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By Scott Sonner RENO — Emergency Crews rescued two people from a wash flowing with runoff from record rain in Las Vegas, and up a to half-foot of Sierra snow (15 centimeters) triggered chain controls around Lake Tahoe as a cold front moved across Nevada on Wednesday. The National Weather Service also issued a winter […]
Record Rain in Vegas, Half-Foot of Snow in Tahoe Mountains
Sutro Tunnel Compared to Carlin Tunnels
In my long career at NDOT, I was involved with one of the largest tunnel projects ever attempted in Nevada. This was when I was a field engineer in the Construction Office at the Nevada Department of Transportation in the 1970’s. At that time, I made payments to the various contractors and prepared the Final […]
Biden Warns about Trump During Campaign Event in Las Vegas
By Ken Ritter LAS VEGAS — Former Vice President Joe Biden brought an alarmist warning to a diverse crowd of Democrats late Saturday in early-caucus Nevada during a town hall at an elementary school in a historically minority Las Vegas neighborhood. Biden opened the event saying that as long as Donald Trump is president, the […]
Nevada Needs a Law Allowing Police to Cooperate with ICE
A ruling by a federal judge in California has put law enforcement agencies in Nevada and much of the nation in legal jeopardy if they hold prisoners, who are in the country illegally, for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for potential deportation. The ruling by Central California U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birrote Jr. […]
Conscience Rule for Doctors just Needs a Rewrite
Despite what some have implied, a recent decision by a New York federal judge striking down the so-called “conscience rule” promulgated by the Trump administration is not a license to pressgang doctors and nurses into performing procedures abhorrent to their consciences — such as abortions, contraception and gender transitioning procedures. U.S. District Court Judge Paul […]
Battle Born State Briefs
Bullet-Maker Takes Plea in Vegas Shooting Case A man whose home-loaded bullets were found in a suite where a gunman unleashed the Las Vegas Strip massacre two years ago has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegally manufacturing ammunition. Douglas Haig admitted Tuesday that he made tracer and armor-piercing bullets at home in Mesa, […]
November 14, 2019
Report Ranks Nevada Middle of the Road for Rural Education
By Jackie Valley The Nevada Independent A new report shows a mixed bag of results when it comes to educating students in Nevada’s more far-flung locales, identifying improved test scores as a bright spot but low college readiness as a challenge. Nevada is the 23rd-highest-need state for rural education, according to a report released Thursday […]
Eureka Girls Fall Short at Regional Tournament
Eureka’s run to the Region II playoffs came to an end last Friday as the Lady Vandals lost 3-0 to three-time defending state champion Pahranagat Valley in the first round of the 8-team regional tournament in Alamo. Eureka stared strong in each set taking the lead usually into the teens, but couldn’t hold it each […]
Vandals Season Ended in First Round of Playoffs
Defending state champion Spring Mountain and their one-man offense overwhelmed the Eureka Vandals 58-8 in the first round of the state playoffs at Crutchley Field last week. The Golden Eagles raced to a 32-0 halftime lead. Quarterback Masiah Pagota scored six touchdowns on the Vandals, two on the ground and two by passing. He rushed […]