Former Nevada Democratic Sen. and Senate majority leader Harry Reid appears to be on what one might suspect is a farewell media tour. Though he never was too cozy with the media, Reid has in recent weeks, while being treated for pancreatic cancer, granted lengthy interviews with The New York Times Magazine, the Las Vegas […]
Harry-the-pot calls Donald-the-kettle black
Vandals drop pair at home
The Vandals boys basketball team faced the 1A East co-league leader, Jackpot and also played Wells Jan. 18-19 and came away with two losses. Coach Fred Minoletti had said he expected the games would be tough ones. The Vandals lost first to Wells 69-34, then to Jackpot 53-34. Wells just overpowered the Vandals, holding them […]
Rural Interagency Council will address unique needs of Nevada’s rural communities
By Senator Catherine Cortez Masto During my tour of Nevada’s rural counties in November, I had the honor of sitting down with business owners, community leaders and families across Nevada and learning more about the unique challenges rural Nevada faces. Whether we were talking about broadband or health care, public land management or affordable housing, […]
Eureka girls remain perfect in league play
Eureka’s girls basketball team battled the Wells Leopards in Eureka Jan. 18 and came away with a hard fought, but a low scoring 36-31 win. It moved the girls into a first place tie with McDermitt and dropped Wells (12-5, 0-2) to fourth place. Wells had an earlier loss to McDermitt. An all important match […]
January 17, 2019
Is this You? Caught Up Yet?
To admit I will ever be caught up with anything would be a fudge at the truth. Big ole fudge at the truth. It’s a fallacy to even think that at any time we can be completely caught up with a project or task. Get the dishes done? Great! Oops, here comes another cup, glass, […]
Coalition honors 19 veterans in solemn memorial ceremony
Special to the Sentinel Nineteen veterans joined their brothers and sisters at the hallowed grounds of the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in a solemn ceremony Friday that remembered them for their sacrifices during three different wars and in peacetime. As part of the Missing in Nevada project, the Nevada Veterans Coalition honored the veterans […]
Vandal girls open league play with 2 wins
Eureka girls basketball got two road wins at Carlin and Owyhee Jan. 11-12. “Two good wins for us to start league,” commented coach Travis Gallagher.” The Friday game was a 47-17 blowout of Carlin. Freshman Kyra Todd lead the team with 10 points as Gallagher used all 12 players on the roster. Akilah Leach was […]
Few applicants, no winners of conditional marijuana dispensary licenses allowing state to reveal their names
By Michelle Rindels The Nevada Independent Almost a month after the Nevada Department of Taxation asked marijuana dispensary license applicants to voluntarily disclose their names, only 6 percent — and none of the license winners — have opted to do so. The agency released a list of scores for 457 applications for marijuana dispensary licenses […]
States should not be granted absolute immunity
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case this past week that could alter the ability of a private citizen to seek justice in his state’s courts when public employees from another state abuse their powers and step over the line of common decency. The case is titled Franchise Tax Board of California v. […]

