The Fernley Vaqueros had a score to settle, and with a 61-50 victory over the North Valleys Panthers on Friday, they proved that payback is best in the postseason. The last time these two squads met, in January, the Panthers snatched a 51-48 win. But when it mattered most, the Vaqueros turned the tables. The…

The Unpardonable Sin of Doing Both The esteemed members of the Nevada press corps, those tireless scribes who keep a watchful eye on the machinations of the Legislature, awoke on the morning of February 4 to a most curious communication from the Legislative Counsel Bureau (LCB). With the solemnity of a royal decree, the email…

Man Arrested in Methamphetamine Case It’s mournful when a man sets his sights on fortune and, finding the honest roads too dull or the hills too steep, takes the downward path instead. Such is the case of one Matthew Stuart, a resident of Yerington, who now finds himself a guest of the Lyon County Sheriff’s…

The Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee, that august and deliberative body dedicated to the art of lawmaking and the science of frustration, convened on Wednesday to hear testimony on a bill (SB142) from Sen. Fabian Doñate of Las Vegas. It would let working folks keep more of the money they earn before creditors descend upon them…

The SS United States is off the coast of Florida now. Once the fastest on the ocean, the great ship is under tow toward its watery grave. It left Philadelphia last week and will soon become the largest artificial reef in the world off the coast of Okaloosa County. As a child, I came to…

I have always believed that there comes a time when every cowpoke finds themselves on a hoss they cain’t ride, no matter the size of the outfit or the number of times that same horse ridden till its head hung low. I have found mine. His name was Lucifer. I did not name him. Had…

If you’ve ever looked at a bull and thought, “I wonder what that fella’s working with under the chassis,” then, by gum, do I have the festival for you. Come Saturday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the fine folks of Virginia City will once again throw caution–and good sense–to the wind for…

Witch Hunter Sent Packing It was a fine day for reason and justice when the Nevada Commission on Ethics review panel gave a polite but firm boot to an ethics complaint lodged against former Lyon County School District Superintendent Wayne Workman. This bit of drama, stirred up by one Joe Hart, a reporter of the…

In a turn of events that might have left even the most seasoned scoundrels shaking their heads in admiration or pity, one Mr. Miky Sears, aged 53, found himself on the wrong side of the law after a traffic stop on Saturday led to a most enlightening discovery. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement…

Rolls On to 11th Straight Victory Turning regular-season triumphs into postseason glory is no small feat, and the Lowry Buckaroos learned that the hard way. For the third time this season, they got outmatched by the Churchill County Greenwave, this time in a 61-55 heartbreaker. Their latest brush with Churchill County had ended in a…