And Other Curious Notions The Nevada Legislature, ever eager to find new ways to spend time and money, has turned its attention to one of the great crises of our era—license plates that are not yet digital. Assemblyman Howard Watts, a man of vision and a great believer in the march of progress, has offered…

When a man has a dollar in his pocket, a politician is somewhere nearby scheming how to spend it. And if that man lives in Nevada, he will soon find that not only is his dollar spoken for, but his vote must now travel through a freshly minted labyrinth, designed not so much to improve…

Saturday’s contest between the Virginia City Muckers and the Portola Tigers was a showdown neither team could claim for their own. A deadlock at 10 apiece left both squads shaking hands with unfinished business. Virginia City, now sitting at 1-0-1, will take their bats and gloves on the road next Saturday to square off against…

SILETZ, Ore. — The search for 2-year-old Dane Paulsen, who went missing from his home near milepost 21 on Highway 229, north of Siletz, has continued into Monday with increasing efforts from law enforcement and community volunteers. Dane was last seen on March 1 playing in his front yard. He wore a grey fuzzy hoodie…

It was someplace in the mountains above Lamoille. Maybe higher than I should have gone. The air was thin but good. The lake below was blue and deep, and I had wanted to see it up close. But I had taken the wrong step. The shale had gone out from under me fast. No time…

More Holidays, But Do They Pay? The esteemed legislators of Nevada, never ones to shirk a chance at a grand pronouncement, have taken it upon themselves to bestow fresh honors upon the calendar. Assembly Bill 82, now trotting through the legislative corral, proposes that the governor, with all due pomp and circumstance, annually declare “Diwali…

The Protestingest Protesters That Ever Protested A great sea of aggrieved humanity, numbering in the thousands–by their count, which, like a fisherman’s, is not to be taken at face value, assembled near the office of Congressman Mark Amodei, having taken mortal offense at his failure to indulge their demands for a town hall. They came…

Virginia City’s Muckers took to the road Saturday, but if there were any lingering ghosts from last season’s six-game losing streak, they exorcized them. They pummeled the Hug Hawks with a decisive 15-6 victory, putting an end to their skid in emphatic fashion. As fate would have it–Virginia City and Hug will be taking on…

Virginia City’s misfortunes persisted Friday as they suffered their fourth consecutive defeat, an 8-7 nail-biter at the hands of the Pyramid Lake Lakers. The Muckers were a single run away from snapping their losing streak, but fate had other plans. Adding an unusual twist to the affair, this marked the fourth straight game in which…

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 1. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s…