Editorials

Officials in Elko County have approved a pilot project designed to keep sage grouse off the endangered species list by killing ravens with poisoned eggs and reducing wildfire fuel through livestock grazing.

The taxpaying public deserves a lot more answers than it is getting from the city of Las Vegas about a cheating scandal that wiped out a class of firefighter recruits.

What’s slowing down job creation in Nevada, where the real unemployment rate — counting part-timers who would prefer full-time work, and those who’ve given up looking — averaged 20.3 percent in 2012?

The tourism authority won’t say it, so we’ll say it for them: The madness begins here.

The economic and strategic importance of Nellis Air Force Base was on full display Tuesday, when the U.S. Air Force held an official arrival ceremony for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter. The Pentagon plans to buy more than 2,400 of the aircraft for the country and its allies, and by 2020, 36 of them are expected to be based at Nellis.

Bonanza High School teacher John Mannion has the right to be presumed innocent of the current criminal charges against him.

Secretary of State Ross Miller was smart to unveil his voter photo identification legislation last fall, well ahead of the start of the 2013 Legislature. It gave him months to address the concerns of his fellow Democrats, who traditionally loathe voter ID laws.

Even as the current elected leadership of the city of Henderson wait for a $4 million payout from a fantasy stadium deal they’ve called corrupt — and members of Congress begin to sniff around, asking if former federal officials acted appropriately — one of the defendants in the city’s January lawsuit is refusing to sign a settlement deal because of a gag order.

A 200-megawatt wind energy project near Searchlight has been approved by the federal government.

Early voting is under way for Clark County’s April 2 municipal primary elections. Eager electors won’t have to wait long to cast a ballot.