All posts tagged "BLM"

(Derek Draplin) – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says it will hold competitive bidding for oil...

(Derek Draplin) – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management sold more than 660 acres of public land...

(Thomas Mitchell) – Will the real Brian Sandoval please stand up? This past week the Nevada governor stood...

(Thomas Mitchell) – You know the type. No sooner do they move into a nice, new neighborhood than they stand up and say, “That’s enough. No more new residents. No more new homes. Lock the gates. Throw away the key.” Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani and Clark County state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson, both...

(Thomas Mitchell) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a deadline of Sept. 30 to decide whether...

(Thomas Mitchell) – So, how do you think this is going to turnout? The head of the...

(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) On Friday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed House Bill 148, the latest volley in the long-running skirmish known as the Sagebrush Rebellion. The bill demands the United States extinguish title to federally occupied lands — about two-thirds of the state — and transfer title to the state of Utah...

(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) The Utah Legislature has approved legislation demanding that the federal government cede certain federally controlled lands to the state. A resolution accompanying the bill says such things as: “WHEREAS, the enabling acts of the new states west of the original colonies established the terms upon which all such states...

(Fred Weinberg/The Penny Press) – At the time a smelly, unkempt mob (no, not Harry Reid’s Washington “tourists”) descended on New York, presumably to change the way Wall Street does business, the Shovel Brigade 2 is starting to take shape in Elko, Nevada. The Shovel Brigade isn’t a sexy movement like reforming...

(Fred Weinberg/The Penny Press) – I have a friend in Elko who many of our readers also know. His name is Grant Gerber and, in addition to being an extraordinarily skilled lawyer, he is willing to put his money where his mouth is when it comes to East-coast yuppies telling us Nevadans...