Since assuming office in 2014, Reno Mayor Hilary Schieve has received credit for various initiatives revitalizing the city. Supporters frequently highlight her achievements, while critics question the accuracy of the claims and point to concerns over transparency, homelessness, and financial priorities. A significant point of discussion is the city’s financial health. Schieve “reduced debt by…

Now, there once was a young feller in a town so small you could holler across it and still have breath to spare. This boy, call him Jimmy for the sake of the story, had a mind wider than the town and a knack for dreamin’ larger still. Most nights, he’d lie in his room,…

The air was cold and still on Gordon and Brown streets when they found him, an older gent, unmoving in his car. The call came in around 4:30 in the afternoon. Someone had seen him, noticed he wasn’t right, and did what a good citizen does. They called it in. Carson City Fire and the…

The Democrats in Nevada are in a state of alarm. They should be. The Trump administration is doing what it does best—cutting through waste and ensuring taxpayer money doesn’t rot in bureaucratic slush funds. On Wednesday, Democratic leaders warned that the state might lose millions in unspent American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, but the…

The Saga of Rotten Moon A Mine and the Broken Promise The land was quiet before they came. The wind moved through the pass, and the people went there like always. They called it Peehee mu’huh, Rotten Moon, because of what had happened long ago. The soldiers came in 1865, and they left bodies behind.…

High Penalties, Low Payments In Nevada, candidates and political action committees must file campaign finance reports on time or risk fines of up to $10,000. But in practice, these penalties rarely translate into full payments. Over the first 11 months of 2024, the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office assessed more than $440,000 in fines for…

But at What Cost? The Nevada Senate voted 20-0 on Wednesday to ease restrictions on egg sales, sending AB 171 to Governor Joe Lombardo for his signature. The Assembly passed it 41-0 the day before. The bill, backed by lawmakers and the Nevada Department of Agriculture, would allow retailers to sell eggs from non-cage-free facilities,…

UPDATE–Jeffrey Chapman walked into the VA hospital on Kirman Avenue before dawn. He had a weapon. Officers told him to stop. He did not. The medical examiner said Chapman, 58, of Reno, lunged at police. They fired. He died there in the emergency room. The FBI has taken over the investigation. There are no further…

They looked for him. They found him. They took him in. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Task Force started the hunt on February 6. A man in Fernley. A Tier 3 sex offender who wasn’t playing by the rules. His name was Rogelio Barocio. Thirty-nine years old. He was supposed to register. He…

The wreck sits just past Geiger Lookout, northbound on State Route 341, heading to Reno. It’s 8:51 in the morning. What a bad time for it. Traffic crawls, brake lights stretching down the grade. Law enforcement is on the scene. Men in uniforms move slowly but surely. Drivers sit in their cars, waiting. Some drum…