Elko News

MARK WAITE / PVT John Rice, Great Basin College director of institutional advancement, talks to the Great Basin College Pahrump campus advisory board in Pahrump last week.

Sharkey's Casino manager Ron Terrell in front of the Rib Room's new bulletin board on Friday.

Steve Loye asks for justification of study-abroad opportunities provided to Nevada students by UNR and UNLV [Letters, June 16], implying that these overseas programs should be cut until sales tax revenues improve.

He never thought of himself as a poet until someone recited his own words back to him.

This July we are driving from Carson City to, perhaps, Twin Falls in a day, taking Hwys 80 and 93.

Max Filippini, Battle Mountain: He is up in the saddle bronc during tonight's seventh performance.

Published Tue, Jun 23, 2009 Updated 26 minutes ago See one of the bankruptcy filings Sun coverage Headlines from the Vegas gaming industry Several Northern Nevada casino companies controlled by businessman Harold Holder Sr.

Troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol said today they are continuing to investigate a single vehicle rollover accident on Saturday on Interstate 80 east of Lovelock that seriously injured an Elko woman.

In her day job, Kimberli Quinn deals with the multimillion-dollar budget of the University of Nevada School of Medicine.

If you whiz across Nevada on Interstate 80, you could go away with an inaccurate impression.

Nevada counties received more than $23 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes payments with Lyon County receiving $2,023,135 in its bank account.

ELKO, Nev., Nev. a ' Police in Elko say a motorist was stabbed after he stopped to help a man kneeling by his dog lying in the road.

A fact sheet from the Nevada Division of Minerals says Nevada gold mines produced fewer ounces of gold in 2008, 5.7 million ounces compared with 6 million ounces in 2007.

Outgoing Councilman John Tewell thanked Mayor Ken Tedford Jr. for the time they served together at the city.

Mayor Bob Cashell and other Reno officials are drawing a line in the sand, demanding labor concessions from employees by June 24 as the only way to avoid layoffs.

Gasoline prices are heating up just in time for the summer travel season. Tuesday's AAA Nevada monthly price survey shows an average in Reno of $2.64 for a gallon of unleaded regular gas, a 44-cent spike from the auto club's May results.

Newmont Mining Corp. says a veteran employee was killed in an accident at a northern Nevada gold mine.

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Gracie Johnson, 4, of Nyssa, Ore., tried on a pioneer dress and sun bonnet in the style of the 1840s and gave her opinion of the fashions of the California Trail.

Mon, Jun 1, 2009 CARSON CITY a ' The Legislature has overridden Gov. Jim Gibbonsa TM veto of a bill to license and charge a fee to the owners of some 200,000 to 425,000 off-road vehicles in Nevada.