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.

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.

Lee Smith Mine north of Elko has partially reopened after it was forced to close in October following the death of a miner.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has asked the city of Elko about providing water service to the site of a proposed national cemetery. 

The Elko Combined Narcotics Unit nearly doubled its numbers over the past year.

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — A month-long investigation into illegal drug trafficking in northeast Nevada has netted a quarter-pound (110 grams) of heroin and at least four arrests in Elko.

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Rural northeast Nevada cancer patients will have to travel to get radiation therapy after an Elko oncology center closes its doors next month.

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — A natural gas leak forced the closure of part of the Great Basin College campus in Elko.<br><br>

School officials say they relocated classes scheduled in three different buildings on Friday after the leak was reported on Thursday.<br><br>