Elko News

Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons says he has appointed the manager of a job placement and training firm to the state's economic development commission.

Daisy Pete Smith, 76 years old, passed away in Reno, Nev. on Oct. 29, 2009 after a long illness.

Joseph Dejesus, 36, and Melonie Dawn Edgmond, 39, both of Elko, Nev. Kenneth Lee Codman, 37, and Maria Vicotria Buendia, 35, both of Sparks.

FERNLEY--Upon ratification of Bill #138, the City of Fernley is anticipating to net $150,000 to $200,000 in revenue from a proposed room tax.

The Lyon County School District has approved a memorandum of understanding with Great Basin College Technical Prep Department to provide dual credit for several agriculture-related career and technical education courses.

Former Elko High School and Boise State star football player Tim Gilligan was sentenced to one to three years in prison for having sexual contact with a female inmate while he was a correctional officer at an Idaho prison, the Idaho Statesman is reporting.

Harry Reid has made a political career out of playing the earthquake card over and over again in his non-stop efforts to kill the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project and every high-paying, tax-generating job that comes with it.

NV Energy will shut down its customer service office in Carson City on Friday. But Customer Service Executive Bruce Bullock said the utility offers several other options, including paying on the company Web site.

Authorities in Elko County are considering filing criminal charges against the father of a 5-month-old baby who apparently suffocated after being left alone in a car.

ELKO, Nev. - Conservationists and tribal leaders in Nevada are part of a coalition that has filed a lawsuit challenging two U.S. mining regulations they say provide illegal subsidies to the mining industry and result in serious damage to the environment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is revising a proposal for an expansion of an outreach clinic in Elko.

Here is the clue for Monday, Oct. 19: We'll try to make this easy We hope it's not complex Find where Vegas, Elko, Carson And Reno intersect ------------ Beginning Monday, Oct.

Jim and Kim Watson drove their homebuilt '34 Ford 3-window coupe out from Elko, Nevada.

Jeff Dean, a technician with the Desert Research Institute's cloud-seeding program, installs a remote-controlled snow generator in northeastern Nevada last year.

Officials at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho say Nevadans have nothing to fear about a plan to expand the base's airspace deeper into their state.

ELKO, Nev. - A task force is looking at how to blend the Nevada National Guard and the University of Nevada, Reno Fire Science Academy located in Carlin.

Elko County school trustees are getting a pitch from a California company that says it can help the district save $5.8 million in energy costs over the next decade.

Cowboy Poetry and Music 22nd Annual Rhymers Rodeer at the Carson Valley Inn Minden, Nev.

ELKO -- Elko County commissioners have reaffirmed their opposition to a proposed wild horse refuge at the Winecup-Gamble Ranch north of Wells.

Great Basin College will again offer driver's education to high school and adult students in Elko, Eureka, Lander, Humboldt, Nye and White Pine counties.