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Elko and surrounding Elko County generally fared well during the coronavirus pandemic.The rural northeast Nevada county of 50,000 suffered one COVID-19…
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The highest coronavirus infection rate in Nevada is found far away from the big cities of Las Vegas and Reno.Rural Humboldt County, population 17,000, has…
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Competition between Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining is intensifying in a trend of consolidation in the gold industry. Newmont is poised to sign a $10…
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — The governor of gold-rich Nevada is pressing the Obama administration to alter its sage grouse protection plan to free up thousands of…
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ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Barrick Gold Corp. has completed the sale of two large gold mines in northeast Nevada — Round Mountain and Bald Mountain — to Kinross…
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ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Federal mine safety regulators are investigating the death of an Idaho man who was working at a gold mine in northeast Nevada.The victim…
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One of Virginia City’s favorite landmarks is being demolished after more than 90 years.In 1922, the American Flat Mill in the Comstock Historic District…
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Once again, there’s gold in them thar’ hills.Miners first found gold in Searchlight, just south of Las Vegas, in 1897. The gold dried up after about 10…