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St. Mary's Art Center Hosts Second Annual Summer Artisan Faire in Virginia City
Two-day celebration of regional artists and makers returns June 13–14, 2026, with a call for artist applications now open
Joint Investigation Leads to Location of Missing Mother and Infant
Yerington, NV – On May 19, 2026, at approximately 12:30 p.m., the United States Marshals Service located Twyla Defond and Abbygale Smith, who had been reported missing during an ongoing Lyon County Sheriff’s Office investigation. Since receiving the initial report, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division
A Letter for Lockwood
What began as a simple idea now overlooks Lockwood from the hillside above town, where a newly painted white “L” has brought a years-long promise into view. The project is adding Lockwood to a tradition of hillside letters that mark towns and cities across Nevada. From Virginia City’s “V”
The Vanishing Miss DeFond
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