Ely News

"I don't know how we met each other. I don't know who got along with whom first.

The sparse environment of the Ely prison courtroom is so far removed from the life Rick Tabish once had, it might as well be another solar system.

To realize renewable energy's potential, Nevada needs transmission lines. Two utilities want to build them, but at what cost to customers? Leila Navidi NV Energy wants Public Utilities Commission approval to build a transmission line, with towers similar to these west of Hoover Dam, from outside Las Vegas to Ely.

A truck carrying concrete rolled over Tuesday morning on a rural Nevada highway in northeastern Nye County, killing the driver, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

Construction of White Pine County's first commercial wind turbine farm could begin as early as next summer and bring up to 200 workers to the rural area, project officials said.

State Prison System Director Howard Skolnik said guards are calling in sick in greater numbers on holiday weekends.

He's a Wall Street investment banker who hasn't lived in Nevada since he was a teenager, but John Chachas believes he may be the best Republican to take on U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., next year.

The Fallon High School Rodeo Club opened the 2009-2010 season at the White Pine rodeo in Ely on Sept.

With winter weather tugging at our coattails, we're on the home stretch of our three-week trip exploring America's northwest.

" The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that Las Vegas killer Gregory A. Budd should have the opportunity to prove his lawyer was ineffective during the trial that led to his conviction on three counts of murder.

" The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the second-degree murder conviction of Raven Navajo, who was found guilty of killing a cocktail waitress after a night of drinking in Las Vegas.

Nevada correctional officers were granted another temporary exemption Wednesday from state mandated furloughs.

Spencer Oesterling took a 2nd place today in the bull riding at the season kick off of the first Nevada High School Rodeo held in Ely with an 8 second ride and a score of 74! Spencer is a senior at Carson High School and is the only rodeo competitor from Carson High School at this time.

People trying to improve their skill sets or embark on new careers increasingly aew turning to online classes, with flexibility a primary reason.

" Death row inmate Rodney Emil has lost another appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court but this case involved a Las Vegas killing for which he was sentenced to two life terms in prison without the possibility of parole.

In his keynote address at the Nevada Press Association's annual convention in Winnemucca last weekend, retired state archivist Guy Rocha summed up the current economic crisis with an ominous assertion.

On August 22, Lyon County Sheriff's Office deputies Frank Hunewill and Brad Pope were promoted from deputies to sergeants.

ELY, Nev. - An Ely woman has been charged with open murder in the death of a woman last month.

" The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected the petition of killer Jeffrie R. Glover, who claims he was insane when he pumped nine bullets into his estranged wife in Nye County.

The termination of parental rights in the case of an American Indian child was argued before the state Supreme Court Monday.