Once there was a mining town by the name of Cortez, very near the border between Eureka and Lander county. Historians say its long history began in 1862, while the […]
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Local Man Earns Conservation Award
Chad Bliss, long time resident of Eureka County, was awarded the Wayne E. Kirch Conservation Award at the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners meeting on Saturday, August 12. The award […]
Vandals Open Season Tonight at Smith Valley
Time to get after it. The season opens for Eureka County High football team tonight. The team is on the road to Smith Valley for a non-league game with the […]
The Remarkable Story of Charlie Parkhurst
During the early days of the Comstock Lode, before the railroads were built, the preferred method of transportation for passengers and small freight was by stagecoach. These sturdy coaches, drawn […]
Eureka Girls Begin Play Next Weekend
Volleyball has not gone well for Eureka over the past 10 years, so there is always hope for better things ahead. The best year was 2011 when the girls finished […]
Vandals Looking for Big Things this Season
Fourteen players were on the Eureka Vandals football team last season, and they have 14 again this year, at least at the time of this writing, and looking to do […]
Here Comes the Eclipse
The countdown to the 2017 total eclipse of the sun is now just days away. Nevada is in a location that will support a good partial-eclipse view. However, places from […]
Nevada’s Fort Churchill Remains a Sight to See
Just one year after silver was discovered in the Comstock Lode, a band of Paiute and Bannock Indians attacked several white settlers at Williams Station about 30 miles east of […]
Wild Horses Adoption Event Coming to White Pine County Fair
The White Pine County Fair is bringing something new to this year’s event. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Nevada Department of Corrections, Silver State Industries on Saturday, Aug.19, […]
Eureka Lions Club Honored
The Eureka Lions Club is the only service organization in the small rural town of Eureka. The club has participated in the state’s Adopt-A-Highway Program since August of 2002 and […]





