Winnemucca Blog

AP:
For the third month in a row, Nevada motorists enjoyed a double-digit drop in prices at the gas pumps this month but the cost already has started to rebound as next week’s Thanksgiving holiday approaches.
“In the past week, gas prices have started to inch upward,” said Michael Geeser, spokesman for AAA Nevada in Las Vegas.
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Brad Buys a Yearling:
News outlets from across the country and world have flocked to this northern Nevada town to witness the cloned mules race. Correspondents from Wired Magazine, London’s Daily Telegraph, Associated Press, a documentary team, and many other news outlets were all plying their trade at the meet.
Reporters looking for a technical angle concentrated […]

Mario Bruzzone:
It’s hard to separate fact from fiction about Van Zandt—”Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder,” as he called himself—and I won’t attempt to do so. Suffice to say that each source is choosing a story; and what remains of his life’s work is Thunder Mountain, now a Nevada State Park.
It’s an attraction, of sorts, especially along […]

The Oregonian:
“I was totin’ my pack along the long dusty Winnemucca road,” sings Johnny Cash at the start of his song, “I’ve Been Everywhere.”
A truck driver offers him a ride to Winnemucca and asks if he’s ever “seen a road with so much dust and sand.” Cash replies that he’s been everywhere, and commences to […]

Mike Shipman:
Here’s a weekend photo gathering that is fun and informative. Shooting the West XVIII is held March 10 - 12 in Winnemucca, Nevada (a couple hours west of Elko in the north-central part of the state) and this year will have speakers such as Charles Cramer, master printer and landscape photographer, Robb Kendrick, […]

Winnemucca Dunes Sand Dune Guide:
This is the largest dune field in Nevada and is located approximately 10 miles north and northeast of Winnemucca, Nevada. The dunes do not reach heights of more than 100 feet, but span almost 40 miles. The dunes are a mix of sand trails and open dunes […]

The Winners Hotel and Casino is located at 185 W Winnemucca Blvd.

Elko Daily Free Press:
Nevada Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt said the word is out in China that Elko is the heartland of Cowboy Country.
She said as part of her tourism outreach to the People’s Republic of China she recently spent two hours on an Internet chat room with that country’s residents.
“Really, the most questions I was […]