Wendover Needs Assessment or A Tale Told By Idiots
One word came to mind when we read the Needs Assessment Report– morons. We use it without disdain or contempt but as a clinical definition to describe people who after…
One Good Man
When we first reported the murder at Ely Max it seemed like a pretty cut and dried story. One inmate killed another inmate. The killer, Michael Ofeldt already serving a…
Elderly California Couple Killed In I-80 Wells Crash
An elderly Sacramento couple were killed in a fatal one car rollover eight miles west of Wells Monday reported the Nevada Highway Patrol. Bonifacio Mireles, 81 and wife Viola Mireles…
BREAKING NEWS!!! ELY CITY MANAGER FIRED AGAIN
In an anti-climatic business like vote the Ely City Council overrode Mayor Jon Hickman’s veto of termination of Ely City Manager/Clerk Jim Alworth in Thursday’s meeting. While Hickman vetoed the…
Spring Fever? Wendover Casinos Post Another Unexpected Gaming Decline
For the second straight month Wendover casinos took on the chin and reported an unexpected drop in total gaming win in May according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s report…
Recall Petitions Filed Against Two White Pine Commissioners/ 650 signatures would force election
White Pine County Commissioners John Lampros and Mike Lemich could find themselves running for re-election this year if a group of county residents are successful in garnering enough signatures on…
BREAKING NEWS!!! ELY MAYOR VETO SET FOR OVERRIDE THURSDAY
The Ely City Council is set to override Mayor Jon Hickman veto of a 5-0 council vote to fire City Clerk Jim Alworth in this Thursday’s council meeting. Hickman vetoed…
BREAKING NEWS!! Alworth Attorney Preparing Swift Response To Derail Termination Vote
Attorneys for fired Ely City Clerk Jim Alworth may be preparing a some kind of legal challenge to the 5-0 termination vote last week. In an public record request Scott…
Ely City Manager Fired, Is Lawsuit In The Works?
Attorneys for fired Ely City Manager Jim Alworth refused comment on their client filing a wrongful termination suit against the Ely City Council but also did not dismiss the possibility…
Forecast: Record Heat To Last Through Summer
Less than six months after northern Nevada emerged from the coldest winter on record the region may now be heading into a record long and potentially fatal heat wave. As…