News articles throughout the U.S. each Thanksgiving week promote “Small Business Saturday.” It’s the day following “Black Friday,” when consumers are encouraged to support local, independent retailers with their Christmas […]
Opinion
Good newspaper ownership
For many years the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the largest newspaper in Nevada, had locked horns with Sen. Harry Reid as he rose from an obscure member of the House of […]
From the Publisher’s Desk: Vernon did it right
Before acquiring three newspapers this year in Nevada, I looked at opportunities to expand to several communities as a small-town news publisher. What I found probably won’t surprise you: newspapers […]
Harnessing the power of cooperatives for rural Nevada
Submitted by USDA Rural Development Cooperative Services Rural cooperatives have long been the lifeblood of our nation, providing essential goods and services that help rural communities not just survive but […]
Checkmate: ‘No Tax On Tips’
By Sherman R. Frederick Did you hear that big bang last week? That was Donald Trump slamming the door on the race for president in Nevada, and quite possibly key […]
Carolyn and Wallace got married
In the 1950s Nevada was known for its “quickie” divorces, which were not all that quick back in the day, but quicker than other states. Now, Nevada has developed a […]
Unions don’t work anymore
The American union movement fought slavery with Abraham Lincoln and sweat shops alongside Mary Harris “Mother” Jones back in the day. Unions were great … in the 1880s. Today unions […]
Get with the program
America’s Left wants one thing from newspapers: Complete and total obedience. Consider Dan Pfeiffer. I talked with him once during Barack Obama’s first campaign in Nevada. Seemed like a smart […]
Tribes, renewable industry work together for a new national monument
Amos Murphy, Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation Debbie O’Neil, Chairwoman, Duckwater Shoshone Tribe Alvin Marques, Chairman, Ely Shoshone Tribe Hunter Armistead, CEO, Pattern Energy Preserving and commemorating our […]
The ‘Surveillance State’ creep
Like millions of Americans, Rolla Abdeljawad of Stillwater, Oklahoma, gets a lot of stuff off her chest via Facebook. She posts memes, quotes scripture and spouts her own personal opinion […]



