Ely News

By Charles Benjamin On June 15, NV Energy formally terminated plans to build a 1,500-megawatt coal-fired power plant near Ely.

Ken Vetrovec, 59, of Racine County, Wis., died Monday in a motorcycle crash near Ely, Nev., while heading home after completing a Route 66 trip from Chicago to Los Angeles, reported the Journal Times of Racine.

Our 'alternative' energy future really means no energy at all Do the forces now in charge of our energy future prefer that the American economy continue to grow based on the exploitation of plentiful and less-expensive coal and other fossil fuels, or by replacing those older power sources with wind, solar and other "renewables," regardless of the ...

A sign in Ely, Nev., reflects political challenges for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has weak poll numbers but still lacks an opponent for the 2010 election.

Thu, Jun 25, 2009 NV Energy One day after receiving a 6.9 percent rate hike in Southern Nevada, NV Energy was on Wall Street's radar Thursday because of the weak Nevada economy and the company's debt load.

White Pine County's school superintendent is recovering at a Las Vegas hospital after being injured in a hit & run accident in downtown Ely.

As state officials considered how much money electric utility NV Energy could recoup for construction of power plants, the power company pulled the plug on a coal-fired power plant that would have been one of its biggest generators yet.

Nevada's Great Basin National Park, which features some of the darkest night skies in the U.S., will hold a special event for stargazers Saturday night.

Proposed Ely, Nevada and Jackson, Wyoming to Monmouth, N.J. and Wimington, Del., respectively By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/16/2009 4:53:31 PM MT During a Hill hearing Tuesday, New Jersey Deocratic Senator Frank Lautenberg praised the digital transition for the improved signals it sent New Jersey's way, but also pointed out that the ...

Layton Park , our Backroads Scholar was involved in a motorcycle accident in Ely Nevada a week ago.

The state Board of Examiners Wednesday agreed to pay a $1.35 million out-of-court settlement to a former prison inmate who was paralyzed from the chest down when he fell out of an upper bunk at a conservation camp in Ely.

Some of the most historic homes and buildings still standing in the eastern Nevada town of Ely are found in a district known as East Ely.

Authorities are looking for two ATVers who drove across White Pine High School's new running track in Ely and caused an estimated $20,000 in damage.

Gov. Jim Gibbons found himself in a shouting match during a town hall meeting in Ely when a handful of angry state workers challenged him on his planned 6 percent salary cuts.

On his final leg of his Road to Recovery Tour last week, Gov. Jim Gibbons' black SUV rolled through the U.S. 50 towns of Fallon, Austin, Eureka and Ely.

Gov. Jim Gibbons found himself in a shouting match during a town hall meeting in Ely when a handful of angry state workers challenged him on his planned 6% salary cuts.

A town hall meeting hosted Wednesday by Gov. Jim Gibbons turned into a shouting match when a handful of state employees challenged his plan to cut wages by 6 percent.

In a series of meetings with residents in rural communities to discuss Nevada's budget crisis and hear comments and ideas, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons continues his 'Nevada Road to Recovery Tour." 'I think many elected officials now meeting in Carson City sometimes forget the needs and wishes of the citizens who sent them there,' Gibbons said in a ...

Gov. Jim Gibbons continues his 'Nevada Road to Recovery Tour' with a trip through rural Nevada next week.

The Nevada State Commission on Construction Education has awarded grants to four Nevada organizations totaling $170,800 for furthering their educational services in construction.