Elko and Carlin judges run unopposed; other incumbent seats challenged
ELKO — Judicial filings closed on Friday with an incumbent and newcomer on their way to six-year terms as Elko and Carlin justices of the peace.
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ELKO — Judicial filings closed on Friday with an incumbent and newcomer on their way to six-year terms as Elko and Carlin justices of the peace.
Commissioners asked Caleb McAdoo, deputy director of operations for NDOW, to come back with more details on why the agency needs 120 acre-feet, which amounts to about 39,102,172 gallons.
Elko County Planning Commissioner Mark Wetmore said in the letter to commissioners: “Spending taxpayer money to fix something that isn’t broke doesn’t make much sense to me.”
Many events and decisions made in 2023 will spill over into the new year. Several commissioners, and others, are up for election in 2024.
In the 19th century, the federal government, looking to boost railway construction across the relatively undeveloped West, offered railroad companies an incentive: Expand the rail lines and receive alternating sections