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Advancing to the state finals was an exciting experience for the Lady Vandals basketball team last season as the team had not been there since 2014. They had a fine 18-8 season. Eureka does have four girls state championships trophies in the school trophy case – 1978, 1985, 1987, 2013. This year’s version of the […]
Vandal Basketball Teams Return to the Court This Week
Wrestlers Ready for New Season
Vandals coach Jeremy Auch reports, “The start of wrestling season is here with some boys anxious to get started and others not so much. This year for me has started good, We’re up to nine wrestlers, two seniors, four juniors, one sophomore and two freshman. The seniors include Preston Hubbard, returning for his final season. […]
Is This You? The Traveling Connection
Over our lifetimes most of us have stayed in several levels of motels and hotels. From sketchy ones where things go bump in the night and critters with lots of legs scurry across the floor. To really nice places where things go bump in the night and critters with lots of legs scurry across the […]
Dial Phone System Begins in Eureka
There was a time in Eureka County when rotary dial telephones did not exist. Push button phones didn’t exist either. Many of us have never known anything but push button phones or even cell phones and smartphones, etc., as is today. However, there was a time when even rotary dial phones were not around. Eureka […]
Building the Fence Over Spooner Summit
For over 18 years, I worked in various capacities for the Nevada State Highway Department, later to become NDOT. I knew many of the subcontractors on the Interstate projects and many on the secondary projects. One of the subcontractors who worked on these projects was Johnny Warren, owner of Reliable Fence Company in Sparks, Nevada. […]
After Announcement, State Officials Determine Swank Ineligible to Lead Outdoor Recreation Office
By Daniel Rothberg The Nevada Independent State officials have determined that Assemblywoman Heidi Swank is ineligible to lead Nevada’s newly formed outdoor recreation office, despite announcing the lawmaker’s appointment last month. Days after the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced the appointment, a legislative attorney notified Swank that the Nevada Constitution bars legislators from […]
Around the State
Up to 3 Feet of Snow on Peaks Above Tahoe by Weekend RENO — A weakening low pressure system is bringing rain and snow to much of Nevada with another big winter storm expected to arrive in the Sierra by Friday. Light snow fell in the Reno area Wednesday and a winter weather advisory was […]
Give Books About Nevada and by Nevadans
With Christmas rapidly approaching you may be casting about for suggestions for what to give that special Nevada friend or family member. What could be better than books about Nevada or by Nevadans? The choices are as varied as the Nevada landscape and its denizens. Doubly apropos this holiday season is Patricia Cafferata’s “Christmas in […]
CCW Holders Should not be Subjected to Background Checks
It appears that a bill passed earlier this year to require background checks prior to the sale or transfer of firearms from one private party to another is being misinterpreted to apply also to Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) Permit holders, who are currently exempt from such background checks when buying from a licensed firearm dealer. […]