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The people of Storey County have undertaken the solemn and patriotic duty of fixing the doors at Piper’s Opera House, which proves two things beyond dispute: first, that the old building is still standing; and second, that no task on the Comstock is too simple to escape the affectionate
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I have always admired people's ability to learn from experience. It is one of our finest qualities, right after stubbornness, impatience, and the conviction that the speed limit applies only to other people. On Wednesday, June 3, several vehicle crashes happened in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. The
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Some men seem destined for greatness, some for obscurity, and a rare few who appear determined to become cautionary tales. Mr. Blaze Thomas belongs to that last category. Indeed, when a fellow is named Blaze, one suspects that destiny has already placed a wager on how spectacularly events may unfold.
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There was a time when a town worried about ordinary things. Folks lost sleep over cattle rustlers, highwaymen, and whether Cousin Elmo should be left alone near a poker table. Those were simpler days. Now we have progressed. We worry about giant warehouses full of blinking lights that spend their
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Some events remind a man how astonishingly efficient government can become once somebody has gone and committed a crime in broad daylight. Most days, bureaucracy travels with the speed and enthusiasm of a turtle pulling a wagonload of bricks uphill, yet on Monday afternoon in Fernley, it moved like a
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There are many ways to measure the advancement of civilization. Some people point to electric lights, flying machines, wireless telephones, and other miracles that allow a man to ignore his neighbors more efficiently than ever before. I prefer a simpler test. Every year, on Hwy 50, hundreds of sensible modern
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Well, I do declare that Mother Nature has taken quite a fancy to rattling the bones of Nevada's good citizens as of late. According to those learned fellows at the United States Geological Survey, a bureau of government folk who get paid to count the earth's
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The Nevada Department of Wildlife issued a public warning after someone spotted a mountain lion wandering through the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, which is proof that even wild animals occasionally make wrong turns. The great cat was seen on Friday morning moving among the warehouses, factories, data centers, and assorted
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If there were ever a contest judged by the phrase “well, of course it is,” Nevada has just taken home the trophy, the ribbon, and possibly the slot machine it was sitting next to. In one of those exercises where people compare things everybody already knows, WalletHub has ranked Nevada
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There are two kinds of people in Nevada: those who are lost, and those who are merely waiting their turn. The desert has a talent for swallowing things whole: wagons, dreams, marriages, political promises, and occasionally people themselves. It stretches across the state like an ocean that forgot how to
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There are many great institutions in the American Republic. Congress is one, though it has not shown signs of life in years. The railroads were another, before they learned that arriving on time was bad for business. But among the noblest inventions of modern civilization is the police dog, an
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It has come to my attention, through the fog of advancing years and the occasional haze of medicinal whiskey, that our fair Virginia City has added yet another peculiar celebration to its calendar of festivities. The "Mother's Day Flower Crawl" happened on May 6. Now, in