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Shopping, especially for clothes is not something I “relish.” I do “muster” through it, just to “catch-up” when I need to! Enough hot dog talk. Shopping is an acquired taste […]
Is This You: Hot Dog a New Shop
History of Presidents Day
Presidents Day as we know it did not start until 1971. That year the February birthdays of President Lincoln and George Washington were combined as part of the Saturday-to-Monday holiday […]
Operation Haylift, 1948-1949
I recently received an email from 91 year old Harold Harvell concerning an earlier article I wrote about the Operation Haylift of 1948 – 1949. Mr. Harvell was personally involved […]
3-Term Reno Mayor, Casino Owner, Civic Booster Dies at 81
RENO — Bob Cashell, a three-term former Reno mayor, civic booster and casino owner was remembered Tuesday for his personality and his legacy of development in the northern Nevada city […]
No Primaries would be Better than Blanket Primaries
An initiative petition filed two weeks ago would, if successful, make political parties in Nevada largely irrelevant. The proposal filed by Reno Republican state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer seeks to change […]
Courts should Overturn ‘Red Flag’ Law
A number of Nevada counties have passed Second Amendment sanctuary resolutions in response to state lawmakers passing a “Red Flag” law in 2019 that would allow persons accused of being […]
Trump Budget Calls for ‘Alternative Solutions’ for Yucca Mountain
By Humberto Sanchez The Nevada Independent President Donald Trump Monday unveiled his $4.8 trillion fiscal 2021 budget blueprint, which included no funding to build a national nuclear waste repository at […]
Is This You: Greener Trips
For the longest time I thought that where I lived was the only place where people had to travel to do stuff that people who lived in cities could do […]
Vandals Playoff Chances take Hit after Pair of Losses
The Eureka Vandals, on the road for two games last weekend, lost to the Owyhee Braves and fell into fourth place in the 1A East as the result of a […]
Casinos Trying to Block Teacher-Backed Tax Increase
By Scott Sonner RENO — Nevada’s hotel-casino industry wants a judge to halt a petition drive for a ballot initiative backed by the state’s biggest teachers union that would raise […]