something in him soured. At twenty-six, he shot a man over a dispute best forgotten and fled westward, where men of his temperament often found their calling. By the time he reached the Sierra Nevada range, he had a reputation trailing…

Justice, Nevada-Style In the fair and just hamlet of Incline Village, where the pine trees whisper secrets and good folks sip their morning coffee in peace, the long arm of the law has seen fit to scoop up two wayward fellows who forgot that their past misdeeds did not come with an expiration date. The…

It appears that some folks have got it in their heads that Nevada’s schools, with all their fine reputation, lack precisely one thing: a student trustee to warm a chair and nod thoughtfully at county school board meetings. Yes, State Senator Angela Taylor and Assemblymember Duy Nguyen have hatched AB 316, a scheme to install…