11-6 News - Commission hires Interim IT Director

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The White Pine County Commission has appointed Michael Johnson as interim Information Technology Director, approving a temporary annual salary of 110-thousand dollars.
Commissioners also approved a severance agreement for former IT Director Jasen Hutchins, who was dismissed from the position at last week's meeting.
The agreement provides Hutchins with eight weeks of severance pay and two months of COBRA health insurance coverage.
The severance package passed on a four-to-one vote, with Commissioner Hank Vogler opposed.  KELY has provided a podcast of the meeting.  Just search KELY 1230 98.5 on all podcast platforms. 
Read the severance package below






Nevada gas prices are continuing to ease, but prices in Ely remain considerably lower than the statewide average.
AAA Nevada reports the average price of regular gas has dropped another seven cents over the past week, to five dollars and 18 cents a gallon. Prices are averaging five-26 in Las Vegas and five-27 in Reno.
Here in Ely, KELY's Friday morning price check found regular gas ranging from three-99 at Golden Gate to four-26 at The Silver Sage. Diesel prices ranged from six-39 to six-67 a gallon.
AAA says falling crude oil prices are helping bring gasoline prices down, although the national average remains more than a dollar higher than it was a year ago.





The White Pine Bobcats look to bounce back tonight when they host Lake Mead Christian Academy in a win-or-go-home State 2A quarterfinal contest at six o'clock in Bobcat Stadium.
The Bobcats are coming off a 32-to-nothing shutout loss to Lincoln County, while Lake Mead enters riding a three-game winning streak after blanking Needles 51-to-nothing.
Lake Mead averages nearly 27 points per game and features quarterback Colten Downing, who threw four touchdown passes last week, along with receiver Wyatt Vaden, who had 99 yards and two scores.
White Pine will have its hands full against an Eagles team coming off two consecutive shutout performances.  The winner heads to the Semifinals next Saturday. 



The Vegas Golden Knights picked up their second straight victory Thursday night, edging the Detroit Red Wings 2-to-1 on the road.
Trevor Connelly scored the game-winner with just a minute and 42 seconds remaining, breaking a 1-all tie.
Braeden Bowman scored Vegas' other goal, tying the game early in the third period, while Carter Hart turned aside 25 shots.
The win improves the Golden Knights to 11-5-and-2 as they continue a four-game road trip.
Vegas is back in action Sunday at Buffalo.  Puck drop just after 12:30, pregame at 11:30 here on KELY.





Outgoing Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei says Teresa Benitez-Thompson's historic victory in Congressional District Two shows voters want representatives with a genuine connection to their communities.
Amodei said Republican David Flippo failed to establish that connection and offered voters an unclear message.
Amodei, who is retiring after 15 years in Congress, says he hopes to finish work on a Nevada public lands bill before leaving office. He says he has no immediate political plans and is looking forward to spending more time at home.


That's your morning news from White Pine County and the state of Nevada



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