Lenita Powers may not have become a mainstay of Northern Nevada journalism for more than four decades were it not for the inspiration of a high-school counselor who told her she wasn’t “college material” despite a straight-A average. That ticked her off, so when she graduated from Sparks High School …

Barry Smith made his mark in Nevada journalism as both an editor and an advocate. He began his journalism career in 1977 as a reporter for the State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill. He also worked for more than 16 years in Colorado — ten years as a reporter and city …

Ray Hagar got his first job in journalism at the age of 17 and is still going strong 50 years later. Born in Reno and raised in Sparks, he has spent most of his career covering sports and politics in Northern Nevada and making himself one of the most widely-respected …

Frank X. Mullen contains multitudes. Known primarily as an investigative reporter, he also is an author, historian, actor and university journalism instructor. Born in Queens and raised in New Jersey, Mullen came west to earn a journalism degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver. In 1979, he helped co-found The …

Lucius Beebe lived in Nevada for only ten years, but he accomplished enough in that decade to qualify for more than one Silver State Hall of Fame, helping to restore Virginia City and resuscitate the historically significant Territorial Enterprise newspaper. Beebe was already an accomplished cultural critic and journalist when …

No-Stigma Nevada, By Kim Palchikoff.   President Trump is out to get me, and I’m scared to death.    I have a mental illness. I live with bipolar disorder — mood swings that come and go and I struggle to control them. It is a medical condition formerly known as …

No Stigma Nevada: The ‘Talk’ Everybody Needs To Have –By Kim Palchikoff- Watching the horrific May 25 police murder of African-American George Floyd replayed again and again on video and the weeks-long protests and riots in Nevada and across the world reminds me of  “the talk” my father gave me …

No Stigma Nevada- Carson City therapist: How to deal with stress and despair -By Kim Palchikoff. As the COVID-19 pandemic death toll reaches nearly 100,000 in the U.S. and continues to rise, as do the numbers of unemployed, living with fear, anxiety, stress and even despair has become the new …