All posts tagged "rural Nevada"

  • Opinion
    Smelly And Naked Is No Way To Get Things Done

    (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...

  • 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...