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A 5-day a week newspaper with news coverage of Elko County, Nevada and surrounding communities. Send your tips and tweets to @ElkoDaily .

Elko, Nev.
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4 years
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge on Monday denied a legal bid by the Trump campaign and state Republicans to stop the count of mail-in ballots in Las Vegas, the state’s most populous and Democratic-leaning county.
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LAS VEGAS — Less than two months away from the Nevada caucus, Democratic candidate Andrew Yang will participate in a virtual town hall at 5 p.m.Friday with rural voters, including in Spring Creek.
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7 years
Elko graduate Madi Harris will continue her softball career at Feather River College in Quincy, California
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5 years
The name Klekas is synonymous with success not only in Elko County or northern Nevada, but also throughout the state in the realm of hoops — continuing to trickle down the family lineage and up the list of accolades.
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7 years
Spring Creek books trip to state with 7-6 victory over Elko in 8th inning on walk-off error on bunt by Dakota Larson
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ELKO – A truck hauling Tesla vehicles caught fire Tuesday night on Interstate 80 near Carlin, forcing the Nevada Highway Patrol to close the freeway to eastbound traffic.
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7 years
Spartans come up clutch in 17-7 victory in elimination game against Moapa Valley, advance to state final round
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4 years
President Donald Trump isn't telling the full story on topics from executive orders to mail-in voting and the virus threat. A look at the facts:
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4 years
ELKO – A young female employee of the Idaho Street McDonald’s was shot to death at the drive-thru window Sunday night, and police are looking for a person of interest.
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4 years
Elko's Cooper Jones is a Division I athlete, now playing football for Utah State University. Get the scoop with Coop here!
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5 years
SPRING CREEK — No two ways to cut it, utter beat-down.
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5 years
WEST WENDOVER (AP) — The mayor of West Wendover has endorsed former Obama administration housing secretary Julian Castro for president.
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5 years
SPRING CREEK — A year after getting blasted by Fallon in the season opener by a score of 48-6, Friday’s season opener was anything but a blowout — Spring Creek came to play.
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4 years
If you haven't noticed, College of Idaho's Larissa Mauer — a Spring Creek High School Class of 2018 graduate — is tearing up all running surfaces in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. Check out her achievements and progression…
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8 years
Elko senior wide receiver Trenton Freitag signs letter of intent to play football for University of Jamestown
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5 years
ELKO — Her last name might be Lamb but she wasn't sheepish.
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5 years
Many folks live out their lives without ever fulfilling dreams of traveling to pristine locations or crossing things off their bucket list. Elko High School junior Lincoln Ratliff will not be one of those people; granted the opportunity to play…
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5 years
The Elko boys basketball team made enough stops and buried some bigtime shots Thursday in the Division 3A state seminal.
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7 years
Elko's Alec Wall, Julian Loera named 1st-Team All-North and 2nd-Team All-State selections -- 7 Indians recognized
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3 years
If there was ever any question of whether Elko was the best 3A boys basketball team in the state, the Indians removed all doubt in the first two and a half minutes in Saturday’s championship game.
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4 years
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A state court legal fight to stop the counting of mail ballots in the Las Vegas area has ended after the Nevada Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the Donald Trump campaign and the state Republican…
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4 years
ELKO – Great Basin College, with support from Elko County, is launching a “Why I wear a mask” campaign.
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3 years
“People know it’s now or never. If we don’t step up now, there will be no state. There will be country to save.”
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4 years
“Elko County recognizes its right, as stated in our Declaration of Independence, to confront the government when it has subjected its citizens to a “long train of abuses and usurpations” and our solemn duty to “throw off such Government” if…
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5 years
ELKO -- A line of people stretched a block long in front of the Western Folklife Center at noon Sunday as they waited to get in to see and hear former vice president Joe Biden.
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7 years
Elko sophomore Alex Klekas obliterates frosh-soph record in 3200 meters at Patriot Invitational
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8 years
Elko seniors David Burden (126 pounds) and Luis Salazar (285 pounds) win Division 3A state wrestling titles
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7 years
Elko senior wrestlers Luis Salazar and David Burden sign letters of intent with Eastern Oregon University
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2 years
The Spartans will play in the state semifinal round against the highest-remaining seed of the South, against either Moapa Valley or SLAM Academy.
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3 years
Congratulations to Avery Bowers for her softball signing, setting lofty sights for her future career plans and broadening her horizons in an area that is sure to be much different than she has grown up around.
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2 years
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent to sue the BLM to protect the rare Nevada wildflower Tiehm’s buckwheat from destruction due to cattle grazing
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5 years
ELKO – Former U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is expected to make a campaign stop Sunday in Elko.
