The Battle Mountain District, Mount Lewis Field Office plans to conduct prescribed burning activities in the Seven Mile Hazardous Fuels Project, located about 40 miles southwest of Eureka during the […]
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Heller, Reid on opposite sides of rule change
Nevada Senators Harry Reid and Dean Heller were on opposite sides of the “nuclear option,” which the U.S. Senate passed. The rule change eliminates the use of the filibuster on […]
BLM completes study of Pan Mine project
The Bureau of Land Management released its final Environmental Impact Study on Midway Gold’s Pan Mine project last week. The BLM will issue a Record of Decision following a 30-day […]
Popular train begins North Pole trips
The Nevada Northern Railway began its trips to the North Pole last Saturday as the NNRy’s Polar Express trains began. The trains, which run on select dates through Dec. 28, […]
Nevada leaders react to end of shutdown
As the federal government reached a deal last week to end the partial government shutdown and avoid a default on the country’s bills, Nevada’s senators and representatives were split on […]
Potential mines moving forward
Midway Gold held the first of planned quarterly meetings open to the public to update the community on its major projects going forward. Midway Gold held meetings in Eureka and […]
Conservation District to hold annual awards dinner
The Eureka Conservation District will hold its annual awards dinner and meeting on Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. The dinner recognizes community members for their excellecence in conservation. There will […]
Marshall speaks to local students
Nevada State Treasurer Kate Marshall visited Eureka Elementary School on Sept. 26 to speak with parents of kindergarten students about the Nevada College Kick Start Program. Parents were told a […]
Eureka delegates visit D.C. amidst shutdown
Eureka County Commission Chairman J.J. Goicoechea, Ron Damele, Nuclear Waste Advisor Abby Johnson, and Jake Tibbitts were in Washington, D.C. when the government shut down on Oct. 1. Goicoechea joked […]
County Commission News : Oct. 10, 2013
Goicoechea to be in documentary film Chairman J.J. Goicoechea noted that he recently spent time with documentary filmmaker Cindy Meehl whose film Buck about horse trainer Buck Brannaman won the […]


