Wendover Gas To Up Rates 50 to 60 Percent
The price for propane or natural gas will increase 50 to 60 percent for Wendover homes and businesses following a hearing that approved the rate hike in Elko district Court…
Newmont Saves Local Food Bank/Thrift Store, Donates to Recreation District
With a $5000 check Newmont Gold may have helped save a Wendover charity that has been vital to so many local families. The check presented by Pamela Smith of Newmont…
Manhunt On For B.M. Killer
A search is on throughout all of northen Nevada for a suspected murderer on the run from Battle Mountain. According to Mike Kolsch, police chief for the Western Shoshone Department…
Wife Uses Dog To Escape Gun Wielding Husband
A Spring Creek woman escaped a potential murder by keeping her head and pretending to walk her dog Tuesday, according to Elko County Sheriff’s reports. Deputies were called to 791…
Elko Rapist Caught
An Elko man is in jail on a quarter of a million bail for the alleged kidnapping/rape of his ex-girlfriend last week. According to Elko County Sheriff’s reports Miguel Salazar…
Ode to Joy
An atheist friend of ours put up on his face book page a bit of art explaining that many of the Christmas traditions now held dearly actually have their roots…
Letter To The Editor
The Christmas spirit has been fleeting this year in the homes of the Taylor family. The murder of our son James Taylor in early September who was shot by a…
Fratto Fights Death Penalty
Kody Patten may deserve the death penalty for the murder of Micaela Costanzo but even if she was involved in the crime Toni Fratto should pay for it with her…
First Woman Judge Elko District Court
Fifty years after it would have made news anywhere else in the United States, Nancy Porter became the first woman District Court Judge of Elko County. Appointed this week to…