Lydia Snow

1 week ago | elkodaily.com | Lydia Snow

ELKO — NV Energy said Friday morning power would be cut to about 1,300 customers to prevent the chance of sparking a wildland fire. "We are moving forward," NV Energy spokesperson Katie Jo Collier said of plans to "de-energize" the eastern portion of Elko County's service area the company highlighted as high risk. "Full-steam de-energizing at 12 noon."The decision was promoted by high winds, rising temperatures and low humidity.

1 week ago | elkodaily.com | Lydia Snow

The Senate’s budget reconciliation bill includes a measure which would call for the sale of 2 million to 3 million acres of Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service land. The provision to sell public lands was added to the Senate's version of the bill by Utah Republican Mike Lee, who is chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. His proposal marks thousands of acres of land in western states managed by the two federal agencies as eligible to be sold.

1 week ago | elkodaily.com | Lydia Snow

ELKO — NV Energy has issued a Public Safety Outage Management watch from approximately noon to 8 p.m. on Friday to safeguard against fire danger. The utility said high winds could threaten power lines, which, in turn, could ignite fires. “A PSOM WATCH means a de-energization is possible to prevent the possibility of sparking a wildfire,” NV Energy said in a statement.

1 week ago | elkodaily.com | Lydia Snow

WINNEMUCCA — One fire burning near Winnemucca has been extinguished and another, larger wildfire was 80% contained Wednesday morning, the federal Bureau of Land Management said. The Winnemucca Mountain Fire, a mile northwest of Winnemucca, remained just over 2,300 acres, according to a statement from Heather O’Hanlon, a spokesperson for the BLM, who noted the fire's behavior was "minimal.""Fire crews have stopped the advancing fire," she wrote.

1 week ago | elkodaily.com | Lydia Snow

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