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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 a toxin that can accumulate in food supplies after it’s released in air or water. Congress passed the bill with near-unanimity. But the export ban […]
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 second place tie in the 1A East with the Braves. “We had our chances in a close game at the end,” said coach Travis Gallagher, […]
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 2A Northern divisional duals last week. Hubbard (170) won all 10 of his matches in the duals. An amazing accomplishment considering he had to wrestle […]
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 reports, “red flag” is the section of AB 291 “allowing law enforcement or concerned family members to get an order temporarily seizing firearms that belong […]
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 the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The ERA would dictate that no rights could be denied or abridged “on account of sex.” A constitutional […]
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 climate catastrophe and urged the attendees to do something to prevent it immediately if not yesterday. “In the days running up to the 50th anniversary […]
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 because he put himself above the law and was willing to violate the Constitution to try to get himself re-elected. Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto […]
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 on display at a community center, Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak was a bit of a persona non grata. Gun control bills the governor signed out of the […]
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. Not that I haven’t been part of the decision making experience during all of my years of home ownership. Oh, no, I got to decide […]
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 the boys quite handily, 66-42. Coach Travis Gallagher said the game with McDermitt was “a tale of two halves. We got out to a really […]