“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men [and women] stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” — a quote attributed to George Orwell. A few weeks ago, I got a tiny little taste of the stress a police officer experiences in their day-to-day work when I took part in a ride-along with Sergeant Amber Williamson. ...

The week of Valentine’s Day I was planning on writing an editorial for the Saturday edition about love and what it means to me. But on Valentine’s Day itself a young man filled with hate walked into a school in Parkland, Fla., and murdered 17 people and my heart broke and I couldn’t bring myself to write the words I had intended to write...

Around here one thing we really welcome is your submissions of photos of happenings in our community. The best email address to do so is lifestyles.ndm@gmail.com. And here are a couple things to keep in mind when sending photos for best quality printing:...

Most of our readers probably remember the radio show “The Rest of the Story,” with Paul Harvey. Each episode would detail little-known facts about stories encompassing a wide range of topics, and would end with Harvey and his iconic voice stating “and now you know … the rest of the story.”...

Most folks have heard it takes 21 days to form a new habit. Unfortunately, it turns out that’s actually a myth. But tomorrow is the 21st day of January and I wonder how many folks are sticking with their New Year’s resolutions? I hope you all are going strong and crushing your goals so far. But I know there are probably a lot of folks struggling. Committing to making yourself a better person is not an easy task. So I wanted to share some of my own tricks for making it easier...

If I had to name one thing that long-distance running has taught me, it would be perseverance. Perseverance is defined as “steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.” In my first year of running, my goals were to run a race every month, to complete a 5k in less than 30 minutes and to complete a 10k race...

Last week I had the privilege and honor to ride with Nevada Police Sgt. Amber Williamson for a few hours of an evening shift. I arrived shortly after she came on duty to give her time to chat with the officers who were going home about what had occurred during the day. Then after a set of rules for me — don’t leave the vehicle, don’t do anything unless specifically told to, don’t talk to anyone under arrest — we hit the streets...

Sometimes it seems as though we humans have nothing but hatred for one another. On Saturday, Aug. 12, an evil act took the life of an innocent young woman in Charlottesville, Va. And in the days following, the national media was full of coverage of that act and the hateful ideology which spawned it...