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Raymond Wayne Hobbs, age 58, passed away August 19, 2019 in Grand Junction, CO. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 10 a.m. at Martin Mortuary in Colorado.
Obituary: Raymond Wayne Hobbs
Man Charged in Child’s Death on Ely Shoshone Reservation
By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — An enrolled tribe member has been charged with murder in the death of a 3-year-old girl on the Ely Shoshone Indian Reservation in northeastern Nevada, federal officials announced Tuesday. Colon Jackson, 28, of Ely, was arrested last Friday and remained in federal custody pending a detention hearing […]
People Across Southwest Long for Seasonal Rainstorms
By Felicia Fonseca Associated Press Across the Southwest, people are longing for seasonal rainstorms like a lost summer romance. They’re declaring their love online for the weather pattern that makes the scorching heat somewhat bearable in places like Phoenix and Las Vegas, and helps snuff out wildfires. They’re peering out their windows for signs of […]
Volleyball Team Opens Season
Six games were on tap for the young Eureka Vandal girls volleyball team last weekend at a preseason tournament in Yerington “We played six matches and lost five of the six,” said coach Katie Benson, “but we are a young team with only two seniors and six sophomores.” On Friday we played three matches with […]
Water Agency Should not Skirt Law and Courts
Clark County has sent to Congress a bill draft proposing that more than 50,000 acres of federal public land in the Las Vegas Valley be opened for private development, but dangling like a vestigial tail at the end of the 21-page proposal is an end-run around the courts and the law that could allow the […]
Nevada Should not Copy California Gun Law
California lawmakers invited Nevada lawmakers to talk about coordinating gun control legislation, but thankfully our legislators declined the invitation. Members of the California Legislature’s Gun Violence Prevention Working Group sent a letter to Nevada Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson this past week inviting him and other Nevada lawmakers to discuss “coordination that could serve as a […]
August 22, 2019
Report: Eureka has Lowest Unemployment Rate in the State
According to the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s July 2019 economic report, statewide, jobs increased by 3.1 percent, a gain of 43,400 new jobs added since July last year. This is the fastest growth rate in the nation for the tenth month in a row. Unemployment in the metro areas continued to fall when […]
Vandals Return to Gridiron Saturday at Smith Valley
“Happy days are here again, the skies are bright and clear again.” Sure, that’s a line from Franklin Roosevelt’s 1932 presidential campaign, but it fits because high school football season is here again. 2019 marks the 97th year of high school ball in Nevada. Also of interest, the NFL is observing 100 years in 2019. […]
New Rules Could Worsen Access to Family Planning Services in Rural, Urban Nevada
By Megan Messerly The Nevada Independent Family planning providers are grappling with new Trump administration rules that some say will prevent Nevadans from obtaining timely access to care and limit the ability of clinics to provide other services to pregnant women. The new rules, released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in […]