Wabuska Mangler

The Wabuska Mangler was the name given to a mythical newspaper in 1889 by Sam Davis, then the editor of the Nevada Appeal. Wabuska is a small community in Lyon County east of Carson City.

Investigative stories from Las Vegas and Reno

The Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Reno Gazette-Journal are showing their investigative skills with a pair of eye-opening series this week. The Review-Journal on Sunday — highlighting a new design for the paper and web site — dug into some over-the-top spending of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau. …

Read More »

Are printed papers going the way of Sears and Macy’s?

There are commonalities and that could be a good thing Peter W, Wagner, Founder, The N’West Iowa REVIEW The March edition of FORTUNE magazine forecasts a difficult future for America’s department stores. From total sales of $230 billion in the 1990s. the figure dropped to $155 billion last year. “But …

Read More »

If open government bothers you, don’t apply

One of the finalists for the Reno city manager job was “vocally critical” of Nevada’s open process for hiring, according to coverage in the Reno Gazette-Journal. That, in itself, isn’t too surprising. Several times over the last few years, Nevada local governments have made attempts to water down the hiring …

Read More »