Jon Karr News Today

Having known Brian Gale for over 18 years I can tell you he is well educated with a degree in manufacturing engineering and then "The School of Hard Knocks."

About 75 people were in attendance at the Elko Convention Center on Wednesday night to see Republicans vying for their chance to move ahead to November’s general election for Elko

The tribes at Duck Valley Indian Reservation are providing the land for the new school, site preparation and plan to set up an aggregate batch plant.

Commissioners voted Wednesday to send the loan request to the Elko County Budget Committee to crunch the numbers before coming back to the entire board for action.

Elko County Manager Amanda Osborne said the county can only issue bonds for $40 million if pursuing a 10-year bond with payments of roughly $5 million a year, including nearly

The Elko County School District wants to update county commissioners monthly on school projects. Commissioners were open to the idea.

The reservation located on the Nevada-Idaho border breaks ground on a new school that will replace an old school tribal leaders believe caused multiple cancer deaths.

The reservation located on the Nevada-Idaho border breaks ground on a new school that will replace an old school tribal leaders believe caused multiple cancer deaths.

AB519, signed by Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, states Elko County should levy a tax from between 1 cent and 25 cents for school projects, or the state will step in and levy 25 cents.

Elko County doesn’t have enough in the treasury to build such a complex, but Elko County commissioners agreed county staff should contact specialists and report back to commissioners on financing options, such as bonds.