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    Elko McDonald's Worker Fatally Shot Through Drive-Up Window

    Nov 02, 2020

    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Highway Patrol and police in Elko are investigating the fatal shooting of an employee at a McDonald's restaurant just off Interstate 80.

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    Elko Woman Pleads Not Guilty In Death Of Autistic Daughter

    Oct 14, 2020

    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — A 61-year-old Elko County woman accused of killing her adult daughter with autism has pleaded not guilty to one count of open murder.

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    Police: Elko Woman `Snapped' Before Strangling Adult Child

    Jun 30, 2020

    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Prosecutors say an Elko County woman accused of killing her adult daughter with autism told investigators she "snapped" and strangled the 24-year-old because of pent up emotional stress from serving as her primary caregiver for decades.

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    Spring Creek Man Shot, Killed By Trooper Had Criminal Record

    Jun 29, 2020

    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say the man who was killed by a Nevada state trooper after he fired at the patrolman during a foot chase in Elko over the weekend had a criminal record that included burglary and domestic battery.

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    Mayor Says State's 'One Size Fits All' Pandemic Policies Chafed Rural Elko

    Jun 10, 2020

    Elko and surrounding Elko County generally fared well during the coronavirus pandemic.

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    Elko Braces For Coronavirus

    Mar 30, 2020

    Rural Nevada had healthcare challenges before the coronavirus.

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    Elko Police Investigate Killing Of Missing Teen Girl

    Mar 17, 2020

    ELKO, Nev.  — Law enforcement in northeastern Nevada said Monday that they have found the body of a 16-year-old girl who went missing, and she appears to be the victim of a homicide.

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    Silver Dollar Club In Elko To Close After Storied Decades

    Jan 27, 2020
    The Silver Dollar Club, an iconic bar dating to the Prohibition era in one of Elko's oldest buildings, is closing after 86 years of stories and songs rooted in northeast Nevada's Wild West days.
     
    Sam Horvitz, the club proprietor, told the Elko Daily Free Press he's closing
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    Elko Woman Awaiting Trial Faces New Charges In Custody Scam

    Dec 20, 2019
     
    A Nevada woman awaiting trial on charges that she tried to sell part of a coffee shop she didn't own has been arrested for allegedly bilking a friend out of $100,000 in a child custody scam.
     
    The Elko Daily Free Press reports 30-year-old Ermelinda Carrillo is ac
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    City Of Elko Works To Protect Homeless As Cold Weather Arrives

    Oct 18, 2019

    In Elko, some 422 miles north of Las Vegas, it’s starting to get very cold at night. Temperatures are freezing or below.

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    Salmonella Outbreak Likely Tied To Elko Casino Restaurant

    Oct 11, 2019

    ELKO, Nev.

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    Northeast Nevada's September Weather One For Record Books

    Oct 09, 2019

    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — A wacky month of September weather was one for the record books in northeast Nevada in a wide variety of categories including heat, rain and even snow.

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    Day Of Record Rain In Elko Nearly Doubles September Average

    Sep 21, 2019

    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Heavy rainfall in northeast Nevada set a record for the day in Elko with nearly twice as much precipitation in 24 hours as normally falls in the whole month of September.

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    Trial Begins For Man Accused Of Trying To Kill Elko Cop

    Sep 13, 2019
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    Livestock Lost In Wildfire In Nevada's Ruby Mountains

    Sep 04, 2019

     

    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — No structures have been damaged but some livestock is believed to have perished in a northeast Nevada wildfire that has burned more than 6 square miles since it broke out Monday in the Ruby Mountains.

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    Ely, Eureka Tie Records For Warmest Overnight Lows

    Aug 09, 2019
    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — The overnight temperatures at two northern Nevada airports tied the previous record for the warmest low for the date.
     
    The National Weather Service in Elko says the temperature at Ely Airport only dropped to 60 degrees early Wednesday.
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    The Wealthy, 15,000-Person Nevada Community You've Never Heard Of

    Jun 27, 2019

    Think homeowners association, and squabbles over unkept yards might come to mind.

    But the association for Spring Creek in Elko County runs a city — in almost everything but name.

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    Hollister Gold Mine In Elko Closing

    Jun 10, 2019

    The Hollister gold mine in Elko County is closing.

    The Hecla Mining Company, which owns Hollister and some other mines in the state, announced last week it’s cutting spending after “heavy investment” and disappointing first and second quarters this year.

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    UNR Med Puts Doctors In Rural Elko

    Jun 06, 2019

    Elko, like much of rural Nevada, suffers from a doctor shortage.

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    Nevada Economic Development: Technology, Logistics And Hemp

    May 09, 2019

    Hallmark doesn’t have a card, but this is Economic Development Week, when economic development age

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    3 Charged In Suspected Drug, Cockfighting Ring Near Elko

    Apr 05, 2019

     

    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Three suspects have been arrested in northeast Nevada on drug and animal abuse charges after authorities confiscated nearly 9 pounds of methamphetamine, 500 chickens and evidence of cockfighting.

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    US Lawsuit Blames Nevada Casino Restaurant For Salmonella

    Mar 25, 2019
    RENO, Nev.
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    Nevada Ice Fisherman Pulls Record Perch From Reservoir

    Mar 09, 2019
    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada ice fisherman has tied a 32-year-old record for the largest yellow perch ever caught in the state.

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    Elko Mayor Opposes Barrick-Newmont Mining Merger

    Mar 04, 2019

     

    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — The mayor of the biggest mining community in Nevada opposes the merger of the two largest gold mining companies in the world because he says would reduce competition in the region and could drive down workers' wages.

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    Aerial Seeding Part Of Wildfire Restoration Effort Near Elko

    Feb 23, 2019
    ELKO, Nev. (AP) — State officials are seeding private land in northeast Nevada as part of a restoration project following a wildfire last summer that burned more than 5 square miles (13 sq. kilometers) of mostly rangeland.

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