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By Ryan Tarinelli Associated Press CARSON CITY — Nevada Senate Democrats named new leadership postings Wednesday while trying to recover from a political bombshell in which its former majority leader resigned after admitting he took campaign funds for personal use. In a sudden downfall, former Sen. Kelvin Atkinson on Tuesday announced his resignation on the […]
Nevada Senate Democrats push on amid political bombshell
Las Vegas bets on Elon Musk for tunnel transit system
By Regina Garcia Cano Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s dream of an express tunnel transit system could finally become a reality in Las Vegas after major setbacks in other cities. Las Vegas’ tourism agency announced Wednesday it is recommending that an enterprise backed by the divisive billionaire receive a contract to build […]
Is This You? Spring and Spray
Ask most anyone I know and they will tell you that nobody wants spring too much more than I do. I’m out checking the barrow pit along the road daily to see the first signs of green grass. I am up at the crack of like 5—okay maybe 6. Alright 7! I’m up at the […]
Assisted suicide bill creates perverse incentives
Sometimes good intentions can create more problems than they solve. Take Senate Bill 165 for example. Nevada lawmakers held hearings recently on this bill that would legalize and tightly regulate physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. The bill would allow competent adults diagnosed to be within six months of death, as diagnosed by two physicians, […]
No need for murky water law changes
Two bills proposing to alter water use policy are pending in the Nevada Legislature. They are at best problematic. Assembly Bill 30 appears to give the state engineer greater leeway in the use of monitoring, management and mitigations — known in the jargon as 3M — to resolve conflicts in water rights. The language is […]
February 28, 2019
Vandal girls advance to state tournament; boys season ended
It will be all teams who used to be in the Northern Division at the 1A state girls state basketball tournament this week in Las Vegas. After the regional tournaments in Reno this past week, three teams from the North and one that used to be will be participating at state. The only team that […]
Is this You? Candy Calendar
It was bad enough several years ago when I zipped quickly past a mirror and saw my mother and it was me! Not that I mind having part of my mom in me. Not that I mind hearing her in my voice occasionally. Not even that once my other half told me I was giving […]
Democrats list top legislative policy priorities in ‘Blueprint’
By Riley Snyder and Megan Messerly The Nevada Independent Nevada’s Democratic legislative leaders are vowing to increase the minimum wage, tackle surprise emergency room bills and ban for-profit, private prisons this session with the help of the state’s first Democratic governor in two decades. Those promises came in the form of the third iteration of […]
Nevada History: Fishing on Winnemucca Lake
By Dennis Cassinelli Demand for fresh fish during the Comstock boom days was met by resourceful fishermen who brought their catch to market from Stillwater Marsh east of Fallon and from Pyramid and Winnemucca lakes. Some of the local Indians made a good living bringing wagonloads of salmon-like cutthroat trout to the gourmet restaurants and […]