Opinion

Gold Fever

February 14, 2014 by Trina Machacek Leave a Comment

Gold Fever I have a rock in my house that is painted gold. It’s about the size of a hen’s egg and in its shiny goldenness it sits on the […]

Lamps and Hearts

January 30, 2014 by Trina Machacek Leave a Comment

Lamps and Hearts I have put away […]

PILT funding should be restored by summer

January 30, 2014 by Thomas Mitchell Leave a Comment

PILT is not Western welfare, protests Rep. Mark Amodei. PILT is a federal obligation, insists Sen. Dean Heller. Payment in Lieu of Taxes is how Congress, since 1976, has attempted […]

Reid allegations warrant a thorough ethics probe

January 30, 2014 by Eureka Sentinel Leave a Comment

A year ago the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the owners of the Sahara hotel in Las Vegas, now renamed SLS Las Vegas, had obtained the last piece of the $415 […]

Getting To Work

January 23, 2014 by Trina Machacek Leave a Comment

Getting To Work Science fiction has it all figured out. Just energize the transporter beam and you magically appear at your desk, workbench, shop, cubicle, store, office or wherever you […]

Restoration project could impact Nevada water

January 23, 2014 by Thomas Mitchell Leave a Comment

The Glen Canyon Institute, headquartered in Salt Lake City, describes itself as dedicated to the restoration of Glen Canyon and the Colorado River to their natural states prior to the […]

Know Your Limitations

January 13, 2014 by Trina Machacek Leave a Comment

It would not take more than the ten digits on my two hands to count the number of times I have been on a horse. I really love horses. Their […]

Ethics law too vague to be useful

January 13, 2014 by Thomas Mitchell Leave a Comment

Imagine if the traffic laws were written in the same manner as Nevada’s public ethics law — using a “reasonable person” standard. Thus the speed limit would be what a […]

Many opportunities and hurdles on tap for rural Nevada in 2014

January 13, 2014 by Eureka Sentinel Leave a Comment

The year 2014 might well be a tipping point for the economic well being of rural Nevada. There are several opportunities and hurdles on the horizon. For one, the Nevada […]