Lincoln County News

Seven Southern Nevada law enforcement agencies plan to step up patrols for those driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs this Halloween weekend.

The Southern Nevada Water Authority's plan to pipe water from rural Nevada to Las Vegas has taken a hit from a Lincoln County judge.

Nevada lawmakers have authorized spending $9.6 million in federal stimulus funds on energy-efficiency projects in rural counties.

For the moment at least, the Southern Nevada Water Authority has lost the water it hoped to pump to Las Vegas in the first phase of its proposed pipeline across eastern Nevada.

Snow could be bringing more water to the area in the future. The Southern Nevada Water Authority says their new plan will create snow near Elko expected to trickle to Lincoln County and be pumped to southern Nevada from there.

"Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work.

LAS VEGAS - Water officials in southern Nevada hope to wring a little extra water from the sky this winter by reviving a cloud-seeding program that appeared doomed by state budget cuts.

It was an awards ceremony 100 years in the making. Six Nevada ranches, all family-owned for a century or more, were honored at the Centennial Ranch and Farm awards ceremony recently hosted at the Governor's Mansion and three of the ranches are in Churchill County.

Hal Keaton of Pioche has been elected state president of the Retired Public Employees of Nevada.

Savvy Nevadans know to slow down outside Alamo because of the notorious speed trap awaiting the unsavvy.

Nevadaa s unemployment rate in August was a stunning 13.2A percent, the second-highest in the nation behind Michigan.

Gary Reese is conflicted between his love of Lincoln County and his job as a Las Vegas city councilman.

Early federal stimulus spending in Nevada will benefit rural counties more than urban ones and doesn't target counties experiencing the state's highest unemployment rates, according to a Reno Gazette-Journal analysis of American Recovery and Reinvestment data.

PANACA There's big doings in Panaca this weekend, more than doubling the town's population of 645.

Hang on to your hat today -- hot temperatures and gusty winds are heading into the Las Vegas Valley, according to the National Weather Service.

Some people know that when Nevada became a state in 1864, the area today that includes greater Las Vegas was in Arizona Territory.

Tami Vetter, left, and Lianne Iroz have formed Nevadans Against Garbage, which is fighting a proposed dump near Winnemucca.

Much has been said about getting stimulus money for "shovel-ready" projects. It's urgent in our state since these projects could provide hundreds of jobs right away.

An Emporia woman apparently on their way to a family re-union in California was killed in an accident in Nevada.

Flood warnings and the threat of severe thunderstorms loomed this afternoon over the Las Vegas Valley as scattered storms were bringing heavy rain, high winds and hail to southwest Arizona and southeastern California.