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Crews battle wildfire possibly sparked by lightning near Elko

July 29, 2010 - 11:00 pm

ELKO -- Federal, state and local firefighters from Northern Nevada were battling a wind-blown wildfire about 30 miles northwest of Elko.

Interagency fire dispatch center manager Shauna McIntosh-Harris said the Fox Springs Ranch blaze might have been sparked by lightning before 1 p.m. Wednesday about a mile north of Fox Springs Ranch off state Route 225 and state Route 226.

The fire grew to about 275 acres by nightfall, but McIntosh-Harris told the Elko Daily Free Press that early concern about flames threatening ranch structures had dissipated.

Firefighters were bulldozing a fire line, supported by two single-engine air tankers and fire crews from Elko, Carlin, the federal Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Forest Service and Nevada Division of Forestry.

Dr. Jonathan Maxham, who is running for Clark County Commission, poses for a photo at Sunrise H ...

Air Force vet running to unseat Clark County commissioner

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

July 22, 2025 - 8:09 pm

Air Force veteran and practicing medical doctor Jonathan Maxham has launched a campaign to unseat Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson in the 2026 elections.

(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Check out Nevada’s new, ‘much better’ jobless insurance system

By McKenna Ross / RJ

July 22, 2025 - 6:03 pm

“(The old system) was very not user friendly, and that’s one of the biggest reasons why we needed to do this,” one state official said.

People walk below an In-N-Out Burger restaurant sign in San Francisco, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo ...

In-N-Out Burger CEO leaving California: ‘doing business is not easy here’

The Associated Press

July 22, 2025 - 6:19 pm

Lynsi Snyder becomes the latest high-profile business figure to decamp a state known for its sunshine but also heavy taxes and regulation.

Rep. Susie Lee. (Las Vegas Review-Journal File)

Nevada lawmaker, son take $24K group trip to London

By Jessica Hill / RJ

July 22, 2025 - 1:53 pm

Rep. Susie Lee and her son went on a nearly $24,000 trip to London paid for by advocacy group Center Forward.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford addresses the media during a press conference at the Grant S ...

Nevada, other states sue Trump administration over new health insurance rule

Associated Press

July 22, 2025 - 10:01 am

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford argued the new rule, set to take effect next month, would “threaten coverage for more than 100,000 Nevadans.”

Connie West at the Little A'Le'Inn which is open for business but a bit quieter than during the ...

Little A’Le’Inn owner awarded $3.4M in Storm Area 51 lawsuit

By Christopher Lawrence / RJ

July 22, 2025 - 4:36 pm

The two-part Netflix documentary “Trainwreck: Storm Area 51” shines a light on the real costs of Matty Roberts’ Facebook joke.

FILE - Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a ...

DOJ wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned former girlfriend

By Eric Tucker The Associated Press

July 22, 2025 - 6:23 am

The Department of Justice wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls and is now serving a lengthy prison sentence.