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For the past decade Nevada’s Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) has doled out billions of dollars worth of tax breaks to select companies in order to entice them to make capital investments here and create jobs. The companies getting the tax breaks include giants such as Tesla Motors, Apple, Amazon, eBay and Switch. The […]
Nevada Should End Tax Breaks for the Select Few
3 Nevada Lawmakers, 2 Former US House Reps Endorse Biden
Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Former Vice President Joe Biden has scooped up endorsements in Nevada from three state lawmakers and two former U.S. House members, among other officials. Biden’s presidential campaign said Tuesday that Assemblywoman Susie Martinez, Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod and Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo, all Las Vegas Democrats, were backing his campaign. Biden also […]
July 25, 2019
Downwinders Deadline Approaches
By Shadrach Michaels The United States government conducted nearly 200 atmospheric nuclear weapons development tests in the deserts of Nevada, from 1945 to 1962. White Pine, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Nye Counties, and portions of Clark County were all adversely affected by those tests, so much so, that in 1990 the United States put into effect, […]
Nevada: Feds Should Restudy Seismic Risk at Nuke Dump Site
By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department to look again at seismic risks of burying the nation’s most radioactive nuclear waste at a site in the Mojave Desert. In a letter made […]
Is This You? Music and Writing
Music makes me happy. Of course so does a nice quiet place occasionally. Hey, I’m a girl my moods change with the tick of the clock. For the most part though I would choose music to surround me. Not all kinds of music. I will not go into the kinds I don’t enjoy, just know […]
Obituary: Helen Calista Kolstrup Yturiaga Huntley
Born April 27, 1931 in Fallon, NV, Passed July 12, 2019 in Eureka. She is predeceased by parents Kemma Osgood and Leslie W. Kolstrup & brother Gary Osgood Kolstrup. Calista grew up in Stillwater and graduated Churchill County High School in 1948. She was married to Robert C. Yturiaga of Fallon, Charles A. Early of […]
North America’s Oldest Petroglyphs are at Winnemucca Lake
A few years ago, I attended a program by Eugene Hattori, at the Nevada State Museum about the incredibly old petroglyphs that were carved into the tufa coating on boulders in the Winnemucca Lake area. Unlike most Nevada petroglyphs, such as those at Grimes Point that are carved on boulders coated with brown desert varnish, […]
Seasonal Firefighters Sought
Wildfires can strike almost anytime. Wanting to be prepared for the remainder of the summer, Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Eric Holt made a request to hire three seasonal firefighters. Holt, in his bimonthly report to the board of county commissioners, said the recent hay barn fire at Barclay could easily have spread to become […]
Ely Shoshone Powwow Returns this Weekend
Drums beating, dancers moving, singers chanting native songs, and a bright array of reggalia, will set the scene for this weekends’ Ely Shoshone Powwow & Fandango. The event begins on Friday July 26 and runs through Sunday, July 28 at 250 Heritage Drive in Ely. The Ely Shoshone Powwow & Fandango includes a celebration of […]