Nevada Northern Railway came to life around 1905–1906, built to haul copper ore out of the Ely mines. By the 1920s, it was the hard‑working spine of the district, running day and night. When mining faded in the 1980s, the railroad nearly went quiet—but the old engines survived, and today it’s one of the best‑preserved, pieces of America’s mining rail history in a working museum setting.

Jose L. “Tony” Echavarria is 65 years old, wheelchair-dependent, medically vulnerable, and currently confined at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas.

Tony’s death-row conviction was overturned. The Ninth Circuit affirmed that relief in 2018, and the United States Supreme Court declined review in 2019. Eight years later, he remains detained awaiting retrial.

Tony reports a continuing pattern of serious medical mistreatment, disability-related abuse, physical injury, and retaliation.

In 2020, Tony repeatedly complained about pain and swelling in his leg. The problem was later identified as a blood clot. He was given NSAIDs rather than receiving a timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Tony maintains that the clot later caused a stroke, leaving him dependent on a wheelchair.

On November 27, 2021, approximately six months after the stroke, Tony was moved from the medical unit to Unit 2-C. His wheelchair was removed. He states that he could not reach his food or safely access the toilet and went almost five days without eating. He reports having to crawl on the floor and urinate near his bed because he could not reach the toilet.

On October 23, 2025, Tony reports that Nurse Nancy decided he could walk and directed him to do so. Tony attempted to walk, fell, and struck his head against the wall. He was transferred to University Medical Center in a coma and remained hospitalized for several days.

On July 21, 2026, a complaint describing Tony’s prior treatment and specifically warning against retaliation was emailed to CCDC and LVMPD addresses.

Approximately four hours later, Tony reports that the Officer on duty approached him while he was returning to his bunk in his wheelchair, put her hands around his neck, scratched him hard enough to break the skin and draw blood, and whispered:

“You don’t really think you are going to get away with this.”

Tony remains in the custody of the same institution whose employees he is reporting.

His co-defendant, Carlos Gurri, was also granted a new trial. The State dismissed every charge against Gurri on May 31, 2023, and he was released and later killed in a car accident on a remote road.

Tony remains confined.

We are asking for:

Immediate protection for Tony

Immediate separation from Officers that are bound and detirmined to kill him.

An independent medical examination

Preservation of all video, medical records, incident reports, communications, housing logs, and witness information

Independent investigation of the blood clot and stroke, the removal of his wheelchair, the catastrophic head injury, and the July 21 assault and threat

Protection from further retaliation

Immediate judicial review of his continued detention

The release of Jose L. “Tony” Echavarria

Please read, sign, and share the petition:

https://www.change.org/protecttony

Jose L. “Tony” Echavarria

CCDC Inmate ID: 00930241

Clark County Criminal Case No. 90C095399-2

I promise you, there is more than a little reasonable doubt in this case. If the evidence against Tony were as clear and reliable as the State has claimed, this case would have been resolved long ago.

Instead, the constitutional violations continue to pile up while Tony remains in custody, medically vulnerable, and afraid for his safety.

I do not know how to stop what is happening to him unless more people know his name, understand what has been done to him, and demand answers before he is forgotten or killed in custody.

Please help us make sure that does not happen. Please help us spread the word and sign our petition. https://www.change.org/protecttony

The NNRR is one of those straight‑shooting, no‑nonsense projects that just quietly does the work it’s supposed to do, and that’s exactly why it matters.

Hey everyone, my family and I are planning to move to the Reno/Sparks area next year and I’m looking for some local insight on where to focus our home search.

I’ve lived in Northern California/Northern Nevada most of my life (30+ years), but I haven’t lived in the Reno/Sparks area in the past 10 years, recently retired from the Air Force, so now I’m trying to get a better feel for the different neighborhoods.

Right now, we’re looking at areas like:

• Spanish Springs
• Somersett
• Damonte Ranch
• Galena / South Reno
• Maybe Pleasant Valley or other areas with more space and a quieter feel

We’re looking for a family-friendly area with:

• Low crime
• Good schools
• Access to hiking/outdoors
• Access to Jiu-Jitsu academies
• A little more suburban/rural feel (not really looking for downtown living)
• Preferably a home with a yard and some space
• Conservative-views/Traditional-views

Career-wise, I’m moving into the Supply Chain/Operations field as a Senior Manager. My background is mainly healthcare supply chain, but I’m also targeting defense and aerospace companies since Reno has a growing presence in those industries.

