LINCOLN COUNTY — Southern Nevada Water Authority wants more groundwater from rural Nevada. New documents filed with the state water engineer show the Las Vegas-based company is asking for as much as 105,000 acre feet of groundwater per year from four valleys in Lincoln and White Pine counties. The applications are for ...

Caucus participants denied full caucus experience Dear Editor, Why was the Lincoln County caucus conducted as if it were a primary? If the people wanted to just have a primary, then the people of the state would have simply kept a primary. However, they elected to be a caucus state and attempt ...

LINCOLN COUNTY — The final Blue Ribbon report on America’s nuclear future was released at the end of January. Based on comments from the Lincoln County Nuclear Oversight Program and other counties, changes were made to involve local governments in decisions regarding nuclear waste disposal, said Mike Baughman, Ph.D., speaking on ...

PIOCHE — Seeking coordinating agency status rather than cooperating agency status when dealing with issues related to the Sage Grouse Environmental Impact Statement Habitat Conservation Amendment in the Bureau of Land Management’s land use plan is a new direction the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners wishes to pursue. At the regular ...

Dave Luttrell has been named the new general manager for Lincoln County Power District, replacing Mick Lloyd, who retired at the end of January. He has worked for the power district since 1988, mostly as a project manager and engineer. Photo by Dave Maxwell

Boulder City Elks Lodge No. 1682 Secretary Howard W. Tindall joins the Olson Senior Center board of directors at its monthly meeting Feb. 8. The Elks Lodge donated the money for the repair of the senior center’s roof last year with the agreement that roof would be dedicated to the ...

LINCOLN COUNTY — Completion of the 235-mile, $500,000 One Nevada Transmission Power Line coming through White Pine and Lincoln County to Las Vegas is going to be delayed for at least three months. The joint owners have announced they are working to resolve and repair the wind-related damage, ascertain the ...

PIOCHE — Acting County Treasurer Shawn Frehner spoke about an agenda item at the County Commission’s Feb. 6 meeting regarding a plan concerning the possible sale of properties taken as tax deeds by the county and the setting of a minimum bid and a sale date. However, after much discussion, and ...

LINCOLN COUNTY — Lincoln County Commissioners approved the final draft of the Lincoln County Land Act Road, Fence and Trail Plan for the Southern Lincoln County Habitat Conservation Plan on Feb. 6. The vote was 4-0. Commissioner Paul Donohue was absent. Lisa Mash, a natural resource management specialist for environmental compliance ...

CALIENTE — Caliente City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting Feb. 2. Among the topics discussed was the possibility of the Municipal Court obtaining its own local judge. Currently, Caliente spends $25,000 to $30,000 a year in services that are outsourced to the Pahranagat Valley Justice Court. City of Caliente Councilman John ...

LAS VEGAS — At least two agencies are investigating embezzlement allegations leveled against developer and high-profile lobbyist Harvey Whittemore. The agencies, the Reno Police Department and the State Bar of Nevada, are reviewing a lawsuit filed by Whittemore’s former business partners accusing him of embezzling and misappropriating more than $40 ...

LAS VEGAS — Embattled developer and gaming lobbyist Harvey Whittemore fired back at his former business partners Wednesday by filing his own multimillion-dollar lawsuit, accusing them of death threats, racketeering and extortion. In a civil complaint filed in federal court in Reno, Whittemore is seeking $60 million from Thomas Seeno, Albert ...

LINCOLN COUNTY — Planning for more self-guided walking and driving tours, plus rock art trail guides, in Lincoln County were some of the items discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Lincoln Communities Action Team Jan. 26. Rock art trail guides are offered for many petroglyph sites in Lincoln County ...

LINCOLN COUNTY — In its Jan. 26 meeting, members of the Lincoln Communities Action Team discussed the idea of creating a video travel kiosk to be used to inform travelers in Southern Nevada what attractions and sights can be found in Lincoln County. The kiosk would be located at a major ...

PIOCHE — A revised ordinance that would allow the County Building and Planning Department to issue penalty fees associated with various building code enforcements was presented Jan. 19 to the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners. The revision “authorizes the Building Department and Planning Department to assess a civil penalty of $150 ...

LINCOLN COUNTY — In early December 2011, a heavy wind storm in eastern Nevada damaged certain structures constructed and installed for the One Nevada Transmission project. According to Cory Lytle, Lincoln County Building Department director, several of the V-shaped towers suffered cracks in some of the welds at the top of ...

PIOCHE — Saying the road maintenance agreement between Lincoln County and the Bureau of Land Management needs a bit more work, county commissioners delayed signing the agreement at their Jan. 19 meeting. In fact, the matter on the agenda was tabled following a short discussion. Ty Chamberlain, with the BLM Caliente office, ...

PANACA — Lincoln County School District has decided to sell the old Panaca Elementary School to the county, and only a matter of having the property surveyed and recorded is delaying signing of the papers. County commissioners discussed some of the details of the sale at their regular meeting Jan. 19. ...