As has been reported so heavily on social media the past week or so and featured on national TV news, more than a million people have signed up to gather […]
50th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing this Week
Do you recall where you were when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong took that historic step? Maybe you do, or then again, maybe you weren’t even […]
History: Baseball in Eureka
1900 – 1910 was a bully time in American sport, as President Theodore Roosevelt might have phrased it. Boxing fans turned out by the thousands for open air boxing matches. […]
Fourth of July in Eureka, 1877
The mining town of Eureka has had six newspapers during its illustrious and colorful life, including the present Eureka Sentinel. All of them, excepting the Sentinel, were only in the […]
Travelers making use of free campsites at Pahranagat Lake
He sat in a folding camp chair by the picnic table at one of the campsites at Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge and tossed the ball his dog wanted to play […]
75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France this week
Two anniversaries of immense significance were held this week. Both have had long-lasting and worldwide implications. The most notable was the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France, June […]
Vandal girls win first state track title
The Eureka girls won their first 1A girls state track and field championship May 18 at Desert Oasis High School in Las Vegas. The Lady Vandals earned 117 points by […]
Mountain biking continues to gain traction in nearby Lincoln County
Mountain biking is becoming quite the individual or family recreational sport in Lincoln County. That is due primarily to the new trails that have been and are still being constructed. […]
Eureka girls capture team title at regional meet
At the 1A North Regional track and field meet at Churchill High School in Fallon, the Eureka girls team won the overall title with a total of 156.5 points. Wells […]
Vandals sharp in regional tuneup
Using it as a tune-up for the 3A, 2A, 1A Northern Regional track meet, the Eureka Vandals participated in the Lowry Invitational in Winnemucca May 4. The boys earned 21½ […]




