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Within days of the Trump administration announcing that it intended to scrap a 1997 court decree known as the Flores settlement that prohibited holding illegal immigrant children for more than 20 days, 19 states and the District of Columbia announced they are filing suit to stop the change, including Nevada. In a press release reporting […]
Nevada AG Joins Suit Over Immigrant Child Detention
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Associated Press MGM to use Vegas Shooting Site as Community Center LAS VEGAS — MGM Resorts plans to convert the shuttered Las Vegas Strip festival grounds that were the site of a 2017 mass shooting into a community and athletic center and parking for the new stadium being built for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, the […]
Obituary: Lois Eldridge
Lois Eldridge passed away peacefully on August 4, 2019 in Fallon, Nevada. Lois was born in Hansen, Idaho on August 5, 1927. She moved to Ely, Nevada where she met Donald D. Eldridge. She entered the marriage with five children, joining Donald D’s three children. Between their eight kids, Don and Lois had several grandchildren […]
August 29, 2019
Eureka County High Football Team Drops Opener
A first quarter touchdown by Eureka was matched by three from Smith Valley in the second quarter in the opening game of the season for both teams last Friday in Smith Valley. Coach Fred Minoletti said the 46-16 score came more about because of two late first half touchdowns the Bulldogs got. “Then in the […]
Authorities: 2 killed, Others Hurt in Mine Bus Crash
Associated Press ELKO — A bus carrying mine employees collided head-on with a tractor-trailer rig Saturday on a highway in rural northeastern Nevada, killing two people and injuring others, authorities said. A preliminary investigation indicates that the big rig crossed the center line of State Route 766 about 6 miles (10 kilometers) north of Carlin […]
Elks Announce Scholarship Contest
The Elks National Foundation is proud to announce the start of the 2020 Most Valuable Student scholarship contest. The Most Valuable Student scholarship is available to high school seniors who are United States citizens. Applicants do not need to be related to a member of the Elks. Males and females compete separately and are judged […]
Eureka County Jr. Livestock Show and Sale Result
Submitted The Eureka County Jr. Livestock Show and Sale Committee hosted the annual event during the fair on Aug. 9-10. There were 29 exhibitors for the show. The results of the show and market animal sale are as follows: Market Swine, sponsored by Elko Federal Credit Union and American Ag Credit: Grand: Katee Madsen Reserve: […]
Is This You? Giving Back
There are times when your friends, neighbors and a gaggle of others will bring food to your doorstep. I still remember the amazing pumpkin raisin muffins some wonderful lady made and brought to a little hall somewhere in Buhl, Idaho where my other half’s family was helped through the sadness of the loss of his […]
Ruby Mountains Protection
Last week, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) met with local conservation groups, small businesses, tribal and community leaders committed to protecting Nevada’s Ruby Mountains from gas and oil drilling and highlighted the legislation that she introduced in the Senate, the Ruby Mountains Protection Act. “I’m proud to stand with Nevadans who recognize that the […]