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Vandal wrestlers competed at the 27-team Spring Creek Kiwanis Invitational last weekend at Spring Creek High School. Of the six Vandals competing, they earned 47 points for an 18th place finish among the teams invited. Chris Drayton (160) did the best for Eureka, placing third in his weight class and garnering 25 team points. He […]
Eureka’s Drayton Takes Third at Spring Creek Invitational
Vandal Boys, Girls Split Road Trip Games
Eureka teams went to Wells and Jackpot for league action last weekend and did the exact opposite of each other. The boys won at Wells and lost at Jackpot, while the girls lost at Wells and won at Jackpot. Jackpot, hot team that they are this year, kept up their string of wins over the […]
Marijuana-Impaired Driving on Law Makers Radar for Next Session
As noted recently in an article in the Elko Daily Free Press, Nevada lawmakers have a number of probing questions likely for the 2021 state legislative session, dealing with the subject of persons driving under the influence of marijuana. An interim legislative committee was to look at some of the issues at a meeting held […]
Clark County Teachers Union Pushing Huge Tax Hike
The Clark County teachers union this past week launched two tax hiking ballot initiatives that would raise Nevada taxes by $1.4 billion — devastating the state’s economy and doing nothing to actually improve the quality of education. One proposal would increase the Local School Support Tax — a part of the statewide sales tax — […]
Why the NEPA Rules Needed Streamlining
While Democrats in Congress were having palpitations and forecasting climate catastrophe as a result of the Trump administration’s streamlining of rules governing the review of federally funded infrastructure projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1970, Nevada’s lone Republican representative in Congress took the time to review the rules and finds the changes […]
January 30, 2020
Eureka Sheriff Pens Letter to Governor about Controversial New Gun Law
Eureka County Sheriff, Jessie Watts sent Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak a letter earlier this month. The letter is dated January 7, 2020, describing Watts discontent on Sisolak’s signing of the controversial gun law, AB291, According to Watts letter, he explains that he wrote a letter to Sisolak in February of 2019 stating his disgrace of […]
Navy to Release Final EIS on Fallon Range Modernization
The U.S. Navy has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statementto assess the potential environmental impacts of the proposed modernization of the Fallon Range Training Complex in Northern Nevada. Modernization would include the renewal of the Navy’s current public land withdrawal, land range expansion through the additional withdrawal of public lands and the acquisition of non-federal […]
Is This You: Mature Lotion
There is something soothing about putting lotion on your winter skin. Seems that our skin always craves attention. If you didn’t know it, your skin is the largest organ of your body. OK, the largest external organ, but the largest any way you look at it. Well, that should give you creepy thoughts. It did […]
Eureka Girls Open League Play 2-0
Eureka’s Lady Vandals had a fairly easy time winning their league game with Carlin last Friday. The final was 59-11. The winless Railroaders (0-9, 0-3) have not scored more than 20 points in a given game all season. Ilyhia Greely and Gracie Garret both scored 12 points with Breyana Miller right behind with 10. Coach […]