Elko County News

A report released Monday by the Nevada Supreme Court shows judges around the state are busier than ever, handling more than 400,000 new non-traffic cases in 2009 than the year before.

The following press release was sent out by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation: In October, Nevada's unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 13 percent, 0.3 of a percentage point below September's reading due to a decline in the state's labor force and some stabilization in the employment situation, said Bill ...

20, 1914 David R. Jones, the oldest pioneer in Nevada, died at his home in this Valley after an illness lasting several weeks.

Nevada city previews water-use regulations The Jackpot Advisory Board and Elko County Public Works Director Lynn Forsberg reviewed the Nevada city's proposed water-conservation plan at a meeting last week, and the board is expected to adopt water-use rules at its meeting in December.

Federal and state mining officials are investigating an accident at a northeast Nevada gold mine that left one man injured after he fell about 90 feet.

Nevada casinos saw winnings from gamblers decline in September for the 21st month in a row, another sign that the state's tourism-dependent economy continues to suffer in the recession, gambling regulators reported Tuesday.

When I began my new career at Channel 8, it only seemed natural to me that I should cover Rural Nevada.

ELKO, Nev. - A report by the Nevada Division of Minerals said 1,054 new abandoned mine hazards were discovered statewide in 2008, while 586 known hazards were secured.

However, the sheriff's office has decided not to investigate... THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE VICTIM OR HER WELL-BEING. NO HINT OF HER MATTERING AT ALL.

At his 15-acre turquoise mine in Battle Mountain, Nevada, jeweler Robert Grey Kaylor flips over jagged stones to check for the tiniest fleck of robin's egg blue, a teardrop in the arid desert terrain.

The U.S. Agriculture Department has announced more than $16 million in grants and loans for nine rural water projects, including one in northeast Nevada.

We drive or walk by them every day. The former school house that serves as an arts center, the unusual museum, the gingerbread mansion, the tiny railroad depot.

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.

I know this is Whitetail365, but I also know you guys appreciate a good mule deer story when you see one.

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

In the fall of 2008, visitors to the town of Almere, Netherlands, found a remarkable sight in a grassy lot in the town center - an exact replica of the Lincoln School archway found in the ghost town of Metropolis.

The Winecup-Gamble Ranch is about a million acres in size. Plans to use a million-acre ranch in northeastern Nevada once owned by the actor Jimmy Stewart as a wild horse sanctuary have been rejected by officials.

Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons and his wife met with lawyers and a judge for several hours Wednesday in private courtroom talks aimed at averting a divorce trial.

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.

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.