WWPD Loses Senior Officer To Retirement
The West Wendover Police Department lost another second senior officer to retirement in as many weeks. Sergeant David Wiskerchen followed Lt. Sandra Gunter into retirement last week. The public Information…
Veterans Of Foreign Wars WWHS Essay Winners
“Why I’m Optimistic About Our Nation’s Future” by Ty Morley Since 1776 when we declared our independence from Britain and gained our freedom as Americans, the UNited States has definitely…
Elaine Reed Passes At 64
Elaine Reed Born 11/16/49 at age 64 passed away peacefully on December 4, 2013 at 12:40 pm in Las Vegas Sunrise Hospital. The most thing she loved in life was…
Wendover Potash Mine Hopeful Looks for Allies
Mesa Mining’s Foster Wilson at mine site, above, and potash miners at the current Intrepid Potash works in Wendover The president of a mining company seeking to build an $85…
Ely Judge Exonerates Jury In Newcastle Assault Case
White Pine District Judge Steve Dobrescu slapped down a motion for a new trial from ESP inmate Mike Fixer Newcastle on the grounds of juror misconduct this week. In a…
Deep Freeze Returns To NV?
With the passing of a relatively balmy November bitter cold could be in store for northern Nevada for the next three month according to weather forecasters. The national weather service…
Elko Win Plunges, Wendover Stable
Chilled by local economic worries the Elko county gaming industry saw a 5.26 percent drop in total gaming win in October according to last week’s report from the state Gaming…
Baldwin Declares For Clerk
Chief Deputy County Clerk Nichole Baldwin declared her candidacy to replace retiring Lin Burleigh for next year’s election. “I have been a resident of Ely for 11 years and truly…
Holiday Book Suggestions: Sailing The Nameless Ship; The Cure; Heroism In The Forest
Sailing The Nameless Ship Wendover’s best known poet Justin Evans’ latest book is named Sailing This Nameless Ship (BlazeVOX, 2013), which takes part of the classic myth of Homer’s Odyssey…
Short Thanks
A couple of some years ago we began to receive anonymous Hanukkah presents. The first we thought was a one off. But the next year another came. And the next…