The residents of the cowboy town of Elko, Nevada have a massive secret in their backyard. It’s called the Ruby Mountains Wilderness. Just 30 minutes southeast of Elko, rising from northeastern ...

The Ruby Mountains rose before me like a jagged, impenetrable wall. Much like our southern border - I just had to throw that in. A saw tooth ridgeline descends to relatively smooth sides surrounding ...

Federal land managers have canceled their proposal to withdraw about 264,000 acres of public land in Nevada’s Ruby Mountain from oil, gas and geothermal development. The U.S. Forest Service said the ...

If you’re taking a trip along the Cowboy Corridor, take a short, dirt-road detour south of Elko to the stunning natural beauty of Ruby Valley Hot Springs. Featuring multiple pools, with the largest ...

When traveling along the lonely stretches of the byways, a person can venture into places they may have planned and perhaps not have planned. On a hunch, I drove into Elko, Nevada. I was unsure why ...

ELKO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Elko County Planning Commission has denied a request to rezone land in the Ruby Mountains for the ...

President Joe Biden’s administration said Monday it is taking steps to bar oil, gas and geothermal development for 20 years in northeastern Nevada’s Ruby Mountains. The administration said it has ...

Though little evidence exists suggesting northeast Nevada’s Ruby Mountains hold potential for oil production, the Trump administration canceled a Biden-era effort to rule out new leases there for 20 ...

ELKO — A couple of dry months have been erased by the past few weeks of precipitation in Northeastern Nevada, leaving the region with high moisture content ahead of the spring and summer dry months.