When the Duck Pond project was originally approved on March 9, 2022, your county commissioners were Richard Howe,Travis Godon, Shane Bybee, Ian Bullis, and Laurie Carson.  All but Ms Carson has disappeared, and she is serving an appointed position on the Hospital board.  All insisted on giving JCR Development more time to finish what to anyone with a brain was a bungled project.  Meanwhile, this current board continues to plead ignorance.  They believe for their now-$33,000 a year paycheck they only have to show up at meetings.  That’s not how this works.  That’s not how any of this works.  If you can’t do the job, if you can’t put in the time necessary to be educated before the meeting happens, you know what you have to do...resign.  Because the people backing you aren’t the ones looking like buffoons, and you do.

In the headlines:

• With the new year brings new laws
• Sheriff's Office blotter for Tuesday
• Strong November for Nevada Casinos
• One year old in Winnemucca recovering from fentanyl exposure
• Gas prices fall again

In the headlines:

• Another earthquake near Susanville, CA
• White Pine Sheriff's Office report for Monday
• Nevada Senate Republican Assistant Leader retires
• Nevadans most interested in learning Spanish
• Nevada sixth clearest state for January Night-sky viewing
• Bitcoin scams surging

In the headlines:

• Fatal Lincoln county accident day after Christmas
• PETA weighs in on Commissioners' tasteless jokes on Duck Pond
• Christmas Week Sheriff's Office Blotter
• Nevada Initional Unemployment claims up the week before Christmas
• Two weekend earthquakes in the Nevada/California border area
• Record demand for 988 Suicide/Crisis hotline

In the headlines:

• Bristlecone Tribune author reports PETA took interest in Commissioners remarks on Ducks in the Duck Pond
• Good turnout at annual Ministerial Association Christmas Dinner
• Federal, county office closed today
• Gas price bargain in Elko before Christmas
• New mining company has sights set on Tuscarora
• A look back at news stories in 2025
• Big winning ticket for Powerball sold in Arkansas

Are animal rights activists watching the Duck Pond project?  Doug Saunders writes in this week's edition of the Bristlecone Tribune that the insensitive comments made by County Commissioners Paula Carson and Hank Vogler regarding the handling of the ducks during the rebuilding of the botched project, including the possible harvesting of the ducks.  Those comments attracted the attention of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, who acknowledged the tasteless jokes made by the commissioners, and in a statement, the organization confirmed the attempt at humor and in a statement from Catie Cryar of Peta, “with a little ingenuity and kindness, a solution can always be found that shows compassion and respect for wildlife.”

One of the original reasons the project came about was massive water loss from the old pond.  The first attempt at repairing the project led to as much or more water loss from the pond.  The welfare of the ducks and the minimization of water loss will be the focus of the project.  We hope.

In the headlines:

• 3/4 of an inch of rain yesterday
• Community Christmas Dinner today
• White Pine County offices closed until Monday
• Elko gas station discounts fuel to $2 a gallon for six hours
• Democrat says she's making gains on Aaron Fors
• Powerball ticket for $1.817 Billion sold in Arkansas
• "Bethlehem Brawl" in Logandale goes viral

In the headlines:

• All Governmental offices closed today and tomorrow.
• Wind advisory until 7pm Christmas Day
• West Wendover gas prices still cheap
• Sheriff's Office blotter for Sunday and Monday
• 4.0 Quake north of Battle Mountain Tuesday night
• Out of state visitor with Measles passes through Harry Reid Airport
• UNR Extension offers a beginning Farmer and Rancher program
• $1.7 Billion up for grabs tonight in Powerball

In the headlines:

• A Windy and Wet Christmas Weekend ahead
• Be sure to have a Winter Travel Kit before you hit the road
• West Wendover prices over $2 but still cheapest in the state
• 100 Non-citizen Commercial truck drivers arrested last month in California
• Holiday dinners expensive, but Beef prices are over the roof
• No Powerball winner; $1.7 Billion for Wednesday's drawing

White Pine County Commissioners claim they've been kept in the dark.  But they know - and they were told.  Are they just in it for a paycheck?