From Buc to TUF Nov 10, 2009
Mike Shillito, Ely, Nev ... Mike delivers wide, looping punches, so I had to make sure I kept my hands up to the side to avoid getting caught, since he rarely looked to throw a straight punch ... This is how he makes a living and he would absolutely fight for free. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
I-Team: Rick Tabish Talks of 10 Years Behind Bars Nov 3, 2009
-- 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 ... He's asked that the years he wrongly served for killing Binion be applied to his sentences for the other crimes but the state insists his terms must be served consecutively, which is technically why he's still inside ... But Tabish was transferred to Ely as a result. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
I-Team: BLM to Roundup More Wild Horses Oct 24, 2009
Instead of merely thinning the herds, which is what the bureau has done since horses became protected in 1971, the bureau is on a roundup rampage that could threaten the survival of horses in the wild ... BLM is spending $30 million to round up 12,000 horses all over the west in what seems like a greatly accelerated effort, not to merely to thin the herds, which is what BLM has always done, but to eliminate horses altogether ... "We are going to pull those horses out as a proactive measure,"... (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Poll: Top Dem has 50 percent unfav--in his own state... Oct 12, 2009
Uithoven acknowledged that with Reid poised to raise as much as $25 million to hold his seat, it is unlikely Lowden will retain 18 percent of Democrats who chose her over Reid ... Investment banker John Chachas, an Ely native who has spent his adult life in New York, has contributed $1 million of his own money to a $1. (The Drudge Report)
Gov't helps keep loans cheap — if you can get one Sep 18, 2009
The stingy lending is likely to last ... "We will not make the mistake of prematurely declaring victory or prematurely withdrawing public support for the flow of credit," says Lawrence Summers, the White House's top economic adviser ... Some analysts think it could take four or five years for the Fed to withdraw the money entirely and shrink a balance sheet that is now about $2 trillion, more than double what it was when the financial crisis struck. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
'2nd American Revolution' Sep 2, 2009
As you played (ph) in that package, we were in Elko (ph), we were in Winnemaka (ph), we were in Ely (ph), Nevada. Now we're in Flagstaff. (Fox News)
Read Hannity's America Sep 2, 2009
He also argued that, "A program of sterilizing women after their second or third child might be easier to implement than trying to sterilize men. This, of course, would be feasible only in countries where the majority of births are medically assisted. Unfortunately, such a program therefore is not practical for most less developed countries." ... Day three of the Tea Party Express stopped in little Ely, NV on a beautiful Sunday afternoon ... Ely was a coal mining town but recently the plant got... (Fox News)
Blown Out of Proportion? Sep 2, 2009
But Ridge disagreed and writes in his book, quote, "There was absolutely no support for that position within our department. None. I wondered is this was about security or politics." ... Unfortunately, a political regime and sometimes the commentary is black and white, wrong or right ... Day three of the Tea Party Express stopped in little Ely, NV on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. (Fox News)
Northern Nevada trucker's union strikes against construction company Aug 18, 2009
to Tonopah and Ely, Nev. to the south, Cedarville, Calif. (KRNV.com, NV)
I-Team: Police Breaking Up Phony Locksmiths Aug 14, 2009
You know, Come here, we're going to set you up in these, work when we say, do what we say,'" said Sgt. Lenny LaRusso with Metro's Privileged License Team. Sgt. LaRusso's team has turned up the heat in recent months, using stings to send a message and to gather information. Two of the drivers busted Tuesday afternoon were sent out by the same dispatcher to the same location. Like Ely Levy, Sal is also from Israel. "I'm a sick person, sir. I work part time. (KLAS-TV)
Great Basin National Park: Viewing nature's handiwork Aug 13, 2009
They'll leave with memories of wonderful sights and experiences, along with a new appreciation for one of the West's largely unknown treasures ... Great Basin National Park is located about 60 miles east of Ely, Nev. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Rural air subsidy costs spiral Jul 31, 2009
Some of the subsidies, to places like Ely, Nev ... Ely, in Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's state, leads the pack with a $4,500 per passenger subsidy, according to new data from the Senate Appropriations Committee ... Just 414 people flew out of Ely last year. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
CIT still fighting to stay out of Chapter 11 Jul 17, 2009
The most likely avenue for survial would be getting permission to transfer assets to the company's bank ... "I think it makes a bankruptcy filing a near certainty," banking analyst Bert Ely said of the refusal to bail out CIT. ... But CIT's clients would not automatically lose their lines of credit, longtime banking analyst Bert Ely said. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Dedicated public servant Ken Vetrovec dies after motorcycle crash (21) Jul 9, 2009
