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I hope you live someplace where the power never goes out. I hope if you do live somewhere where when the power occasionally goes out you get your water from […]
Is this You? Flashlight, Meet Battery
Unionization of state public workers would fleece taxpayers
Unfortunately a Democratic proposal to allow state public employees to collectively bargain for wages and benefits, Senate Bill 135, survived this past week, passing out of a state Senate committee […]
An aspect of the Equality Act would erase social norms
The Equality Act admirably sets out to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include “sexual orientation and gender identity” as protected from discrimination in public accommodations and employment. […]
Eureka girls top Round Mountain
The Lady Vandals Mikala Talbot spun a 16-0 shutout at the Round Mountain Knights on Tuesday this week. Bree Hooper helped out by driving in six runs. She was 3-for-4 […]
April 11, 2019
Bill to force smaller class sizes stokes broader questions about Nevada school funding
By Michelle Rindels The Nevada Independent Discussion on an ambitious bill to reduce Nevada class sizes once and for all stirred up some deeper questions about how to pay for […]
Vandals earn split with Tonopah, Mineral County
After being off for about 21 days, the Eureka baseball team got back into action April 5 with a doubleheader win over Tonopah, but a double header loss to Mineral […]
Is this You? Signals in Signs
This was funny. I stopped at a little gas station in Austin, Nevada to buy some gum because Highway 50 between Austin and Fallon, Nevada is long. A zillion miles […]
Next month is 150th anniversary of Transcontinental Railroad
150 years ago next month the United States became a little bit smaller. On May 10, 1869 at Promontory Summit in Utah, the first Transcontinental Railway was completed. How that […]
Eureka softball returns to action
A long break for the Lady Vandals softball team, like the boys baseball team, about 21 days, has come to an end. The girls returned to the softball diamond April […]