Yearly Archives: 2019

SCSO Incident Report January 14-20

SCSO Activity Log January 14th – 20th

475 Calls – 11 Butt Dials – Tons of Property Checks. Large Sized Thank you to The Deputies of Storey County for Keeping The Peace Dirt Bags Steal “Dirt Bag” – Stealing Stuff Is Not Cool PER THE RP THEFT OF A HARLEY DAVIDSON OUT OF THE FRONT YARD/BLACK HARLEY …

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Wild Horse License Plate

Virginia Range Wild Horse License Plate Available

Virginia Range Wild Horses To Get Much Needed Financial Support From New DMV License Plate The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) issued a new license plate to directly support the Virginia Range Wild Horse Herds this month. This plate is the brainchild of the Hidden Valley Wild Horse Protection …

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4 day school week

4 Day School Week In Storey County?

Storey County could join other school districts around Nevada and adopt a 4 day school week. This idea is in the formative stages and might get a parent or two to actually show up at a school board meeting. The most recent post from bardeblog.com updates us on all things …

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Sunday Word Of The Day – Outlandish

outlandish | outˈlandiSH | adjective looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar: outlandish, brightly colored clothes | the most outlandish ideas. archaic foreign or alien. Storey County is looking for a new County Manager to replace the soon to be retiring Pat Whitten. In an effort to be as transparent as …

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Key Facts on Nevada’s Spending Problems

Key Facts on Nevada’s Spending Problems

A Guest Editorial from Ron Knecht This is the first of 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 and others a summary of key facts, data, analysis and …

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Taxable Sales Drop For 9th Straight Month

Storey County’s October Taxable Sales Drop For 9th Straight Month As we have been reporting for some time, the taxable sales for Storey County have been on a steady trajectory down since the boom of 2016-2017. Last year the taxable sales were down about 20%. This year they are on …

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