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06/28/11 With the annual Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest coming up at Coney Island, N.Y., I'm remembering back to when I gave competitive eating a go.
06/06/11 The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes announced their support for the proposed China Mountain Wind Project in the Twin Falls County, Idaho and Elko County, Nevada region. The project, being developed by China Mountain Wind, LLC, a subsidiary of RES America Developments Inc. and NV Energy, will bring renewable energy, new job creation and economic benefits to the area.
05/16/11 ELKO, NV. (KMVT-TV) The sheriffs office from Elko County issued a press release announcing they are halting the search for the Man missing near Mountain City, Nevada. In a press release issued at about 5pm Monday they said On May 16, 2011, Sheriff Jim Pitts announced the search for missing Canadian Albert Chretien would be halted after a week of intense searching of the remote rugged mountains ...
05/08/11 The Elko County Sheriff's Office is working with other area law enforcement agencies to find a Canadian man whose wife was found alive Friday.
03/23/11 In the cleanup phase of the Great Housing Bubble, the lucky ones are those profiting from recycling ...
02/11/11 Bishop Manogue's Tallia Jim didn't get special treatment growing up with three brothers on a ranch in Owyhee, on the border of Nevada and Idaho.
01/21/11 A larger crowd than expected attended a hoop house construction workshop presented by the Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute last Friday at the Yerington Paiute Tribe gymnasium.
01/21/11 By DON McDERMOTT The Southern Nevada Class A Regional Basketball tournament is less than a month away, but it is never too early to think about the postseason. Once league play begins, the manuevering for an advantageous seed starts, too. Especially in a year when the South gets two berths in the state tournament, to[...]
01/18/11 SPRING CREEK -From the outset of the 2011 Kiwanis Invitational, the Spring Creek and Lowry wrestling teams shot to the top of the team standings and stayed there.
01/17/11 SPRING CREEK - If Day 1 of the Kiwanis Invitational was any indication, the team championship may come down to a pair of northeastern Nevada schools.
11/05/10 It takes the right attitude to win a state championship -- the perfect combination of confidence, cockiness and self-awareness. Lowry's Jace Billingsley has amassed 2,498 yards from scrimmage this season, which accounts for 71 percent of the Buckaroos' offense. He will be leaned on heavily again.
10/22/10 Adella Harding/Elko Daily Free Press file The old mill tailings at the Rio Tinto Mine south of Mountain City looked like this in the summer of 1994, before reclamation work started on the site. The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection just released a plan for final remediation work.
10/16/10 ELKO - Elko County plans a public hearing Nov. 8 on the U.S. Forest Service's proposed Travel Management Plan, and the Forest Service says rangers will be there to answer questions.
10/04/10 Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. , a US-based exploration company focused on discovering and defining high grade, high quality precious and base metal resources is pleased to announce that the initial drilling program has begun on its 100 percent owned South Mountain Project located in Owyhee County, Idaho. ? The primary focus for this season's drilling is the gold anomaly in the Intrusive Breccia ...
09/17/10 Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. , a U.S.-based exploration company focused on discovering and defining high grade, high quality precious and base metal resources, today announced that it has received the first tranche of funds from its private placement. ? The Company sold 1,458,271 Units and received total proceeds of US$283,159 . ? ?
09/14/10 LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - 09/14/10) - Melrose Jewelers: Melrose Jewelers, USA's #1 Online Rolex Watch Retailer, today announced that it has become the #1 Online Rolex Retailer in Nevada including Las Vegas, Paradise, Reno, Henderson, Sunrise Manor, Spring Valley, North Las Vegas, Sparks, Carson City, Winchester, Pahrump and Sun Valley. Vanessa Puzio of Melrose Jewelers states, "We weren't ...
09/14/10 Melrose Jewelers, USA's #1 Online Rolex Retailer, Today Announced That It Has Become the # 1 Online Rolex Retailer in Nevada Including Las Vegas, Paradise, Reno, Henderson, Sunrise Manor, Spring Valley, North Las Vegas, Sparks, Carson City, Winchester, Pahrump and Sun Valley
08/20/10 Pick your poison. To the south, according to Shoshoni Indianlegend, dwelt a 30-foot-tall evil spirit who lurked in themountains, grabbed unsuspecting passersby, tossed them into abasket he carried on his back and snacked on them later. To thenorth, there was a rocky giant with sticky hands and a fondness forhuman flesh.
08/13/10 Not long after the sun rose over the Virginia Range on Thursday morning, high school football players around Washoe County hit the field for up-downs, wind sprints and the start of two-a-day practices.
08/03/10 ELKO - Fifty-four lawmakers are asking Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to suspend the Tuscarora wild horse roundup in northwestern Elko County and any planned roundups in the West.
08/02/10 The contractor for the Bureau of Land Management is denying they are intentionally keeping wild horse advocates from observing roundups. |