Monthly Archives: February 2019

Key Facts on Nevada’s Spending Problems

State Health Care Spending: The 900 Pound Gorilla

State Health Care Spending: The 900 Pound Gorilla Guest Column by Ron Knecht This is the third in a series of columns summarizing my Controller’s Annual Report (CAR) for the fiscal year 2018 (FY18). The first two columns (click here for the first and here for the second) showed that …

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Masked Marauders Terrorize Town

Masked Marauders Terrorize Town

Brazen Banditos Mete Mayhem   This press release arrived at The Teller on February 8th from the Storey County Sheriff’s Office. There has been reports of these banditos circulating on C Street for years. Great to see Storey County Sheriff Deputies on the job. Almost three years to the day, …

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Lockwood Birthday Party

Lockwood’s Merilee Miller’s Surprise Party

The community of Lockwood celebrated another 39th birthday of Merilee Miller. Miller is a stalwart community member who volunteers at the Senior Center and helps with just about everything. John Miller did a great job of organizing the event and the community kept it a secret for 2-4 weeks. Husband …

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TWISCH – This Week in Storey County History

The Territorial Enterprise Lives Again We recently obtained a wonderful collection of Territorial Enterprise Newspapers from the Lucius Beebe – Charles Clegg era. The papers are amazing and represent a fascinating time capsule of Storey County History. But they are more than just a snapshot of Storey County. Back then …

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SCSO Incident Report January 28th – February 3rd

416 Calls. Lots of nonsense. Thank you to the hard working men and women of the Storey County Sheriff’s Office for dealing with nitwits and people who need your help. Y’all rock. This is why we need shooting ranges everywhere GUYS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SHOOTING INTO THE …

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Rainbow Bend Candidates Night A Success

The River District Home Owners Association (HOA) held a Candidates Night on February 7th, 2019. This meeting allowed members of the HOA to ask questions of the candidates and hear how the candidates would represent the homeowners. HOA President Denise Fuller-Hilton invited The Teller to cover the event and report …

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SCSO Arrest Log January 21 - February 03

SCSO Arrest Log January 21 – February 03

SCSO Arrest Log January 21 – February 03 The following information was prepared by the Storey County Sheriff’s Office. All persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Please don’t drink or smoke weed and drive. Seriously. Just don’t. Thank You For Reading The Teller! For those of …

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Key Facts on Nevada’s Spending Problems

Key Facts on Nevada State Taxes and Other Revenues

Key Facts on Nevada State Taxes Guest column gracefully written by former Nevada Controller Ron Knecht. This is the second in a series of columns summarizing my Controller’s Annual Report (CAR) for fiscal year 2018 (FY18). Based on the state’s official books and records, the CAR provides Nevada citizens, officials …

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County Commissioner Commits To Cannabis Cultivation

Gilman Supports Cannabis (hemp), Opposes Cannabis (weed for now) Teller Readers will remember the relentless effort Storey County fought alongside TRIC to force Storey County taxpayers to subsidize bringing in water to the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) with the pipeline. Storey County officials and TRIC companies like Tesla and Switch …

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