Government
Was your mail-in ballot challenged?
Patricia Degives-Mas of Reno was suspicious when a woman knocked on her door the evening of Oct. 29 to tell her that her Washoe County mail-in ballot had been declared invalid because it lacked her […]
Month: October 2020
The arts
‘Essential’ Reno flicks
What better time than Nevada Day weekend to stage your own Silver State on the Silver Screen Film Festival? Get tangled up in your Nevada roots; explore, via celluloid, our sagebrush ocean; virtually wander the […]
City life
Pandemic Chronicles: Small businesses fight for help
All year Jennifer Martin and Denelle Padgett have been working for free at their yoga apparel store. As co-founders of Satori Movement, previously known as Hello Yoga Apparel, they struggled just to pay rent. Their […]
News
Online politics destroying friendships
In the days before social media stretched its digital web across every home and phone, it was relatively easy to avoid knock-down, drag-out battles over politics with friends and family members — avoid the topic […]
City life
‘Nevada girl’ meets asteroid
When Sierra Gonzales was a girl, her grandmother often took her to the Fleischmann Planetarium on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. There, she marveled at the wonders of the universe; stars and […]
Government
Public absent from ‘monumental’ decision
Three Washoe County commissioners, without consulting experts or hearing any public comment, approved a plan for a 20-ton concrete monument to be built on county-owned property between two of downtown Reno’s most historic buildings. That […]
Government
Educational exhibit or Bill of Wrongs?
Local sponsors hope to install what are touted as inscribed replicas of the nation’s three founding documents – the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution – on public land in Washoe […]
Government
Robocalls swarm Nevada
Never, ever trust a robot on the phone. That’s particularly timely advice this month. The number of so-called “robocall” scams have soared in Nevada as conmen hitch their come-ons to the COVID-19 pandemic and election […]
News
Polls open to steady stream of voters
Vickie Smith of Reno drove past the Northwest Reno Library at 11 a.m. on the first day of early voting Oct. 17 and saw that the line of people stretched across the front of the […]
City life
Nevada Day is not cancelled
There will be no parade in Carson City this year, thanks to COVID-19, but there are plenty of other activities scheduled during the three-day holiday weekend for masked and socially-distanced folks to celebrate the Silver […]
COVID-19
UNR students lament COVID changes
Maria Stevens, a sophomore at the University of Nevada, Reno, was scared when she tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 on Oct. 6. As she filled out her reporting form, she thought about […]
Government
Laws define voter intimidation
Every voter has the right to cast a ballot safely and without having to worry about interference, harassment or intimidation at polling places. This contentious election season, there have been some concerns, though, especially in […]