Saturday, March 25, 2023

Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties

Suzanne Roberts is a travel writer, memoirist, and poet from South Lake Tahoe whose award-winning work includes Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John...

Yosemite Women Take the Lead

Many people know that Royal Robbins and Warren Harding pioneered rock climbing on Yosemite’s big walls like Half Dome in the 1950s. Not enough...

What the Inflation Reduction Act means for Nevada

The Inflation Reduction Act passed through Congress and was just signed into law by President Joe Biden. One of the biggest climate change bills...

The Meaning of Life

Opinion When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it took an especially intimate and often wrenching decision away from women and placed it...

Education Will Be A Central Issue for Nevada Voters This Year

Typically a new year brings optimism, but so far, Americans are experiencing widespread malaise.  Covid’s unpredictable nature continues to pummel whatever hopeful outlook people...

Wild Harvest – Part 2

A farmer’s almanac  I wasn’t about to eat just anything, though. I needed some guidance from someone who knew what an edible crop looked like—both...

Wild Harvest – Part 1

Wild harvest - Part 1 I’ve lived in Reno’s West University neighborhood my whole life. It’s a small swath of the city, a few miles...

What the Build Back Better Act Would Mean for Nevada

With the Bill’s Passage Cast in Doubt, An Opportunity to Strengthen Nevada’s Leadership Role in the American West Could Vanish With It. This weekend, the...

Hydroponics – farming’s indoor future

The year 2020 will go down in history as one of the most challenging years in the modern age. Not only for the COVID-19...

Trickle Down Extremism

Opinion Trickle down extremism describes the state of county government where I live in northern Nevada. It is shorthand for the local version of the...