Golconda News

To most travelers on Interstate 80, Golconda is just a name on a sign you pass on the way from Winnemucca to Elko.

Older folks sometimes do foolish things similar to what they might have done when they were teenagers.

Three of the 51 mine fatalities in the United States in 2008 occurred in Nevada.

For many years in Nevada growth equaled progress. The big mining booms around Nevada brought thousands of people to live in the most desolate places in the world in search of wealth.

Chain requirements for major roads in the Sierra and Northern Nevada: Interstate 80: Chains or snow tires from the junction of U.S. 95 and Lovelock, from the Golconda exit to Carlin.

Chain requirements for many Sierra and Northern Nevada roads: Interstate 80: Chains required from the Drum exit on the west side of the Sierra to Mogul, from the Mustang exit to the Tracy-Clark exit, from the ...