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Women talk wisdom constantly. Just ask us and we will tell you. There might be a teeny tiny catch though. I’m pretty sure that men don’t always understand the wisdom filled words that are coming out of our tiny delicate flower like mouths. Sadly there are times that I as a woman talk in what […]
Is this You? Words of Women
Volleyball Program Prepares for Rebuilding Season
Katie Benson begins her ninth year as coach of the Eureka Lady Vandals volleyball team. Two or three returning players off the varsity squad will make up the core of the Vandals this season, having lost five to graduation from the team that was 27-6 last year, second place to Virginia City in the Northern […]
Eureka’s First Football State Title
The success of the Vandal’s football program last year, making it to the state semifinals before losing to Tonopah, raises hopes for better things this year. Remember the cry of the fans of the old Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League, “Wait until next year!” Well friends, this is next year. The Vandals have not […]
Nevada Judge Asked to Let New Wave of Retail Pot Shops Open
By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Attorneys for Nevada and some companies that won retail marijuana dispensary licenses last year told a judge Friday that mistakes might have been made, but tax officials are fairly enforcing a voter-approved initiative that legalized recreational cannabis. There would be no reason to stop the licensing process […]
Nevada Will Seek New Court Order to Remove Plutonium
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — Nevada isn’t giving up its push to get the Trump administration to remove weapons-grade plutonium that was secretly shipped to a site near Las Vegas last year, learning from an appeals court defeat and planning a challenge that gets to the heart of the fight. State Attorney General […]
New Endangered Species Rules Beneficial
When the Interior Department released new rules for enforcing the 45-year-old Endangered Species Act (ESA) this past week, self-styled environmentalists and many in the news media falsely maligned the changes, saying they would require the Fish and Wildlife Service to consider economic impact in deciding whether to list a species as endangered or threatened. In […]
Immigrants Should be Self-Supporting
When the Trump administration announced that it is going to start enforcing a Clinton-era law that denies legal immigration status and work cards for non-naturalized immigrants who have come to rely on government welfare programs, Nevada Democrats recoiled in horror. How dare the administration insist that immigrants earn their own way and not be a […]
Rural Communities Rely on Accurate 2020 Census
By Senator Catherine Cortez Masto The U.S. Constitution requires a census each decade to count every person living in the United States, yet often times geographically isolated communities have often been overlooked and undercounted. Nevada is among the states at greatest risk of an undercount in the 2020 Census, according to a recent study conducted […]
Silver State News Briefs
Associated Press Cost of Spherical Vegas Strip Venue Put at $1.2 Billion-Plus LAS VEGAS — Company and project officials are estimating the costs of a spherical entertainment venue under construction on the Las Vegas Strip at between $1.2 billion and $1.7 billion. Madison Square Garden Co. President Andrew Lustgarten disclosed cost projections Tuesday along with […]