Battle Mountain News

H1N1 vaccine is even harder to come by in rural Nevada. Recent clinics in both Winnemucca and Battle Mountain saw huge demand that even surprised the public health nurse who ran the clinic since most of the comments she got beforehand weren't positive.

At his 15-acre turquoise mine in Battle Mountain, Nevada, jeweler Robert Grey Kaylor flips over jagged stones to check for the tiniest fleck of robin's egg blue, a teardrop in the arid desert terrain.

The Churchill County Clerk's Office issued the following marriages licenses Sept.

Tribune/Debra Reid - John Regan of Get Built Construction nails together a new retail center at the corner of Pyramid Way and Greenbrae Drive.

Investigators are looking into a trail derailment in Humboldt County west of Battle Mountain.

Authorities in Humboldt County are investigating a train derailment that occurred about 12:15 a.m., near Battle Mountain.

Miranda Gold Corp. has staked 122 unpatented lode claims in the Roberts Mountains in Eureka County, Nevada approximately 26 mi northwest of the town of Eureka.

Two of the three core holes at Ice will provide high quality samples for: verification of historic drill assay results near KR-001, a reverse-circulation drill hole with 95 ft of 0.117 oz Au/t from 20 to 115 ft ; and direct observation of alteration, structure and lithologic patterns in the gold-bearing host rocks.

Reno-based General Metals Corp. announced the discovery of new gold and silver at Battle Mountain's Independence Mine.

The United States has reached a settlement with ranchers in a longstanding dispute over livestock trespasses on public lands in Nye and Esmeralda Counties, Nev., the Justice Department and Bureau of Land Management announced today.

The Fallon High School Rodeo Club opened the 2009-2010 season at the White Pine rodeo in Ely on Sept.

These three Delta High School cross country runners had solid performances this past weekend at Battle Mountain.

A Grand Junction police officer is behind bars, the second in just over a month.>> read more October 01, 2009/3:19 PM By: Matt Bill It's a Rocktober redux for the Colorado Rockies, who are back in the playoffs after a one-year hiatus.>> read more October 02, 2009/10:08 PM By: Matt Bill

Cyclist Sam Whittingham "uncorked a good one" to set another world record at the HYDrive World Human Powered Speed Challenge Sept.

FERNLEY--Local rodeo contestant Kersean Abatti placed first in goat tying at the Douglas County Junior Rodeo.

The Desert Valley Times has been named the state's top newspaper in its circulation category by the Nevada Press Association.

An annual human-powered speed contest in northeastern Nevada ended with record setting performances by recumbent bicyclists from Canada and France.

A plan to build a private ski and golf resort, which includes the old Gilman mining town, was recently taken over by a Philadelphia-based private equity firm Who are these guys? Company: Lubert Adler Real Estate Funds.

Here's a list of top awards in the 2009 Nevada Press Association "Better Newspaper Contest," announced Saturday at the association's annual convention: General Excellence First Place: Class I - Las Vegas Review-Journal. Judges' comments: "Good organization, good use of typography.

Canadian cyclist Sam Whittingham broke his own record at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada, this week.