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LV council backs tax
boost for water line
The Las Vegas City Council has approved a resolution in favor of raising taxes to pay for a more secure water supply.
The resolution, approved unanimously on Monday, puts the council on record in support of a quarter-cent sales tax increase to help pay for a second pipeline from Lake Mead to the Las Vegas Valley. The project is expected to cost about $1.8 billion.
An identical resolution has already been approved by the Clark County Commission.
Police identify man
who killed girlfriend
A man who shot his estranged girlfriend in the head Saturday evening in eastern Las Vegas and then turned the gun on himself has been identified as Bartley Braham.
Braham, 43, of Elko shot and killed Valerie Baker, 44, of Las Vegas before killing himself, Las Vegas police said.
Police found the pair dead from gunshot wounds to the head inside the woman's 231 N. 17th St. home near Bonanza Road.
Neighbors told police that shortly before 6 p.m. they heard loud arguing and screaming inside the residence.
The woman left the home at some point to get help from a neighbor. When she re-entered the residence with the neighbor trailing behind her, gunshots were heard, police said.
Neighbors told police the two had been dating for an extended period of time. Police believe the relationship began to sour just days before the shooting.
Slaying blamed
on love triangle
ELKO -- An Elko man is dead and another faces open murder charges following a fight at a Spring Creek home that may have involved a love triangle, sheriff's investigators said.
Undersheriff Clair Morris said Robert Wade Morse, 45, went to the home of Gordon Andrew Lymbery, 47, late Saturday or early Sunday to see his estranged wife. The two men started fighting and Lymbery died.
No weapons or alcohol were involved. The undersheriff said the victim showed no obvious signs of trauma and an autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death.
Morse suffered a broken ankle in the ordeal.
Fernley company
to build town hall
EUREKA -- The Eureka County Commission has awarded a $772,232 contract to Ferrel Construction Co. of Fernley to build a new Crescent Valley town hall.
Ferrel was second lowest of five companies that submitted bids.
President Chester O. Ferrel said his company received preference because the low bidder, Christensen and Griffith of Elko, didn't provide evidence it paid Nevada sales tax on materials the last five years.
Crescent Valley town business currently is conducted in a triple-wide trailer. The new 4,800-square-foot building will allow for a larger library room, a room dedicated to the historical society, a board meeting room and administrative office.
Smog tests proposed
for boats at Tahoe
Smog tests could be required for boats on Lake Tahoe under a measure to be considered by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
The proposal would require all boats to be inspected to ensure they are tuned for high altitudes.
Boaters from outside the area would buy a day-use tag. Although their vessels would not necessarily be properly tuned, money collected from the tag fees would be used for other water and air quality programs.
The agency is scheduled to consider the matter when it meets Wednesday.
The move follows last month's decision to phase out two-stroke engines from the lake by the summer of 1999. That action could affect popular personal watercraft as well as small outboard boats.
Construction crews
unearth old coffins
WINNEMUCCA -- Construction crews have unearthed coffins and the remains of two women who probably were buried as long as a century ago, police said.
Workers from Hickey Construction were leveling some earth near the old reservoir dam east of Highland Drive when they spotted some bones protruding from the dirt, The Humboldt Sum reported.
Further excavation revealed coffins, additional bones, clothing, buttons, buckles and shoes. The remains are those of two women and tentatively are dated back to at least the turn of the century, said police Lt. Bob Davidson.
The bones and artifacts were taken by the Nevada Division of Investigation for archaeological evaluation. Winnemucca-area historians also were consulted.
Davidson commended the construction company and the earth workers for quickly reporting the discovery and for their cooperation with law enforcement officers and experts who descended on the site to study the remains,
"These are members of somebody's family and are somebody's children. We want to treat them with the utmost respect," he said.
While it is not all that uncommon for new construction to uncover human or animal remains, Ashley Hickey said it was the first experience Hickey Construction has had with such a find.
She said the discovery briefly halted work on the expansion of Jacobsen Estates, but the delay was not expected to slow work on the development. The remains came to light during the land contouring process that precedes road construction for the new phase.
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