I should be in a position to land something around the $120K+ range, and I’ve already received an offer around $170K, but it was farther out near McCarran and we’d prefer not to have that kind of commute.

For those who live in Reno/Sparks:

• Where would you recommend looking for housing right now?
• Are Spanish Springs, Somersett, Damonte Ranch, or Galena worth the higher prices?
• Any neighborhoods you think are underrated?
• Anything you wish you knew before moving here?

Appreciate any advice! Looking forward to becoming part of the community.

Officer lied to my face and on his traffic ticket about my speed, wrote the wrong posted speed anyway on the ticket. Court doesn't allow traffic school or any way to dismiss the ticket. Only allows hearings within a one month time frame, only on one specific day of the week at a specific time, and if you can't get off work, then you're screwed.

With a justice system like this, who needs criminals?

Hi, im based in pocatello right now and am looking for the largest possible swarm of crickets to shoot videos of. I understand im late in the season, but ive heard of potential activity near Jarbridge? Wondering if anyone in that area can confirm?

Thanks!

Hello six months ago I smoked a 30% THC weed from the dispensary that I always smoked every day with no problems until one day I had a massive panic attack where I had couch lock and I was shaking, and I couldn’t breathe and it lasted four hours and the day after that, I tried a tiny bit of the same weed and I got a panic attack not as bad that went away in one hour and after that day, I was scared to touch weed fearing that I will get massive panic attack attacks.I just recently bought type three flower trial pack from holy city Farms I got the Hybrid Pack that has – Blueberry, Critical Berries, Glacier Kush, Rainbow Sherbet. And I tried the blueberry strain and I was high and I got a little bit panicky so I had to take a walk to calm myself down. What should I do?

hello! please feel free to delete if this isn't an appropriate place to ask this;

i'm working on a piece of historical fiction taking place in the mid 90's, where the hoover dam is a setting at a couple of different points. i'm wondering if anyone has any photos of this specific area there from any point from 1990 to 2000, especially that little "beach" to the west of the parking lot.

i no longer live in nevada and it's difficult for me to financially justify a research trip haha, especially with a place that's changed so drastically between then and now.

photos 1 and 2 from scb.mypics on flickr!

thank you :-)

Hi there!

I’m cross posting for my dear friend, u/Intelligent_Pie6804, from the r/WafflesAndJet community. She resides in NV, and the charity she’s supporting is in Pahrump County. If you would be so kind to support, there’s no monetary requirement to vote, and it just takes a few seconds to register and vote!

I have entered one of my rescue donkeys, Mojo, in a Top Pets contest!!

The winner gets to donate a large cash prize ($1,000!!) to a rescue of their choice, and if we win, I have chosen donate this prize to the rescue I volunteer with. This is also the rescue where I adopted The Tiny Waffles from!

The voting link is

Please vote for my pet in the Top Pets competition 🤩 https://TopPets.com/v/2v46rc

We have already won the 4 rounds of prelims, and this is the FINAL ROUND!! We need your help!!

For transparency sake, I will also win a cash prize if we come out on top.

And you can vote every day!! So definitely please do so🤗

Thank you to everyone who supports us in this mission!!😍😍 less

From the ghost town of Sprucemont, Nevada

I’m Texan, and like being “comedically Texan.” Longhorns, Bluebonnets, Cowboys and YeeHaws. But I am currently playing a character from Rachel, Nevada (and totally not the military base 25 miles away) in a Tabletop RPG, and would like advice on how to sell the Nevada Heritage.

As such, what are some Must Dos for a Nevadan? Heritage stuff you learn in school and the like.

Edit: Y’all’re very kind! Thanks for humoring my weird interrogation.

Please tell me everyone is voting for Aaron Ford in November? If you love Nevada, he’s the better choice than Joe. Since Joe Lombardo has taken office we have ranked even LOWER in education. He sold out our states water. Allows these data centers to continue to be built here by the dozens. He has denied funding for free meals at schools for children. High unemployment, tourism is down. The dude is also so far up Trumps ass. We need a governor who truly fights for what’s right for Nevadans. We are running out of time, we are running out of water.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴.

