While Gov. Steve Sisolak has promised no new taxes in his proposed budget for the next two years, he also plans to light the fuse on a huge tax bomb […]
State public employee unions will bust the budget
Universal public service has constitutional flaw
For the past year a national commission has been studying the issue of whether all young Americans should be required to perform public service — either military or some form […]
Elko teenager at Utah hospital after high school fight
Associated Press Nevada police are investigating a high school fight that sent a 16-year-old boy to a Salt Lake City hospital with significant injuries. Elko Police Department Lt. Michael Palhegyi […]
January 24, 2019
Vandals ready for league duals
Chris Drayton, returning from illness for the Eureka Vandal wrestling team, placed fourth in the Walter Marrietta Vaquero Invitational in Fernley Jan. 18-19. His position earned 20 points for the […]
Departing state engineer approves controversial water market near Eureka
By Daniel Rothberg The Nevada Independent In the valley north of the central Nevada town of Eureka, dozens of circle irrigation systems spray water onto alfalfa each spring. The water […]
Former CIA officer portrayed in ‘Argo’ film, Eureka native dead at 78
Associated Press A former CIA technical operations officer who helped rescue six U.S. diplomats from Iran in 1980 and was portrayed by Ben Affleck in the film “Argo,” has died. […]
Sisolak budget plan lays out $26B in spending over 2 years
By Michelle L. Price Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gov. Steve Sisolak’s budget proposal calls for about $26 billion in spending over the next two years, including a 3-percent […]
Is this You? Nocturnal Walkabout
If you were to tell me that you never get up during the night to answer natures knock at the bathroom door—I would look at you sideways and giggle. That […]
Sisolak budget would ‘tax’ the state economy
A tax by any other name is still a tax. In his State of the State speech this past week newly minted Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak promised to spend more […]