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4 years
RENO (AP) — State regulators have fined a trucking firm in Sparks more than $4,500 for violating coronavirus restrictions on public gatherings during a political rally last month with Donald Trump Jr. that drew more than 50 people.
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8 years
Elko senior Trevor Basaraba signs letter of intent to wrestle for Jimmies at University of Jamestown
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7 years
Elko's Derek Ridgway earns ABCA/Rawlings Gold Clove, will play for Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon
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3 years
In an extraordinary response, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took direct aim at accusations by Republican House members. Milley said the military need not apologize for fostering open-mindedness.
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1 year
In the scrimmage, he led the Aggies’ rushing attack with 114 yards on 10 carries and scored two touchdowns — one going for 62 yards and another coming from four
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5 years
Of 27 teams, Spring Creek topped the field by a wide margin with 306 points — besting second-place Fernley (189.5) by 116.5 points. Of 20 wrestlers on the varsity roster, the Spartans finished with 15 medalists — including five champions,…
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4 years
Although his final year of high school has been surrounded by hurdles and question marks, Walund has signed his national letter of intent to run cross country for Montana Tech, in Butte.
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4 years
Sending off a legend; Lynette Davis ends 49-year career with Elko County School District as a teacher, basketball coach, athletic director and a mentor.
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2 years
ELKO – Early voting dates were added at a reservation on the Nevada-Idaho border after Shoshone-Paiute tribal members sued over equal access.
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5 years
WINNEMUCCA — After a 21-20 loss to Lowry on Sept. 6, in Winnemucca, the Spring Creek football just wanted a second chance.
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5 years
The Spring Creek football team hopes to eliminate turnovers, make a few more defensive stops and avenge a one-point loss to Lowry. On Friday, the No. 4 Spartans (4-4 in league) will get their chance — playing on the road…
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3 years
The Spartans (3-2 overall, 1-1 in league) will play their homecoming contest against Lowry (5-1 overall, 1-1 in league as of Oct. 8) at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, in Spring Creek.
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7 years
Elko track and field teams peaking, each winning first at Lowry as regional trials approach on Saturday in Fallon
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ELKO – The 2020 presidential campaign has yet to reach Elko but one Democratic hopeful will be courting voters in West Wendover on July 6.
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5 years
There is a new head coach of the EHS volleyball program...
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2 years
The Elko High School senior will now focus on netting bombs for a new team in a different town, taking his dead-eye stroke to the heart of Auburn, Washington, a suburb of the Seattle metropolitan area with a population of…
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7 years
Check out the achievements of Elko's 10 three-sport athletes after a year-round dedication to EHS athletics
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3 years
Nevada Highway Patrol urges the public to stay away from State Route 278 between Carlin and Eureka because of an active shooter situation.
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2 years
Dumas has signed to play for Umpqua Community College, in Roseburg, Oregon, the RiverHawks finishing the 2021-22 season with a 22-5 overall record and a 13-3 mark in the Northwest Athletic Conference.
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5 years
SPRING CREEK — The Elko boys basketball team started slowly Wednesday, at Spring Creek, but the Indians were business as usual and took control near the end of the first quarter and never looked back.
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5 years
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders will return to Nevada next week to host town halls, including one in Elko.
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2 years
A gallery of photos of Elko High School Class of 2022 senior Dawson Dumas, who has signed his letter of intent to play basketball for Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.
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2 years
Maura Healey will be the first openly lesbian governor in U.S. history. Here's a look at 20 candidates who made history in the 2022 midterms.
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8 years
Elko senior Luis Salazar wins 285-pound title at Buhl Inviational, senior Trevor Basaraba places 2nd at 152 pounds
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4 years
ELKO -- During a worldwide pandemic more than 290 students at Great Basin College are being honored for their high achievement during the Spring 2020 semester with the release of the Dean’s List.
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10 years
Three years after the death of Stephanie Gonzalez, her estranged husband has bee... http://t.co/wg5QRs9psX
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4 years
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas water officials said Friday they’re giving up a decades-long plan to pump groundwater from rural northeast Nevada to suburbs and tourist resorts in the state’s largest metropolitan area.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Highway Patrol says an off-duty state trooper wearing a Star Wars costume while returning home from a Halloween costume party prevented a suspected drunken driver from entering a Las Vegas freeway in the wrong…
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4 years
Give it up for Spring Creek senior Jeff Guthrie, who will continue his football career at College of Idaho!
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2 years
Democrats are pumping an unprecedented amount of money into advertising related to abortion rights ahead of the 2022 midterms. A closer look.
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5 years
ELKO –The 2020 campaign season was in full swing Sunday in rural Nevada as former vice president Joe Biden became the first Democratic candidate to hold an event in Elko.
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3 years
Elko County casinos saw a 28% gain over last October, with West Wendover casinos winning $21.5 million and the rest of the county $10.6 million.
