There’s a smell in the air, the stench of cheap lies and expensive cover-ups, the kind of bureaucratic rot that festers in the sun-blasted halls of power where men in medals and pressed uniforms wash their hands of another casualty. Another soldier chewed up and spit out, left to rot in a desert of indifference.…

RENO, Nev.—Here we go again, another spin on the flaming Tilt-A-Whirl of Nevada’s so-called justice system, where murder trials drag on longer than a bad acid trip. The ghost of Sierra Ceccarelli has been waiting eight long years for some reckoning, but the man accused of putting a bullet in her—one Paul Eikelberger—won’t stand still…

FERNLEY, NV—Dawn cracked as a cheap beer can over the bleak expanse of Lyon County, and by mid-morning, the long arm of the law had wrapped its bony fingers around one Johnny Lee Lawson, a 69-year-old relic of Fernley’s underbelly. The charge? A full-throttle violation of Nevada’s strict sex offender registration laws—a bureaucratic noose that…

Somewhere in the bureaucratic underbelly of Lyon County, a new beast has emerged, slouching toward the public with an unsettling grin—“Live Better Lyon.” It’s not just another half-hearted government initiative thrown together by well-meaning paper pushers. No, this is a full-throttle assault on the county’s rampant chaos, a desperate attempt to steer the ship away…

Wagon trains rolling westward had their share of trouble—raids from the Paiute and Shoshone, broken axles, sudden storms that turned the plains into treacherous swamps, sickness creeping through the camp like a silent killer. But the group of settlers Caleb Macready was scouting for faced a problem of a different sort. It had nothing to…

(Allegedly, Of Course) CARSON CITY, Nev.—In a development that will surprise no one familiar with the fine art of public discourse these days, a motorist allegedly pointed a gun at a group of protesters outside the Nevada State Capitol on Wednesday. Whether the driver was making a political statement, exercising his Second Amendment rights in…

Treasure Not Included DAYTON, NEV.—The good people of Dayton have taken a break from their usual pastimes—watching sagebrush tumble by and debating which saloon has the best whiskey—to embark on a bold new venture: making the Sutro Tunnel a tourist attraction. Yes, after more than a century of doing what tunnels do best (being dark,…

It was a fine Saturday morning, but for me, it was less a call to action and more a polite invitation to lounge about. The day began as many do: the sun leaping over the horizon like a show-off rooster who’d won a bet. My to-do list, however, did not stir with such enthusiasm. It…

Who said democracy isn’t a hoot? Nevada’s got a lively bunch of initiatives coming up. We’ve got teachers who might strike with the full-on power of the ballot box. A group of petitioners got themselves 127,812 valid signatures, just a few more than the 102,362 they needed, all to free public school teachers from that…

If you’ve been out and about lately, filling up your gas tank, buying groceries, or dutifully handing over your rent money, you might’ve thought your dollar was just a tad lighter than it used to be. If you remember back to 2014, you might find yourself shaking your head in disbelief as you part with…