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Lake Valley.

Photo by Dave Maxwell
Carl's Jr. truck loaded with french fries that overturned north of Hiko.

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Doug Carriger talking about Tuffy Ranch Properties Annexation into the City of Caliente.

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Team WOW of Alamo.

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Team Phat Pigs of Caliente.

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State Legislative Committee on Public Lands meting in Caliente, March 7, 2008.

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Driver was uninjured when truck wrecked near U.S. 93Hwy. 375 junction.

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Bredero-Shaw Representative Mark Soloninka talking to Caliente City Council.

Latest News
March 27, 2008
Lake Valley Water - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Reno businessman, Harvey Whittemore’s Tuffy Ranch Properties has applied to transfer approximately 11,000 to 12,000 acre feet of water from Lake Valley, an area north of Pioche ... read more...

Alamo Woman Dies In Traffic Accident
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
A single car rollover March 22 on U.S. Highway 93, about 18 miles north of the 1-15 interchange, took the life of 69-year old Marlene Dillingham ... read more...

US Forest Service to Hunt Down Wild Cows
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Commissioner Wade Poulsen believes it is the intention of the U.S. Forest Service to hire outside contractors to come into the areas of Cherry Creek... read more...

Back-To-Back Crashes
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Hiko’s notorious so-called “Whipple curve” was the scene of back-to-back truck and trailer accidents on March 20 and 21. Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Sgt. Rob Oakden stated there were no reported... read more...

Alamo to Hold Half-Marathon
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
The Town of Alamo is holding a half-marathon on Saturday, April 19 starting at 8:00 a.m. Two other races will be held at the same time... read more...

UFO Conference Planned for Alamo
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Since 2001, an annual UFO conference has been held in the small community of Rachel. This year the conference wants to shift to Alamo. Jan Sproul... read more...

Urban Close Air Support Training
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
In September 2007, the U.S. Air Force from Nellis Air Base shot up Caliente and nobody even knew about it. However, that’s not entirely accurate... read more...

Use Your Alamo Clinic
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
More work is yet to be done to fully complete the Alamo Clinic Building. Lincoln County Hospital District Administrator Jason Bleak, speaking at... read more...

March 20, 2008
Tuffy Ranch Properties Seeking Annexation by City of Caliente
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Tuffy Ranch Properties LLC, owners of property north of Caliente along U.S. Highway 93, have asked to be annexed by the City of Caliente. A petition has been submitted ... read more...

County Request Approved for CDBG Grant
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
A request by Lincoln County for $190,000 to have engineering work completed at the Alamo Industrial Park was approved during a recent meeting of the Community Development Block ... read more...

Public Lands Committee Told DOE Rail Corridor Study Inadequate
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Some 30 grazing allotments in Lincoln County and 12 in Nye and Esmeralda Counties will be affected by the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed nuclear... read more...

Alamo Renames Several Streets
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
All of the numbered streets within the town limits of Alamo were given new names at the March 12 regular meeting of the Alamo Town Board... read more...

Lincoln County Loses Over 1,000 Pounds
By Barbara Bailey
WOW! Phat Pigs! What visions those words conjure up. These are the winners of the Lincoln County Biggest Loser Contest sponsored by Lincoln Physical Therapy. A total of 1,012.25 pounds were lost... read more...

County to Inventory Existing Drainage Structures
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
County Engineer Chuck Brechler told members of the Lincoln County Flood Control District there is a need to inventory drainage structures that exist ... read more...

Nevada Leaders Press for Federal Action Over Hepatitis Scare
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
The unfolding Nevada hepatitis crisis prompted calls March 12 by Nevada’s political leaders for a federal response. ... read more...

Request for NRC Webcasting of Yucca Mountain Licensing Proceedings
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
County Commissioners unanimously approved a motion to join with Eureka and Clark Counties in urging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to provide . ... read more...


March 13, 2008
State Legislative Committee Visits Caliente
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
State Senator Dean Rhoads (R-Tuscarora), Chairman of the Legislative Committee on Public Lands, presided at the March 7 committee meeting... read more...

Nevada Groundwater Projects Outlined
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Penny Woods, Project Manager for the Nevada Groundwater Projects of the Bureau of Land Management, spoke at the Legislative Committee ... read more...

Potato Truck Overturns
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
A Canadian tractor-trailer rig, hauling potatoes to Mexico, tipped over on March 6, at the 45-MPH curve on U.S. 93 about one mile east of the Highway 375... read more...

Pioche Park Engineers to ReviewLC Fair and Rodeo Grounds in Panaca
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Lumos and Associates Engineering of Reno, selected last December to be the engineers for the Pioche Town Park, has been recommended as the firm to carry... read more...

DOE Caliente Rail Location Disputed
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
At the March 3 Commission Meeting Jan Cole, owner of the Hot Springs Motel and Spa in Caliente, said she was very upset with the Board of County Commissioners... read more...

Bredero-Shaw Asks for Extension By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Caliente City Council tabled a motion to issue a one-year extension to Bredero-Shaw Corporation (the world leader in pipe coating solutions) for first right-of-refusal... read more...

JCCIAC Meeting About DOE License Application
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Candace Trummell of Robison-Seidler, and Dr. Mike Baughman, of Intertech Services, both spoke before the members of the Joint City/County Impact... read more...


March 6, 2008
Man Dies in Trailer Fire
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
A camp trailer fire of unknown origin in the early morning hours of February 24 took the life of a 22-year-old man at the Western Elite Recycling ... read more...

Bills from Vidler Water Concern Lincoln County Water District
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Getting a better handle on water exploration in Tule and Kane Springs valleys was discussed at the February 26 regular meeting of the Lincoln County ... read more...

Intervening in the DOE License Application
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
In late June or July, the Department of Energy (DOE) expects to submit its application for construction of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear ... read more...

County Addressing Plan Update
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
County Planning Director Clint Wertz reported March 3 to the County Commissioner that assigning new addresses to all the necessary buildings... read more...

Owens Valley and Lincoln County
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
The proposed water pipeline project of the Southern Nevada Water Authority from wells in Cave, Dry Lake, and Delamar Valleys... read more...

Papa Joe's Pizza
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
Joe and Kim Boteilho are the owner/operators of the Papa Joe’s Pizza Parlor in Pioche which opened ... read more...

Pioche, Panaca and the Lincoln County Water District
By Dave Maxwell, Staff Writer
The towns of Panaca and Pioche feel there is no need having the Lincoln County Water District (LCWD) as their water provider for some... read more...