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4 years
ELKO — The Elko girls soccer team showed its potential in spurts in Friday’s home match versus Lowry.
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8 years
Owsley signs with to Montana Western
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8 months
Scott ready to eat with the Bulldogs | Tap on the picture to learn more 🔽
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2 years
Marjorie Taylor Greene goes from fringe to front row for GOP; Nevada Dems test abortion issue; Herschel Walker's "woke" focus. The latest in Election 2022.
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4 years
The No. 1 Lady Spartans' girls soccer team will play No. 2 Fallon for the 3A North-East league championship at noon Saturday, in Spring Creek.
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Thousands of pounds of food have been distributed to Native American reservations and colonies this spring in a Nevada Gold Mines effort to help those communities during the coronavirus pandemic, with volunteers and the Nevada National Guard lending a...
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The Idaho Press is counting down the 25 most important players for the Boise State football team during the 2020 season. Next up is No. 24, linebacker Benton Wickersham.
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ELKO -- Hundreds of vehicles lined Idaho Street Saturday evening to honor a state trooper killed in the line of duty. Some wept while others played “Amazing Grace” on their phones. A few gathered in small groups, hats on hearts,…
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3 years
The Spring Creek High School record holder in the 100-meter hurdles (14.87 seconds) and the 200 meters (25.76 seconds) chose Weber State after also being contact with the University of Utah, Utah Valley University, Dixie State University and the College…
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2 years
Things to know today: A new poll shows Biden's approval rising sharply ahead of midterms; freight rail strike averted; highlights from Detroit auto show.
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3 years
“The offense will look a lot different than it has for the past 25 years. We’re moving to a spread,” Wilson said. “We have good skill players, they’re quick and we want to spread the field.”
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4 years
Elko senior Gabby Bements matches personal-best round with score of 83 for the victory at the Lowry tournament. Elko finishes second with a 433, Spring Creek takes third with a 435.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A legal effort in Nevada by the Donald Trump campaign and state Republicans to stop the count of mail ballots in Las Vegas is over.
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ELKO — Elko County Commissioners have voted unanimously to approve a proclamation expressing the commission’s support for all law enforcement agencies.
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FALLON — It was a battle for 32 minutes Friday and four more.
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SPRING CREEK — Well, since the Spring Creek boys soccer team already beat Truckee for the first time ever — only fitting for the girls to do the same.
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5 years
While the Elko boys basketball team’s record has one blemish, the Indians are perfect in league play. The Indians (12-1 overall, 6-0 in league) will look to remain unbeaten in the 3A North versus North Valleys at 7:30 p.m. Friday…
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8 years
Elko senior Kyrin Allen narrows choice to football, signs letter of intent to play at University of Montana Western
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4 years
Here are some of the notable people celebrating birthdays today, including Adele, Brian Williams, Henry Cavill, Pat Carroll, Richard E. Grant and more.
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The Bidens' two German shepherds, Champ and Major, officially joined the first family Sunday in their new residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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6 years
LIVE: President Donald Trump to arrive in Elko at 11 a.m.
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4 years
ELKO – Elko County School District received $170,000 for Chromebooks in a donation drive led by Nevada Gold Mines and involving 25 local businesses.
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SPRING CREEK – A summer-long upgrade at the Spring Creek Shooting Range is creating a “clean, useable and convenient range” for recreationists.
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4 years
These mini journeys will lead you throughout Nevada and part of Utah on drives within a day from Elko.
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3 years
Unlike most major industry-specific donors, nearly all of Nevada Gold Mines’ contributions went to Republicans, who received $85,000 to the Democrats’ $7,250
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4 years
In a statement issued last week, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman once again called for an end to Governor Sisolak’s indefinite “state of emergency” and a repeal of the various restrictions and mandates associated with it.
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3 years
The Portneuf Valley Soccer Club Spring Classic U19 girls championship was a war of attrition, ending in perfect execution of penalty kicks and some clutch stops by the Elko Indar Futbol Club.
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ELKO – President Donald Trump has canceled his Elko rally and plans instead to speak in Carson City.
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Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo wants to permanently cut taxes on Nevada businesses and suspend the state’s gasoline tax for 12 months.
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2 years
Still too early to know the extent of livestock deaths and financial impact from weather.
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3 years
U.S. food banks already dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge — surging food prices and supply chain issues walloping the nation.
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7 years
Here is some of the best action from the first Spring Creek at Elko softball game from Monday's doubleheader
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7 years
Indians claim 4th straight regional track and field title, Klekas wins 3 events, Allen sets Elko triple jump record
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The Indians have been granted the No. 1 seed from the North and will host a state semifinal game against Virgin Valley, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, at Warrior Field — game time still yet to be determined.
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