Frederick Commentary: The night I met Desmond Tutu
As a snot-nosed reporter fresh out of college and working the night shift at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, I had three assignments – monitor the police scanner, re-write obits and dig up at least one story each week for the Saturday religion page. These were the jobs for the newest reporters in the 1970s. Believe me, I could tell you some stories from that era. Holding … [Read more...]
Frederick Commentary: Biden stumbles through COVID-19
The Biden Administration’s war on COVID-19 is beginning to look like the Biden’s Administration exit from Afghanistan – inexplicably sad and screwed up. I’m not sure where to start in chronicling the mess. December alone has brought a flurry of assertions from the president and the vice president that just don’t make sense. Vice President Kamala Harris in an … [Read more...]
UNR, UNLV set to keep designation as top research universities
By Jacob SolisThe Nevada Independent Despite more than a year and a half of fiscal and academic chaos spurred by the pandemic, two Nevada universities are set to maintain their status as Carnegie “R1” research universities under a preliminary classification announced late Wednesday. Determined by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the R1 or … [Read more...]
Washoe County reports first case of Omicron Variant
The Nevada State Public Health Laboratory has confirmed the first case with the COVID-19 Omicron Variant in Washoe County. The individual who tested positive for this variant is a male in his early 50s, fully vaccinated and received a booster. He had both international and domestic air travel as likely source of exposure. The individual is recovering and isolating at … [Read more...]
December 22, 2021
City Council Meeting Highlights
The following are highlights from the December 13, 2021, Sparks City Council Meeting. Announcements/Presentations Boards and Commissions Vacancy Announcements. To submit an application, go to www.cityofsparks.us/getinvolved. - Three vacancies on the Sparks Senior Citizens Advisory Committee for Wards 2, 3 and 4 alternate positions. Each vacancy is coterminous with the … [Read more...]
Frederick: Bail ‘reform’ equals more crime
Ladies and gentlemen, behold the amazing response of California politicians to rising crime in their state. San Francisco Mayor London Breed, leader of a city so under siege by crime that residents there have taken to leaving their car doors unlocked and their trunks wide open when parking on the streets so that criminals can see there is nothing to steal in the car. … [Read more...]