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“Don’t forget you are up for a column this week,” read the text on my phone Monday morning. It was a message from Review Editor Ron Eland and, oops, I had forgotten.

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New gun proposal may reduce suicides

Reducing veteran suicide remains a top priority for Congress, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the veteran community.

A very taxing situation

“You must pay taxes. But there’s no law that says you gotta leave a tip.” – Morgan Stanley

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Spring sunshine makes everything bloom

Spring is definitely in the air. I can feel it, I can see it and I can smell it.

Museum visitors invited to get feel for history

Think back to your childhood field trip experiences to any museum, local or national — even international.

Journalists blow the Bundy story

There are flaws in news coverage. By its very nature, conflict is news and normality is not. We don’t report the banks that have not been robbed each day.

Reality of extended benefits can be harsh

Quick show of hands: How many of you think it’s OK for a parent to do their child’s homework?

Time closes some doors, opens others

Their enthusiasm was contagious, as was the fun they were having.

Horrible reform is ahead

During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, corruption in government and industry was so common and blatant that it generated widespread revulsion in the public. It led to the Progressive Era, when remedies were adopted that turned out to be less than successful, such as initiative, referendum and recall.

Days gone by not so good

It never bothers me to share my age. Generally, I don’t think about turning 65, but there are times when it becomes quite apparent that I’m older than many folks I interact with on a daily basis.

Rancher: Both sides failed in range battle

Nevada rancher Demar Dahl knows his range law almost as well as he knows his own cattle.

Birds’ habits reflect how we spread our wings

As I sit here thinking about the month of April, Arbor Day and Pets Are Wonderful month, I am suddenly startled by a flock of sagey birds that seem to come hurdling bent on destruction toward my bank of windows. They take a sprightly hard right and land among the naked willow branches just outside my glassed barrier.

Moapa solar project lights the way

Take the Valley of Fire exit off Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas and you can’t miss the sign welcoming visitors to the Moapa Tribal Travel Center. It reads, “Tax Free.”

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‘You’ll shoot your eye out!’

Marshall Hill, above, gives his 5-year-old son Tanner a hand during Monday’s annual Turkey Shoot hosted by the Boulder City Parks and Recreation Department. Children and adults paid to shoot BB guns at a target with prizes later awarded.

Council offers gig to ‘roots’ candidate

In a special meeting last week, the city council voted unanimously to extend a conditional offer of employment to one of three candidates brought forward by a headhunter contracted to find a replacement for former city manager Taylour Tedder, who resigned unexpectedly early this year after just two and a half years on the job.