Robert Laxalt, with his reporter's roots, never fully trusted politicians — except for his brother Paul, whose lifetime saw him serve as Nevada's governor, lieutenant governor and U.S. Senator. In ...

The University Libraries’ Jon Bilbao Basque Library, with the Center for Basque Studies in collaboration with REWEST (Research in Western American Literature and Culture) and the University of the ...

The Reynolds School of Journalism will recognize author James D. Houston as the 2009 Robert Laxalt Distinguished Writer. Houston will talk about his craft at the Joe Crowley Student Union, Oct. 22, at ...

Time of the Rabies, a slender novella by the Nevada writer and historian Robert Laxalt, opens like a Disney nature documentary gone wrong. In the Disney manner, Laxalt’s animal characters are ...

When Lou Cannon was a young reporter, he received encouragement from distinguished Nevada author Robert Laxalt that one day he would turn his journalism into book authorship. Lou did. He wrote many ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paul Laxalt, the son of Basque immigrants who rose to political power as a Nevada governor, U.S. senator and close ally to Ronald Reagan, has died. He was 96. Laxalt died Monday at a ...