On March 28th, 2017, The Storey Teller filed a public record request with Assistant County Manager, Planning Director and all around busy guy Austin Osborne. In this request we asked for the zoning of the Mustang Ranch Compound, specifically to see if any section of the property was zoned residential. …
Read More »TRIC Executive Shoves Foot in Mouth – The Storey Teller Helps, Part Two
For those of you who read The Teller and do not read the Virginia City Highlands email chat group, this tasty banter happened on Friday the 13th between “Brothel Resident”, TRIC Executive and Storey County Planning Commissioner Kris Thompson. Mr. Thompson once again tasted shoe leather, polished with something other …
Read More »Corporate Welfare Checks to Roll into TRIC – Again
The Governors Office of Economic Development’s (GOED) board meets in mid-November and the agenda contains an item that will consider GOED’s effort to build an effluent pipeline from Sparks to the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC). Once built and fully deployed, this pipeline will carry 3.7 million gallons a day of effluent …
Read More »Meet The Candidates BBQ In The Highlands
Candidates running for office in 2018 will gather in the Virginia City Highlands on October 14th at 1:00. As in years past, Breck Greninger has invited Storey County neighbours to meet and greet elected Nevada State Officers and Candidates. The Storey Teller invites any politically inclined Storey County resident to come …
Read More »CMI Finds $20 Million Investor – Lucerne Pit to Reopen
The mellifluous tones of Corrado De Gasprias (with puppet strings pulled by the masterful hands of John Winfield) have once again lured another chump into the pit of broken dreams and empty wallets. This time it’s Tonogold Resources. From the October 5th CMI SEC filing (and not the …
Read More »Robust Nevada Cannabis Sales Reported – Storey County Kids Benefit
Cannabis has been legal to buy and smoke by people without any medical condition since July 1, 2017, and sales of legal weed are through the roof. Storey County students will benefit from Nevada’s legal cannabis smokers because money left over after costs and rainy day funds are filled will …
Read More »An Evening With Danny Tarkanian
Republican Senate hopeful Danny Tarkanian came to the Lower Comstock last night as Lyon County Commissioner Bob Hastings and his wife Nadine hosted an hour long meet and greet at the Lyon County Community Center in Dayton last night. He shared his thoughts and ideas on what his tenure might …
Read More »TRIC Executive Shoves Foot in Mouth – The Storey Teller Helps.
Mustang Brothel Resident and TRIC Executive Kris Thompson recently ripped Nicole Barde’s coverage of the September 19th Storey County Commissioners Meeting (which you can read here) as “dishonest”. Ms. Barde is fully capable of defending herself so rather than taking umbrage with Mr. Thompson’s dirty pool with her, I chose …
Read More »Storey County Commissioners Meeting Report
I am cross posting Nicole Barde’s usual yeoman report on the highlights and lowlights of the most recent Storey County Commissioners Meeting held at the Courthouse with the Million Dollar Parking Lot on September 19th, 2017. I found this meeting remarkable on several counts. A Special Use Permit was approved …
Read More »Local Kids Star in Dramatic Short Film So Much Yellow
A film showcasing two of Storey County’s youngest movie stars will premiere in Reno at the Reno Tahoe International Film Festival (RTIFF.org) which runs from September 7th through the 10th. One of over 500 submissions in the 2017 version of the RTIFF, the short film So Much Yellow will showcase two Virginia City Highlands …
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