White Pine County News

White Pine county authorities say an inmate on death row for a Las Vegas murder has hanged himself in his Ely prison cell.

Advocates and opponents of a plan to pipe groundwater to Las Vegas from three valleys in Lincoln County are headed for a showdown in the Nevada Supreme Court.

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Southern Nevada water administrators plan to challenge a judge's ruling that blocks a multibillion-dollar plan to tap groundwater from a vast swath of eastern Nevada and pipe it to Las Vegas, an authority official said Wednesday.

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.

Officials say 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.

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.

State prison system gets extension to handle furloughs Archive of Sun politics stories Carson City - Prisons Director Howard Skolnik will repeat his plea this week that the state's 1,600 to 1,700 corrections officers be exempted from monthly furloughs.

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Reporting from Washington - Ely is a Nevada mining town with a population of 4,000. Located about a four-hour drive north of Las Vegas, it is perhaps most famous as the birthplace of former First Lady Pat Nixon.

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

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

An Ely man who serves on a state land use advisory panel has been appointed to the White Pine County Commission.

A newspaper poll shows 52 percent of Las Vegas-area residents still favor plans for a massive water project to pipe water from northern counties to Clark County.

Video from Snake Valley Pipeline vote The Southern Nevada Water Authority board on Thursday will vote on whether to continue preparations for a multibillion-dollar pipeline network to tap groundwater in rural valleys across eastern Nevada.

On a dusty corner lot in the tiny town of Baker, a sign reflects the sentiment: Leave Snake Valley's water where it belongs, in Snake Valley.

White Pine County commissioners are worried that a Nevada Department of Transportation plan to install rumble strips on State Route 318 will ruin the twice-yearly Silver State Classic Challenge speed race.

White Pine County commissioners are worried that a Nevada Department of Transportation plan to install rumble strips on State Route 318 will ruin the twice-yearly Silver State Classic Challenge speed race.

White Pine County commissioners are worried that a Nevada Department of Transportation plan to install rumble strips on State Route 318 will ruin the twice-yearly Silver State Classic Challenge speed race.

White Pine County commissioners are worried that a Nevada Department of Transportation plan to install rumble strips on State Route 318 will ruin the twice-yearly Silver State Classic Challenge speed race.