Today, Ely has nearly 4,000 citizens living there. As we drove north along Highway 93 toward Ely, Laureen and I were amazed at how green the mountains were. “I love greenery,” I stated.

No prison staff were injured in the incident. In this July 11, 2018, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to Ely State Prison, the location of Nevada's execution chamber near Ely, Nev.

Crime AG concludes charges in gang-related Nevada prison brawl that left 3 inmates dead Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford says final arrest related to murders at Ely State Prison was made on March 5 ...

Channel 13's Geneva Zoltek traveled upstate to learn more about one of the places taking economic advantage of their dark skies and how a new program in Nevada is working to keep them that way.

In this July 11, 2018, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to Ely State Prison, the location of Nevada's execution chamber near Ely, Nev. Two years after banning a practice known as prison ...

Channel 13's Geneva Zoltek traveled upstate to learn more about one of the places taking economic advantage of their dark skies and how a new program in Nevada is working to keep them that way.

A sign marks the entrance to Ely State Prison near Ely, Nev., July 11, 2018. John Locher / AP Ely State Prison is the only maximum-security prison in Nevada.

Three inmates have died, and nine others have been injured after a gang-related brawl erupted inside Nevada’s only maximum-security prison, reports say. The incident happened at Ely State Prison ...

Channel 13's Geneva Zoltek traveled upstate to learn more about one of the places taking economic advantage of their dark skies and how a new program in Nevada is working to keep them that way.

Explore Ely’s rail history, Ward Mountain trails, and ranch-to-table beef at Perigo Ranch. Join Outdoor Nevada host Connor Fields as he explores Ely, Nevada, from the East Ely Railroad Museum to ...

The town of Ely, located near the state’s eastern border, is a crossroad for anyone traveling west to Northern California, east to Utah and Colorado, or south to Las Vegas.