Southern Nevada news media is hot on the trail today for a missing amateur UFO watcher, known by friends and townsfolk simply as “Bob on The River.”
Bob was discovered to be missing after he and his comrades from Needles, Calif., just a stone’s throw south of Laughlin, Nev., each reported seeing an unidentified flying object [...]
Monthly Archive for July, 2008
BREAKING NEWS! Former UNR president fired from Baylor
Posted in nevada on Jul 25th, 2008
In a shocking and unforeseen move, Baylor University’s Board of Regents fired Baylor president, John Lilley.
The action came on the heels of woefully unfounded allegations that Lilley’s leadership was creating tension among Baylor faculty.
This is also after Lilley’s tenure at the University of Nevada, Reno, where, as president, he successfully raised morale, increased fund-raising efforts [...]
Nevada once had the designation of being called “The Mississippi of the West.” Some years ago, Nevada was considered a pretty racist place, complete with the fact that Las Vegas Strip entertainers like Sammy Davis, Jr. were not allowed to stay in the hotels in which they played due to their skin color. It’s not [...]
Ely newspaper publishes editorial cartoon
Posted in higher education, nevada, politics on Jul 21st, 2008
ELY–The fine newspaper tradition of publishing political cartoons as editorial commentary also has a noted history in White Pine County’s The Ely Times.
In an opinion column published last week, Times editor Kent Harper explains his cartooning process.
Harper, it appears, has a strong local following. Avid reader Richard Jacobson writes:
“I am a fan of Ely, The [...]
Reno, NV - Local man, George Scripts, was looking to score a few blunts on the evening of Saturday July 13th, but couldn’t find any useful drug dealer contact information on the internet. “I typed in a million different combinations, but couldn’t find a phone number or an address or even a picture of a [...]
LAS VEGAS—In what came as a surprise to the world’s most respected Nobel Peace Prize winners, University of Nevada, Las Vegas researchers released a study today that definitely proves a phenomenon that, until now, was a mystery.
The scientists, at a briefing held on one of the campus’s dozens of lush, green lawns, announced that they [...]
One man lucky to be alive after using fake bomb on trigger happy armored car guards
Posted in nevada on Jul 13th, 2008
Some guy figured it would be a good idea to try and hold up an armored car with…wait for it…a cardboard box. That’s right, a cardboard box.
He made several critical mistakes. Not only was the box obviously not a bomb, but he also forget that armored cars are manned by dudes who want nothing more [...]
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After listening repeatedly to Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire”–backwards–a young child sent a grandmother to a Las Vegas hospital after playing with matches yesterday.
According to the Las Vegas Sun–a paper that’s simply too hot to handle, and not just because of its name–”a young child playing with a lighter ignited a small sofa in a [...]
Noted rocker, pro-government advocate and sufferer of GI distress, Sam Dehne, announced today that he will take on all who dare challenge his knowledge of Reno’s government.
“I’m taking all challengers,” Dehne said. “I’m challenging all who dare to nude fist fights at high-noon on the playa during Burning Man this year. If you’re against government [...]