Ken Vetrovec, 59, was killed just outside Ely, Nev ... He was riding his motorcycle east on Highway 6, about 37 miles east of Ely, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
EDITORIAL: Pipeline plan gets the go-ahead Jul 5, 2009
In a 56-page decision described as "conservative" and "measured," the state's chief water regulator OK'd a gradually escalating schedule of water mining in the sparsely inhabited valleys 250 miles north of Las Vegas that would cap withdrawals at 40,000 acre-feet per year for 10 years, after which a determination would be made whether to allow pumping of an additional 20,000 acre-feet per year ... But Ms. Mulroy says the decision leaves the authority on schedule to start delivering water to Las... (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion)
Usher's Wife Surprised That He Filed For Divorce Jul 2, 2009
" The couple married in a private ceremony in August 2007 after canceling a more lavish event. Usher is seeking joint custody of their two sons, 1-and-1/2-year-old Usher Raymond V and 6-month-old Naviyd Ely Raymond. In Monday's filing, Foster-Raymond asked the judge to make certain that Usher continues to support his family and pay her legal fees as divorce proceedings continue. As the divorce gets under way, and is reportedly making a song about the ordeal. "I don't know what Usher is going... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Reid Adds to List of GOP Supporters Jun 25, 2009
Reid and Yackira were recently at odds over a proposal by the utility for a new coal-fired power plant near Ely. NV Energy pulled the plug on the plans earlier this year. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
PMCM Wants To Move Stations Jun 17, 2009
According to the lawyer for station owner PMCM TV, the company has proposed to the Federal Communications Commission that it move its stations in Ely, Nevada (KNVN) and Jackson, Wyoming (KJWY) to Monmouth, N.J. and Wimington, Del, respectively, saying that would fill the void left by the FCC's change in the table of allotments "occasoined by" the digital transition, which he said has left both states without a full-power commercial television station licensed to it ... Macrovision is focused on... (Multichannel News)
Gov's tour to Eureka, Ely, Elko, Winnemucca May 20, 2009
The first-term Republican plans to visit the opera house in Eureka at noon on Wednesday and the East Ely Railroad Museum at 6 p.m.. On Thursday, he'll attend a community meeting at noon at the Northeastern Nevada Museum in Elko and the Humboldt County courthouse in Winnemucca at 6 p.m.. (KLAS-TV)
Governor Gibbons Speaks Out Against Tax Increases May 15, 2009
As the legislature considers tax increases, likely on payroll and sales taxes, the governor says he will not let up ... He will visit Elko, Ely, Fallon and Winnemucca. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Convict in 1984 rape-slaying pinning hopes on DNA Apr 18, 2009
Now 41, Sloane maintains his innocence from his cell at the maximum-security Ely State Prison. Sloane is pinning his hopes of freedom on a fresh look at DNA evidence, and he's gained the support of the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center, a nonprofit, Utah-based group. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Judge Certifies Class Action in NV Prison Suit Apr 1, 2009
A federal judge in Nevada on Tuesday certified class action status for a lawsuit filed by inmates who claim inadequate medical care at Ely State Prison constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and civil rights violations ... "The ACLU of Nevada is heartened by the order, which indicates that the federal court is taking allegations of substandard medical care at Ely State Prison very seriously," ACLU attorney Lee Rowland said in a statement Tuesday ... The class certification, Rowland said, "will... (KLAS-TV)
Lawmakers seek funds to keep Nevada museums open Mar 27, 2009
The just-renovated East Ely Railroad Depot Museum and Comstock History Center in Virginia City would be closed, the staff of the Nevada Historical Society would be cut and other museums would be open only four days per week. A $7. (KLAS-TV)
Nevada school asks lawmakers to stop budget cuts Mar 18, 2009
At midnight Monday, about 35 White Pine High School students and teachers left Ely for the trip to Carson City, where they told an Assembly-Senate budget panel that the cuts would threaten programs such as band, drama and sports. For K-12 schools, the state's base per-pupil spending would drop from $5,098 this year to $4,945 next fiscal year; and increase by just $1 to $4,946 in the second year of the budget cycle. (KLAS-TV)
Rising Unemployment = Rising Crimes, Mail Thief Caught Red-Handed in Sacramento Mar 15, 2009
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 15, 2009 -- During the current economic crisis, with record-high unemployment, unfortunately, crime is also on the rise ... For the last 2 years, S2 has been effectively providing monitoring service to clients located in California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas ... This morning, at approximately 1:52 a.m., the S2's monitoring staff spotted the suspect at the apartment complex and immediately contacted the police, as well as the property's physical security guard... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
