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The Fire Weather Watch has been cancelled, but we still expect wind gusts of up to 40 mph today under mostly fair skies, with a slight chance of a sprinkle. The high will be around 78.
Republican Congressional candidate David Flippo is facing a second complaint over his required personal financial disclosure.
The Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the U.S. House Ethics Committee on September 11th, alleging Flippo failed to file the disclosure. The group says 66 House candidates from both major parties are facing similar complaints.
Federal Election Commission records show Flippo’s campaign reported more than one-point-six million dollars in candidate loans through June 30th.
The Campaign Legal Center says Flippo has not filed the separate personal disclosure required by law.
Flippo’s campaign says he filed for an extension and has criticized the Campaign Legal Center. The campaign has not provided KOLO with a copy of that extension.
The complaint follows a separate investigation request filed by Northern Nevada voter Susan Fisher earlier this month over the same disclosure issue.
The White Pine County Sheriff’s Office is reporting several investigations and arrests from Monday and Tuesday.
A 19-year-old Ely man, Elijah Rubio, was arrested on a grand larceny charge stemming from an embezzlement investigation involving a local business. Bail was set at 10-thousand dollars.
Deputies also investigated a temporary protection order violation, a domestic disturbance, a missing juvenile who was later reunited with a parent, and multiple trespassing complaints.
Tuesday brought reports of fraud involving an elderly person, theft of a Wi-Fi antenna, threats at an Ely apartment complex, and a vehicle accident.
Deputies conducted several welfare checks, with the people contacted reported to be safe. Other calls included suspicious activity near a school, reckless driving and assistance to Nevada State Police.
A second booking was reported for Denim Jensen, facing charges including DUI, eluding police and obstructing a public officer. Bail was set at 11-thousand, 562 dollars.
An Elko County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over a vehicle in Elko Monday night after noticing it was traveling without proper nighttime lighting.
Deputies say the driver, identified as Pedro Rivera-Cortes of Spring Creek, was driving on a suspended license, and the vehicle displayed a fictitious license plate.
During an inventory of the vehicle, deputies reportedly found about four ounces of methamphetamine in seven baggies.
Rivera-Cortes was arrested on charges including drug trafficking, driving an unregistered vehicle, operating an unsafe vehicle and driving with a suspended license.
The White Pine Aquatics Center will remain closed this week as crews continue repairs to the facility’s system. Officials say the pool will reopen when repairs are complete. Representatives say they will notify members and the community when a reopening date is available.
Nevada could face a share of a nearly two-billion-dollar bond as it joins 11 other states fighting Paramount Skydance’s proposed 110-billion-dollar acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Paramount is asking a federal judge to require the states and the Writers Guild of America to post a one-point-88-billion-dollar bond, arguing the company faces significant financial losses while the merger is delayed.
The Justice Department is supporting the requirement, saying plaintiffs seeking to block the deal should post a bond to cover potential damages if an injunction is overturned.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joined the antitrust lawsuit, which argues the merger could reduce competition and consumer choices.
The judge is scheduled to consider Paramount’s bond request September 24th. The states have argued they should be required to post only a nominal bond.
That’s your morning news from White Pine County and the state of Nevada
