In today's Headlines:
The Duck Pond project may finally get fixed. The White Pine County Commission will consider approving a contract to Reck Brothers in the redesign of the Duck Pond project. A full review of the project may take place in December.
The original project was bid by a different local contracting company that has since gone out of business.
The White Pine County Commission will also be hearing presentations from three agencies on property and liability insurance under the state Public Insurance Pool at their Wednesday meeting. The county will also try to figure out a new Water Use Agreement with the city of Ely for the Golf Course since the existing agreement expired on October 31st. The County has been trying to figure out how to use existing resources rather than relying on treated City Water for the golf course for more than a year.
The County will hear from Roads Superintendent Martin Troutt who is seeking approval to award a bid to buy a rock crusher approved in the 2026 transit budget for $455,000, rather than leasing crushers as they have in the past. According to Troutt, the county has spent over $300,000 on leased crushers over the past three years.
The Commission is set to select a realtor to market the property at 27 Connors Court and to consider evaluating the feasibility of the county taking over landfill billing from the City of Ely utility bills to an assessment on property tax bills.
The Ely City Council will have the land swap with the County Commission on their agenda for Thursday’s meeting. The city will also consider evaluating the feasibility of the county taking over landfill billing from the City of Ely utility bills to an assessment on property tax bills.
The city will also consider accepting the resignation of Don Hendrickson as city building official and hiring Chris Flannery to replace Hendrickson. Flannery held a similar position with White Pine County before relocating to Las Vegas to open a home inspection business. The City Council will meet Thursday at 5pm in the Volunteer Fire Hall.
The White Pine County Sheriff’s office and other responders held a mock training exercise on Sunday. Rumours that the exercise was reality spread rapidly as the only notice of the event was a Facebook post. Our phones here at KELY blew up with people wanting to know what was going on. When asked about the failure to notify people apart from the Facebook post to alert people, Sheriff Scott Henroid had a two word reply to our email. Oops. Sorry.
The Ladycats Volleyball team fought hard at the 2A State Tournament Friday, sending 2A North top seed North Tahoe home in five sets. Unfortunately, the rematch with 2A Southern champs GV Christian ended the same as the Southern Championship game with a 3 set win for Guardians to take the 2A Titles. Your Ladycats however, take second in the State 2A Tournament. A strong finish to a tough season.
Nevada Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto voted Sunday to support a deal ending the 40-day federal government shutdown.
The Senate approved the measure 60 to 40, advancing a House-passed resolution that would reopen the government and fund key departments through next September.
Both Democrats said the shutdown hurt working families and federal employees. Rosen said she backed the deal after securing a commitment for a vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits and full funding for SNAP benefits.
Cortez Masto said reopening the government allows Congress to move forward on a full bipartisan budget and restore cuts made by the Trump administration. The measure now heads to the House and then to President Trump for final approval.