NV Energy asking state to let it build power line Mar 10, 2009
The 235-mile transmission line would run from near Ely to the Las Vegas area. It would for the first time Nevada's two major electric systems connect -- operated in the north by Reno-based Sierra Pacific Power Co. and in the south by Las Vegas-based Nevada Power Co. Both are NV Energy subsidiaries. (KRNV.com, NV)
New barns planned at county fairgrounds in Ely Mar 7, 2009
Information from: Ely Times. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Plans for 2 Power Plants on Hold in Nevada Mar 6, 2009
A privately owned company has at least temporarily pulled the plug on plans to build a coal-fired power plant in White Pine County, less than a month after the state's largest utility did the same with its plans for a similar one near Ely ... The commission had been scheduled to receive recommendations on whether to grant a permit for the White Pine Energy Station during technical hearings on the application beginning March 10 and at a March 8 consumer session in Ely ... The utility also is... (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Old Prison May Stay Open Mar 6, 2009
"We could not close the women's prison because we only had one, we could not close the Ely prison because we only have one maximum-security facility, and we could not close Warm Springs (prison) because it did not meet the numbers we had to target," Skolnik said ... That suspect is in extremely critical condition. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Inmate accused of threatening Reno couple who adopted 2 of his kids Feb 25, 2009
But Reno Justice of the Peace Patricia Lynch ordered him instead to be transported from the Ely State Prison to the Washoe County Jail. Lynch issued the bench warrant today to ensure that Duenas appears next Tuesday to face 00004000 charges that he violated a restraining order. (KLAS-TV)
Nevadans Argue Against Culture Cuts Feb 25, 2009
Assemblyman Pete Goicoechea, R-Eureka, questioned why the East Ely Railroad Depot Museum, which helps to draw about 25,000 visitors to Ely each year, would be closed when other museums will stay open four days per week ... "The railroad guys that I talk to, they tell me that the big Ely one is probably the most complete of all the railroad museums," said Assemblyman Moises Denis, D-Las Vegas ... Cates said that when funds become available, keeping the East Ely museum open and restoring staff... (KLAS-TV)
Usher unaware of wife's surgery Feb 20, 2009
Usher and Tamkea have two sons together, Usher Raymond V, two, and Naveid Ely Raymond, two months. Type Size. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Usher's wife OK after cardiac arrest Feb 14, 2009
Ellen Dastry, spokeswoman for plastic surgeon Silvio Sterman, says Tameka Raymond checked into the Sao Rafael Hospital last Friday for a "simple liposuction." Dastry said that Raymond suffered a cardiac arrest while being anesthetized for the procedure "but was revived in less than a minute by heart massage." She was then placed in an induced coma before being taken to the intensive-care unit, a procedure Dastry said was "absolutely normal" and performed in order to "avoid unnecessary... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Museum director hopes to kee00004000p Ely Depot open Feb 13, 2009
Museum director hopes to keep Ely Depot open ... (AP) - The director of the East Ely Railroad Depot says he's cautiously optimistic money can be found to keep the museum open despite state budget cuts called for by Gov. Jim Gibbons that would mean its closure ... Gibbons has proposed cutting the Department of Cultural Affairs, the operator of the state museum in Ely, by nearly 36%, to $19. (KLAS-TV)
NV Energy postpones coal plant near Ely Feb 11, 2009
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Nevada's dominant electric utility says it is postponing plans to build a big coal-fired power plant near Ely ... "I applaud NV Energy's decision to speed up the development of an important transmission line and to postpone construction of its Ely Energy Center coal plant," Reid says. (KRNV.com, NV)
Usher's wife recuperating Feb 10, 2009
They have two young sons, 2-year-old Usher Raymond V and 2-month-old Naviyd Ely Raymond. Type Size. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
State news of national interest Feb 10, 2009
LAS VEGAS (AP) The state's dominant electric utility postponed plans to build a coal-fired power plant near Ely. NV Energy Inc. said circumstances have changed since it proposed the Ely Energy Center project in White Pine County. (International Herald Tribune)
Both sides sound off on proposed coal plant in Ely Feb 8, 2009
But union workers and business leaders in White Pine County say they desperately need the 2,500 construction jobs the $5 billion project would create ... NV Energy wants to build it on about 3,000 acres 20 miles north of Ely and about 50 miles west of the Utah state line ... Hearings also are scheduled Tuesday in Las Vegas, Wednesday in Ely and Thursday in Elko. (KRNV.com, NV)
