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In the headlines: A local business is suing its founder alleging fraud, misconduct and embezzlement of nearly $2 million dollars in company funds. Could Sunday be the last time that Nevada "Springs Forward"? Two SNPLA projects may get back on track ALL Joann's Fabrics stores to close.

A number of you became enraged by my comments on President Trump and Elon Musk and DOGE.  The fact of the matter is that many of his efforts, while technically correct, may fall afoul of the Constitution and will result in the Swamp seeking yet more impeachment charges against President Trump.  Back in 1982 President Reagan founded the Grace Commission which sought to do much of the same cutting o...

Amodei reintroduces PROTECT act for Veterans at Test Site Recriminalizing Wrong Way Driving Caged Eggs on the way back to stores...for a while...

While I agree with much of what President Trump and Elon Musk are doing with DOGE and ferreting out Government Waste and Abuse, I honestly believe that the President, in doing so, may be playing right into the Swamp’s hands.  Make no mistake, the President is right, and there is massive waste and fraud in government expenditures, particularly in Medicare and Social Security, where payments are bei...

Free Speech isn’t free.  A Free Press isn’t free.  When you report the news, you have to report all the news.  So when your station reports on, say, an embezzlement at a local bank, that bank will get offended and not want to advertise with you.  When you report on allegations of misconduct at a pseudo-governmental non-profit, people who like that non-profit won’t advertise.  We’re a news agency....

Thursday, February 13, is World Radio Day. Long before there was a Facebook, Twitter, or even a MySpace or America Online, Radio was the ORIGINAL Social Media, with requests and dedications to our friends and family.  And the latest News and Weather around the clock with Bulletins at Once.  Our World Radio Day was made the happier with the announcement that Congressman Mark Amodei has signed on to...

President Trump’s efforts to save money by ending the production of pennies is just a small part of what we need to do to save money with money.  Dollar bills cost about 8 cents to produce and only last around six years.  But dollar coins cost about 15 cent s to produce and last more than 30 years !  Sources say that could save our government $184 million a year, or over 5 billion dollars over a 3...

The furor over USAID and their woke policies is just a fraction of the reason the agency should be defunded.  Over 30 years ago, in 1992, the late Chuck Harder talked about how USAID was funding Textile Industry startups in Latin America - Nicaragua and El Salvador.  In the process, industries moved to those third world countries and put American Textile industries out of business so YOU could hav...

While I am not totally on board with the President’s remarks Thursday regarding the tragic air crash near Reagan National Airport in Washington DC, I thoroughly agree with the sentiments.  The best and the brightest should be employed in ALL positions, not just our Air Traffic Control system and our military.  To insist on Diversity Equity or Inclusion candidates over the best and the brightest is...

It’s not just poor illegal immigrants that are trying to game the system on Birthright Citizenship.  You might remember back in 2019 we reported on the story of two Southern Californians running a company called You Win USA and USA Happy Baby.  They helped several hundred birth tourists between 2012 and 2015 and charged as the tourists much as $40,000 for services including apartment rentals durin...

People don’t get why we kvetch so much about TikTok.  Every social media app spies on you.  Facebook, X, Reddit, they all do.  But here’s the problem.  The others are not controlled by a government full of hackers ready to try to exploit every bit of data your phone contains.  While China says they oppose hacking attacks, their hackers have recently attacked the US Treasury, AT&T and Verizon S...

It is with a sense of pride to announce to our listeners that KELY will be broadcasting the inauguration of our 47th president on Monday with coverage to begin during Your Morning.  Our broadcast and the coverage would not be possible without our affiliation with CBS News Radio.  The extensive coverage that our association with a news organization that has correspondents around the world makes cov...

This Saturday will be the annual Lincoln Day Breakfast at the Bristlecone Convention Center.  In addition to a number of local Republicans, many state members of the state party and elected representatives will be on hand.  This is a rare opportunity for you, the voter, to engage with your elected representatives and let them know about your concerns, your wishes, and your desires.  Make no mistak...

In watching the White Pine County Commission meeting of January 8th it was very obvious which commissioners had done their preparation for the meeting and who hadn’t.  To those Commissioners who came ready to participate, congratulations and thank you.  To those who don’t understand that without a City Manager how much more work is going to be needed by them to prepare and participate in these mee...

It’s a busy week for local Government.  The County Commission has opted not to continue having a county manager, and new members rejected two members for appointed boards, one for legal concerns, and one over personal conflicts.  Make no mistake, the county commission will erupt in fireworks sooner than later.  And when they discover how much work they’ll have to pick up now that there’s not a Cou...

The first meeting of the new White Pine county commission comes up on Monday, and it will be interesting to see what happens.  While Monday’s meeting is mostly ceremonial and housekeeping, it will set the tone for the new year.  With a mostly new commission, it will be interesting to see how much gets accomplished and how much DIRT a certain Commissioner Dirt is able to throw around.  Let’s see if...

More proof that we need more people in the trades.  The White Pine Television District let us know at the Christmas Dinner that their microwave relay bringing in the Salt Lake TV stations has failed and has to be shipped back to the factory on the east coast.  All the TV district technicians are well over retirement age with no one locally or even regionally that can work on those components under...

A profound THANK YOU to our great engineer Joe Sands who rearranged his schedule to drive up to Ely, then drove back to Vegas and back to get a power supply to get us back on the air!  While having lunch at the best burger place in Ely, he affirmed what I said in a recent Facebook commentary.  Every day, the lack of people wanting to get into trades is shocking.  Finding good plumbers, mechanics,...

At a recent Ely City Council meeting a former councilman came out in favor of the boondoggle known as the White Pine Pumped Storage project.  The former councilman claimed that it would bring twelve million dollars annually to the tax base.  Has the former councilman forgotten the Spring Valley Wind Farm which made similar promises, then got tax abatements that essentially nullified all those prom...

The future of the Republican party is in the Trump MAGA base. Having seen how popular the platform was from the inside, I can tell you that the majority of Americans are of the mold of Ross Perot’s old Reform Party, Fiscal Conservatives and Social libertarians - that is, let people live their own lives. As the producer of (Perot's) Vice Presidential Candidate Pat Choate's talk show, I saw from the...

We talk about the pride of voting.  The pride of being part of the process.  But there is a disengagement in the number of responsible people willing to get involved in local government.  Of people not tied to the local political machines and well connected churches to get involved in politics.  There was only one contested race on the Ely City council, and no contested races for School board or H...

Thank you for turning out to vote.  85.32% of white pine county registered voters -over 4200 citizens -turned out to vote in this election cycle.  And with your help, Question 3 Ranked ChoiceVoting went down to defeat despite $19 million dollars of out of state money supporting it, and Question 7, Voter ID, passed.  It will be on the ballot again before it goes to the constitution.  Your vote is y...

Numbers from the Secretary of State’s office show that Nevada Voters are motivated to make sure their vote is counted in this Presidential Election year.  Early Voting ends Friday at 6pm.  Get out and vote now.  Your vote matters more than ever.  And if Question 3 passes, it will lead to a more confusing and difficult election season in 2026.  Vote NO on Question 3, Get out and vote today, and hea...