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Elko · ElkoJim Meeks was inducted into the 10th class of the National Horseplayers Championship Hall of Fame last month. Meeks has stewarded the Elko County Fair horse races for some three decades, starting in 1993. He won the 2015 Horseplayers World Series in Las Vegas.See the Story
Elko handicapping master Jim Meeks shares tales of horse race betting
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Astronauts · Guilford CountyEileen Collins was the second woman to attend the United States Air Force Test Pilot School. She also taught math at the Air Force Academy from 1986 to 1989. Collins piloted the space shuttle Discovery for NASA's 1995 mission STS-63. She was the first astronaut to perform a 360-degree pitch maneuver with Space Shuttle Orbiter.See the Story
Catching up with former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins
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Nevada, United States · NevadaWolves had not been seen in Northeastern Nevada for eight years. Nevada Department of Wildlife contract workers spotted wolves near Merritt Mountain. Wolves are federally protected in Nevada under the Endangered Species Act. It is illegal to kill a wolf, except for in defense of human life, in areas where rules are federally listed.See the Story
3 wolves spotted in Northeastern Nevada for the first time since 2016
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Joe Biden · NevadaPresident Joe Biden’s administration has conditionally agreed to loan more than $2 billion to the company building a controversial lithium mine in Nevada with the largest known U.S. deposit of the metal critical to making batteries for electric vehicles key to his renewable energy agenda. The U.S Energy Department agreed on Thursday to provide the $2.26 billion conditional loan to Canada-based Lithium Americas to help cover costs at its open pit mine deeper than the length of a football field near the Oregon line. The loan would help finance the a lithium carbonate processing plant at the Thacker Pass mine about 200 miles (322 kilometers) north of Reno — “the largest-proven lithium reserves in North America,” DOE said in a statement.See the Story
Energy Department conditionally approves $2.26 billion loan for huge lithium mine in Nevada
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Education · Elko CountyElko Federal Credit Union is providing a total of $10,000 in scholarship money to 2024 high school graduates within EFCU's area of financial coverage. The online application is available at elkofcu.org/scholarships. The deadline is April 12.See the Story
Elko Federal Credit Union offering $10K in scholarship money
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Elko County · Elko CountyThe Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation surpassed 8.9 million acres in lifetime conservation work last year. The group allocated funding for 130 habitat-stewardship projects and 43 wildlife-management projects across 22 states. The foundation has championed efforts to plant over 74,000 antelope bitterbrush seedlings across 1,000 acres burned by the Wildcat Wildfire.See the Story
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation leader discusses habitat-protection goals
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Union Pacific · ElkoA westbound Union Pacific freight train hauling tons of corn derailed and crashed into the 12th Street Bridge early Wednesday. No one was injured, and no dangerous chemicals were onboard. The derailment was reported about 4:52 a.m. with at least 16 cars carrying corn knocked off the rails and into heaps of twisted metal, unattached wheels, train parts and mounds of corn.See the Story
Northern Nevada train derailment halts east-west rail traffic
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