All posts tagged "Department of the Interior"

  • Opinion
    Why Not Homestead Part Of Nevada?

    (Fred Weinberg/The Penny Press) – We devote a lot of space in this publication to the way we in Northern Nevada relate to the Federal Government. All that space is not unwarranted. There is, for example, the constant effort on the part of both the Department of the Interior and the Department...

  • Government
    Federal Land Use Is Meat-and-Potatoes Issue To Rural Nevadans

    (Fred Weinberg/The Penny Press) – A few weeks ago, in our sister publication, the Elko Independent, we ran a lengthy piece detailing the history of the contentious relationship between Elko County and the United States Forest Service. It paints an ugly picture. Forest rangers, it seems, are the ultimate in Federal Government...