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This past week every Democratic member of the U.S. Senate — including Nevada Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen — signed on as sponsors of a proposed constitutional amendment that would rip the heart from the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution — the part that says, “Congress shall make no law … […]
Nevada Senators Back Amendment Abridging Free Speech
Nevadans Need Relief from Rx Greed
By Maria MooreAARP Nevada State Director For decades, Big Pharma has raised drug prices with impunity. Here in Nevada, the average annual cost of brand name prescription drug treatment increased 58% between 2012 and 2017, while the annual income for Nevada increased only 3%. Prescription drugs don’t work if patients can’t afford them. That’s why […]
August 1, 2019
Annual Eureka County Fair Set to Roll into Town
Welcome again to the Eureka County Fair and 4-H Fair! Did you attend last year? The 2019 version of the fair is Aug. 8-11. Events get started as early as Aug. 6 when the exhibit hall will be open from 4 – 7 p.m. to receive entries and on Wednesday, Aug. 7 from Noon to […]
Report Highlights Low-Cost Federal Oil Leases Amid Large Nevada Auctions, Calls for Reform
By Daniel Rothberg The Nevada Independent In September, federal land managers were prepared to open up about 295,000 acres of public land for oil leasing near Elko. But when it came time for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to auction the parcels, not a single company competed for a bid to use the federal […]
Alien Research Center Turning ‘Storm Area 51’ into Music Festival
The Alien Research Center on SR 375– the Extraterrestrial Highway, near Crystal Springs – is planning a large open air music festival in anticipation of the large crowds who may come to Lincoln County Sept. 20 with the expressed purpose of “storming Area 51.” But Linda Looney, manager of the research center, said, “We are […]
Is This You? Getting to the Top
I am not too tall or too short. Like most people I don’t like to have to go mountain climbing to get something off the top shelf or go tunneling into the mine shafts of the bottom shelves at any store. In my kitchen there are things up on the high shelves of cupboards that […]
Dutch Oven Cook-Off on Tap at Cathedral Gorge State Park
It’s time to start planning those recipes for the annual Dutch oven cookoff at Cathedral Gorge State Park in nearby Panaca. The community and visitors are invited to join the fun, win raffle prizes, eat cast-iron fare and enjoy the park while contestants put culinary skills to the test. Winning dishes are decided by a […]
John Charles Fremont, The Pathfinder
The following is from a presentation I gave for the Nevada State Museum tour guides when the Fremont artifacts were on display at the museum several years ago. One of my favorite characters in Nevada History is John C. Fremont, leader of the first and most significant exploratory expeditions through the Great Basin. […]
Costly Legal Fight Over Taxes was Unnecessary
It was a senseless and futile gesture, but our Democratic lawmakers and governor were just the ones to do it. Despite the fact Nevada voters in 1994 and 1996 amended the state Constitution to declare “an affirmative vote of not fewer than two-thirds of the members elected to each House is necessary to pass a […]