Firm wants highway rerouted to get to gold – Reno Gazette

An Arizona-based organization wants to dig for gold beneath U.S. Highway 95 just outside the Esmeralda County seat, 190 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The project would call for International Minerals to move about 3 miles of the two-lane road …

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Three Northern Nevada residents killed in head-on crash near Tonopah – Reno Gazette

A head-on collision in Esmeralda County left 3 men and women from Northern Nevada dead on Monday afternoon. The Nevada Highway Patrol reports the accident happened at three p.m. about 10 miles north of Tonopah on U.S. Highway 95. The names of the …

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Bad news for Nevada’s Area 51 buffs: White House says no contact with aliens – Reno Gazette

They’re not getting it either in Rachel, which has built a tourist trade from science fiction fans who drive in on Nevada Route 375 — renamed The Extraterrestrial Highway — looking for the center of UFO activity in the town 25 miles …

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Bad news for Nevada’s Area 51 buffs: White House says no contact with aliens – Reno Gazette

They’re not acquiring it either in Rachel, which has built a tourist trade from science fiction fans who drive in on Nevada Route 375 — renamed The Extraterrestrial Highway — searching for the center of UFO activity in the town 25 miles …

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Effort to recall Nye County official who complained about ‘dirty, filthy’ Mexicans abandoned – Reno Gazette

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nye County voters have given up on an effort to unseat an elected official who complained about “dirty, filthy” Mexicans. The Nye County clerk’s office stated Tuesday that an effort to recall Assessor Shirley Matson has …

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The back and forth over Yucca Mountain as nuclear waste storage site – Daily Hampshire Gazette

CHICAGO (MCT) – Depending on who you talk to, a new federal report on nuclear waste disposal either offers a start at dealing with a growing problem or merely kicks the can down the road on the controversial issue of Yucca Mountain. The Blue Ribbon …

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Postal Service considers closing 21 Nevada post offices (see list) – Reno Gazette

“A lot of individuals say, ‘Just privatize the postal service,’” Rupert mentioned. “They have never been to Goldfield, Nevada.” Postal offices serve as important pieces of many communities, Rupert stated. The presence of the service is a portion of the identity of a lot of …

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