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Patten Plea Bargain Blessing In Disguise
While some Wendover residents have expressed outrage that Kody Patten may have well avoided the death penalty by taking a plea bargain for many Nevada families, relatives of victims of men now on death row, the ‘ultimate punishment’ is cruel joke. Since Nevada reinstituted the death penalty in 1976 a dozen men have been executed but [...]
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Utah Bank Robber Partied In Wendover Casino Before Arrest
A Sandy Bank paid for a Utah man’s 48 hour holiday in Wendover last week, and the man will be paying it back for the rest of his life. Ryan Grubbs a 36 year old Utah vagrant, is sitting in the Elko County Jail on a half a million dollar bond awaiting his extradition back to [...]
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Blake Finally Quits
Two months after he said he was going to resign, city councilman Bryant Blake announced that this passed Tuesday’s meeting would be his last and officially handed in his letter of resignation. Elected to his first term in 2008, Blake ran as a pro-business reformer and as teacher at the local elementary promised to be an [...]
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Honoring Luke
Friends family and hundreds of Wendover residents came out Monday to the unveiling of the bronze statue of Luke Gregory at the new little league fields. The winsome boy was killed two years ago in a tragic gun accident in his home. He was just 10 years old. An avid athlete Luke participated in every little [...]
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Wendover Clubs March Madness
March roared like a lion for Wendover casinos with a 6.4 percent increase in gaming win of close to a million dollars according to last week’s report from the Nevada Gaming Control Board. According to the report Wendover clubs raked in $15.6 million this March in total gaming win from March 2011. “Win” is a gross figure, [...]
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Patten Plea Bargain Blessing In Disguise
Posted on 18 May 2012
While some Wendover residents have expressed outrage that Kody Patten may have well avoided the death penalty by taking a plea bargain for many Nevada families, relatives of victims of men now on death row, the ‘ultimate punishment’ is cruel joke. Since Nevada reinstituted the death penalty in 1976 a dozen men have been executed but [...] Continue Reading
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Utah Bank Robber Partied In Wendover Casino Before Arrest
Posted on 18 May 2012
A Sandy Bank paid for a Utah man’s 48 hour holiday in Wendover last week, and the man will be paying it back for the rest of his life. Ryan Grubbs a 36 year old Utah vagrant, is sitting in the Elko County Jail on a half a million dollar bond awaiting his extradition back to [...] Continue Reading
Advocate News
Blake Finally Quits
Posted on 18 May 2012
Two months after he said he was going to resign, city councilman Bryant Blake announced that this passed Tuesday’s meeting would be his last and officially handed in his letter of resignation. Elected to his first term in 2008, Blake ran as a pro-business reformer and as teacher at the local elementary promised to be an [...] Continue Reading
Advocate News
Honoring Luke
Posted on 18 May 2012
Friends family and hundreds of Wendover residents came out Monday to the unveiling of the bronze statue of Luke Gregory at the new little league fields. The winsome boy was killed two years ago in a tragic gun accident in his home. He was just 10 years old. An avid athlete Luke participated in every little [...] Continue Reading
Advocate News
Wendover Clubs March Madness
Posted on 18 May 2012
March roared like a lion for Wendover casinos with a 6.4 percent increase in gaming win of close to a million dollars according to last week’s report from the Nevada Gaming Control Board. According to the report Wendover clubs raked in $15.6 million this March in total gaming win from March 2011. “Win” is a gross figure, [...] Continue Reading
Opinion
Elko DA Hero
Posted on 18 May 2012
If there is a hero in the murder of Mickie Costanzo, it must be Elko District Attorney Marc Torvinen. Not for what he did, but for what he did not do. Winning a death penalty case is a feather in the cap of any prosecutor and Torvinen had close to a slam dunk with Kody Patten. Torvinen never [...] Continue Reading
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WWHS Booster/Coach Says Thanks
Posted on 18 May 2012
On May 6th, the West Wendover Baseball Team and the Perez Family held a fundraiser to pay for debt incurred from purchasing new uniforms and equipment. With a few donations and 600 burritos sold, we were able to raise a little over $3,000! We would like to thank those who purchased tickets and sold tickets. We [...] Continue Reading
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Newmont Steps Up Big For Little League
Posted on 18 May 2012
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Court Wendover
West Wendover JP Court May 15, 2012 Judge Reese Melville Presiding
Posted on 17 May 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Jesus Ochoa Villa/Criminal Arraignment/Coercion Joshua Portella/Criminal Arraignment/Batter Coercion Jilberto Salas/Citation Arraignment/No Valid License Canc/Susp Registration No Seat Belts Jilberto Salas/Citation Arraignment/Minor Under Influence Jilberto Salas/Citation Arraignment/Animal Running at Large Dog or Cat Inoculate FTA Warning Fee Bench Warrant Fee Eli A. Sireech/Status Hearing/Domestic Violence Continue Reading
Court Wendover
West Wendover JP Court May 9, 2012 Judge Reese Melville Presiding
Posted on 17 May 2012
Wednesday, May, 9, 2012 Myron Harrison Willow/Entry of Plea/484.379 Bruce Craig Jorgensen/Hearing to Show Cause/484.379 Carlos Alberto Lara-Espitia/Hearing/4-2-2 Jose Luis Perez/Misdemeanor Trial/4-2-1 Cheryl Ann Thomas/Citation Trial/5-1-2 484B.400 74.040(A) Carlos Alberto Lara-Espitia/Hearing/4-2-2 Continue Reading
Court Elko
Elko District Court May 14, 2012 Judge Nancy Porter Presiding
Posted on 17 May 2012
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT 1 COURT SCHEDULE LAW & MOTION CALENDAR May 14, 2012 CR-FO-11-1485 Campbell, John Henry (DA/Lee) Arraignment (Attempted Concealing or Destroying the Evidence of the Commission of a Felony) CR-FP-11-257 Gomez, Eugene Benjamin (DA/Stewart) Arraignment (Possession of a Schedule I or Schedule II Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Sale) CR-FP-11-525 Harrison, Bryce Jordan (DA/Lockie) [...] Continue Reading
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