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Friday, July 31, 2026
The Trailhead Report- 9:04The Trailhead Report
Four ways to play golf around here for under $35, walking
Current summer green fees at Sierra Sage, Empire Ranch in Carson City, and Wildcreek's par-3, including the $19 window most people never ask about.
- 9:18The Trailhead Report
Sleep at 9,300 feet, twenty-five minutes from your driveway
Mount Rose Campground sits at 9,300 feet off the Mount Rose Highway, $32 a night, and you can still have a real wood fire in the ring.
- 9:34The Trailhead Report
The Spooner Lake trails are closed all week and open on the weekend
Dam work has the Spooner backcountry closed weekdays 5 AM to 6 PM through October, but everything is open all weekend, and Hobart is closed for the year.
Nevada State Parks, Marlette Lake dam project trail closure schedule · 2026-05-22Nevada State Parks, Spooner Lake · 2026-07-30Nevada State Parks, low water levels at Spooner Lake · 2026-03-12Nevada State Parks, Hobart Reservoir dam rehabilitation · 2026-05-25NDOW, Marlette Lake · 2026-07-30Nevada State Parks, harmful algal bloom advisories · 2026-07-30 - 9:48The Trailhead Report
Two weeks out: the darkest sky in Northern Nevada, and it's free
Cosmos in the Desert runs two nights at Lahontan on August 14th and 15th, free apart from the $5 park entry, plus a closer-to-home star party at Washoe Lake.
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- 2026-07-31Friday, July 31, 2026You're here
Four ways to play golf around here for under $35, walking · Sleep at 9,300 feet, twenty-five minutes from your driveway · The Spooner Lake trails are closed all week and open on the weekend · Two weeks out: the darkest sky in Northern Nevada, and it's free
- 2026-07-30Thursday, July 30, 2026
Your health plan is becoming Kaiser. Your card still works. · Nobody new can open a hospice in Nevada right now · Name one friend you made after you stopped working · You are the long-term care plan. Nobody told you.
- 2026-07-29Wednesday, July 29, 2026
The health inspector emails ahead now. Once a year. · Nevada already paid your server. Then the screen asks you. · Smallest cattle herd in 75 years, and we're a ranching state · Hearts of Gold, and the festival's a month out
- 2026-07-28Tuesday, July 28, 2026
They're taking away the phone that works when the power's out · Should a robot answer your business phone · At least 180 cameras are reading your plate, and no law about any of it · The state got hit for 1.3 million dollars. It started with one download.
- 2026-07-27Monday, July 27, 2026
Four bosses in six years, and they interviewed one person · That car insurance headline is a Las Vegas number · Twelve dollars, and no next raise on the calendar · Fourteen thousand a year for a hundred years of ranch
- 2026-07-24Friday, July 24, 2026
Sign up tomorrow, hunt this fall: Hunter Ed in Verdi · The Truckee River is fishing well right now, and it runs through town · Davis Creek's campground is closed. The trails aren't. · You don't have to drive to Tahoe to paddle. Sparks Marina's right here.
- 2026-07-23Thursday, July 23, 2026
You think Nevada taxes work like California. They don't. · The call that says you missed jury duty. It's a thief, and it's working. · Worst snow year since the eighties. They say don't worry. · You can be turned into soil now. Would you?
- 2026-07-22Wednesday, July 22, 2026
A 60-foot sign and two bridges over your downtown streets · The casinos aren't really casinos anymore · Sixteen years downtown, and Old Granite Street is gone · A record price, and your kid can't buy your house
- 2026-07-21Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Will the data centers land on your power bill? · Most 'AI' you're being sold is a chatbot with a markup · You own the tractor. You couldn't fix it. Until now. · AI is coming for these jobs. Here's the honest list.
- 2026-07-20Monday, July 20, 2026
Who I am and what this hour is · Spain won it. Now about that stadium on Kietzke · They're building a fence at Washoe Lake · Hot August Nights left the Grand Sierra