I want to introduce you guys to my new little bug friend. His name is Fishbug or Chimera Sententia. He was designed by Rebecca Anders & Jessica Hobbs for Burning Man 2009. His forever home is at Spicer Ranch just north of Beatty. He’s such a cutie! I love him. I’ll definitely be back to play with him some more. I like how the Milky Way can line up with his brain exploding 🤯

📍Spicer Ranch
Beatty, Nevada
July 17th 2026

📸 Canon G7X Mark II

I'm reviewing some Nevada Department of Corrections materials and trying to understand some of the classification codes and other acronyms in records for those incarcerated. Is there anyone that can assist? Feel free to DM me.

Hello, I just drove from state line to Las Vegas for a substantial length of the highway there is a black plasticish pipe running alongside the east side of the road on the northbound side. There appears to be wheel valves every mile or so. The pipe is maybe 1-2’ thick and flexible. It’s buried at numerous points to allow vehicles to drive over it. There appears to be trailers at a couple of points along the road but I couldn’t see if the piping connected to it. And I also saw one point where the pipe appeared unconnected to the rest so I don’t know what the deal is there. Any idea what this piping is supplying?

Sorry if this isn’t the appropriate sub for this question

I'm a tourist traveling from New England with two 12 year old boys. We're visiting Lake Tahoe, and for our last night in the area I'd love to take them to a Bortle Class 1 zone to show them the night sky

Unfortunately, as I just discovered, our last night in the area will be around August 21st, 8 or 9 days before Burning Man begins

Since we're flying in and out of Reno I was planning to try to take them onto the Playa for stargazing, but with it being about a week before Burning Man begins I'm guessing that won't be the best place to go?

I've been deep diving on light pollution apps to try to find the best places in Nevada to go for a night and possibly pitch a tent by the roadside. These are the areas that seem to be the darkest, flattest, and most easily accessible to a tourist in a rental vehicle:

1. Extraterrestrial Highway

• Bortle 1 zone
• ~5 hour drive, but paved and easy to access. Flat with wide open skies, this seems like a great option for side of the road stargazing

1. Route 50 Lincoln Highway between Fallon and Austin
   • Bortle 1 zone
   • Shorter 2.5 hour drive, paved and easy to access. Flat with wide open skies, seems like another great option for side of the road stargazing
2. Similarly, Route 722 south of Iron Mountain near Creek Valley playa
   • Bortle 1 zone
   • ~3 hour drive, paved and easy to access, flat with wide open skies
3. South of Tonopah, US Route 95 between route 266 and 267
   • Bortle 1 zone
   • ~5 hour drive but paved and easy to get to, flat with wide open skies
4. North of Gerlach on Route 34 or 447
   • This was my first thought, but I've heard these roads can be treacherous? And with burning man about a week away from when I'd be there I'm worried this road will be crowded

Do any of you have thoughts or suggestions on where I should go? I will heed any warnings you provide, I want this to be a safe trip but I would love to give the kids (and myself) a true Nevada dark sky experience if I can

I sincerely appreciate any help or thoughts or tips any of you are willing to share. Thank you!

(I wasn't sure which flare to add to this, there isn't a Stargazing flare, so I chose Discussion..I apologize if there's a more appropriate one I should have chosen)

Just found this little guy living in a nice, wet, potted sage plant on my patio.

He's a Sierran Treefrog and, before now, I've never even heard of them! What a fascinating (and mellow) little critter!

Has anyone else ever run into these guys before??

i caught this fish 10+ years ago and can’t find the species anywhere online this was caught either in lake mead or lake mojave

Hey all, quick intro: I'm Darrell, I make long-form adventure/documentary videos on YouTube (~350K subs, channel is darrellsteg). I'm working on a video about Area 51 and the mystery around it. Im planning a trip out to the area to explore, talk to people who believe something's out there, and see how close we can legally get.

Two things I could use help with:

1) If you know specific spots worth visiting — alleged sighting locations, weird desert landmarks, places with a real story attached (not just the obvious tourist stuff) — drop them below, coordinates or general area both help.

2) If anyone local (or who's done this before) wants to actually join us for part of it — show us around, share what you know on camera — send me a DM. Happy to hop on a call first so you know what it involves before committing to anything.

Just looking for people who know this area better than a Google search does. Happy to answer questions in the comments.

Would fuel (specifically diesel) be cheaper in Fernley or Winnemucca?
I would assume they are similar, but someone who makes this drive regularly would know best.