Nevada’s Storey County is the runt of the litter in size, yet the Reno Tahoe Industrial Center (TRIC) houses some of the largest manufacturing outfits this side of the Rockies. And now, it seems, the county wants more than a handshake and a shiny new fire truck when the next big fish swims into its…

Silver City’s Most Delicious Auction Returns On the evening of Friday, March 14th, at precisely 5:30 p.m., the citizens of Silver City—those with good taste and those with merely large appetites—will assemble at the historic Silver City Schoolhouse at 385 High Street to engage in a spectacle that combines high-stakes gambling, culinary mastery, and the…

It appears that Attorney General Aaron Ford’s roster of “upstanding citizens” has gained yet another sterling member, one Rodrigo Valdovinos-Hernandez—who, now that the law had some say in the matter, ought to be somewhere south of the Rio Grande, rather than gracing the fair streets of Las Vegas with his continued presence. Mr. Valdovinos-Hernandez—also known…

More Rascality Suspected In the grand tradition of outlaws discovering that their enthusiasm for mischief is no match for the long arm of the law, one Christopher Symes found himself rudely interrupted late Monday night when a well-armed assemblage of the law took an interest in his whereabouts. Authorities allege that Symes, alongside a collection…

In the grand old tradition of kicking troublesome cans down the road, the Supreme Court plans to referee a dispute over where to pile up America’s surplus of nuclear leftovers. On one side, you have the federal government and a private outfit keen on stacking spent uranium in the open country of Texas. Texas Governor…

Dayton’s Latest Arrest Well, it seems that our good friend Quincy Lee Grubenman of Dayton has found hisself tangled in a predicament that could make even a cat think twice about chasing its tail. On the first Saturday of March, the Lyon County Sheriff’s deputies were doing their regular work, which, as fate would have…

There’s a lot to be said for a swift apology—mainly that it should come with a clause protecting the apologizer from cruel and unusual punishment. Last night, in a lapse of judgment that I deeply regret, I was short with my wife. This morning, she brought me a cup of coffee, which I naively accepted…

The sky was gray over Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley as the wind stirred the flags. The ceremony brief, its significance felt. The Nevada Veterans Coalition had come together to honor those who had served and then forgotten by their families. The crowd, few in number, stood silent as the Patriot Guard Riders…

Well, it appears Senator Jacky Rosen is at it again, and this time dusting off a five-year-old event to stir up some more fear and hoopla to push through a bill that’ll have all the finesse of a bull in a china shop. Her latest venture? A ban on high-capacity magazines, those contraptions she deems…

There is a bill in Nevada, quiet and cold, like the winds that sweep through the desert. Assembly Bill 287 sits on the table today, waiting for the hand to push it forward. It is not just a change in the law; it is a blow to the heart of democracy. If it passes, the…