By Daniel Rothberg The Nevada Independent In 2008, Congress passed legislation to ban the export of mercury. The legislation, sponsored by then-Sen. Barack Obama, aimed to reduce global emissions of […]
Mercury Storage: Nevada Gold Operators sue Department of Energy over Decision to Ship Mercury to Private Texas Facility
Eureka Girls Fall into Second Place Tie with Owyhee after Loss
Eureka’s Lady Vandals were on the road at Carlin and Owyhee this past weekend and split a pair, winning at Carlin, but losing 37-23 to Owyhee and dropping into a […]
Wrestlers Heading to Regionals on High Note after Duals
Preston Hubbard earned the No. 1 seed to the 2A Regional wrestling tournament this weekend, Feb.7-8 at Pershing County High in Lovelock. The Vandals wrestling team was competing at the […]
Lincoln County may join Suit Against Red Flag Gun Law
Lincoln County Commissioners are considering joining a lawsuit filed by other counties regarding the new red flag gun law that went into effect in Nevada Jan. 1. According to published […]
Is the Equal Rights Amendment Really Worth Implementing?
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has joined the attorneys general of Virginia and Illinois in filing a lawsuit seeking to force the recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as […]
In Whom Should we Trust our Future?
A couple of weeks ago at the 50th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 17-year-old Swedish environmental scold Greta Thunberg for the second year in a row ranted about eminent […]
Around the State
Nevada Senators: Trump can’t be Trusted with U.S. Security RENO — Nevada’s U.S. senators say they had no choice but to vote Wednesday to remove President Donald Trump from office […]
Nevada’s New Red Flag Law Expanded Background Checks Rankle Gun Show Attendees
By Shannon Miller, Tabitha Mueller, Kristyn Leonard and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez The Nevada Independent At a gun show last weekend in Carson City, where handguns and scopes and rifles were […]
Is This You: Painting the House
Now that it has become abundantly apparent to me that I am the only one left in charge of taking care of my home, I have some decisions to make. […]
Vandal Hoopsters take care of McDermitt
Eureka teams had just one league game last week, at home against McDermitt and both came away with victories. The girls with a big come from behind victory, 35-32, and […]



