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This past weekend at the Douglas Invitational 2020, three Vandal wrestlers again did well at the Douglas Invitational at Douglas High School. Chris Drayton James Filippini and Preston Hubbard took first, second and third in their respective weight divisions. Coach Jeremy Auch, likely pleased with the progress of his team, reported that Drayton (160) won […]
Eureka Wrestlers have Strong Showing at Douglas Invitational
Vandals Open League Play with Split
In 1961, the great American balladeer, Burl Ives, had a hit song “A little bitty tear let me down.” The Vandal boys had that feeling when missed free throws let them down in a tough 49-45 home loss to the Owyhee Braves last week. Coach Fred Minoletti said, “We led the whole game, even into […]
Lawyer says Prosecutors Intentionally Scuttled Bundy Case
By Ken Ritter LAS VEGAS — Prosecutors deliberately scuttled the 2017 trial of a Nevada rancher and several others involving an armed standoff against U.S. officials, so the government shouldn’t be allowed to revive the case, an attorney told an appeals court set to hear arguments in coming weeks. Attorney Alyssa Bell, representing co-defendant Ryan […]
US says Nevada Misrepresenting Facts in Plutonium Fight
By Scott Sonner RENO — The state of Nevada continues to intentionally misrepresent the facts in an ongoing legal battle over the Energy Department’s secret shipment of weapons-grade plutonium to a site near Las Vegas, U.S. government lawyers say in new court filings. Nevada wants a federal judge to order removal of the highly radioactive […]
NEPA Rule Changes will Benefit Economy and Environment
President Donald Trump announced this past week that his Council on Environmental Quality is streamlining the rules for major infrastructure projects — such as roads, bridges, pipelines and power transmission lines — required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1970, aiming to cut the approval time for such projects in half. The council […]
January 23, 2020
New Nevada Laws Driving up Cost of Doing Business
Thanks to the Democrat-controlled 2019 legislative session it is going to be more expensive to do business in Nevada this year and in years to come. The most expensive dictate from lawmakers takes effect July 1, when the first phase of Assembly Bill 456 kicks in raising the minimum wage in Nevada by 75 cents […]
January 9, 2020
$10,000 Reward Offered in Cattle Deaths
A $10,000 reward is being offered by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for intentionally locking a small herd of cattle into a corral, causing death by starvation of all but one of the herd. The event occurred on or around the first week […]
New Deal with Mining Company to Protect Rate Nevada Plant
By Scott Sonner RENO — An Australian mining company has agreed to a moratorium on new activities at a planned lithium mine in Nevada in exchange for conservationists dropping a lawsuit to protect a rare desert wildflower they say doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world. The Center for Biological Diversity filed notice in U.S. […]