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Monday, September 28, 2026 · Gabbs, Nevada · The 361 and the home desert
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Fourteen Elko District parcels totaling about 20,600 acres re-offered after earlier sale drew no bids. Official BLM Nevada notice; parcels carry standard stipulations. Nye/Mineral geothermal sale already noted separately.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · Nevada, BLM
Petition asks judge to scrap ordinance protecting overdrawn Basin 162; county ban followed water-district pause. Review-Journal reporting; court filings and county response still early.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · Nye County, Pahrump
Alley piping upgrades target leaks, fire flow and compliance; roughly $5 million package mixes principal forgiveness and capitalization grant. Drawn from NDEP Board of Finance materials; construction timeline subject to final awards and weather.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · Gabbs, Nye County
Commissioners barred new data centers in Hydrographic Basin 162 (Pahrump area). Gabbs system notices remain separate county utility matters.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · Nye County, Gabbs, Pahrump
Park remains open year-round; last pavement still SR 844 from Gabbs. Confirm tour times and campfire status before travel.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · Gabbs, SR 844, Berlin-Ichthyosaur, Ione
Eighty-three parcels totaling more than 265,000 acres across ten counties go to online auction. Environmental reviews already completed.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · Nye County, Mineral County, Gabbs
Drilling expands zones; feasibility study targeted for early 2027. Source: company release Sept. 21; independent verification of local impacts pending.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · Gabbs, Nye County
Churchill County weather is not a curiosity here. It is the front door.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · Fallon, Middlegate, Gabbs, Austin, Reese River Valley, U.S. 50
Power is the other utility that can close the town without closing the road.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · Gabbs, Nye County
The department that actually answers in this valley is still volunteer. The drill is open to watch, not to join on a whim.
Town desk · Local submit · Gabbs, Brucite Street
A quiet utility week is still a story in a desert town. The desk reprints standing advice with the latest county language.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · Gabbs, Nye County
OHV traffic out of Fallon and the 50 corridor is the nearest large crowd the valley sees on a clear Saturday.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · Sand Mountain, Fallon, Middlegate, Cold Springs, U.S. 50
Training windows out of Fallon Naval Air Station affect noise, dust, and occasional highway slowdowns on the 50-to-361 approach.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · B-17 range, Fallon, Gabbs, Middlegate, Nye County, Churchill County
NDOT and the National Weather Service flag blowing dust on the Gabbs corridor after a dry, windy stretch.
Weekly desk · Automated desk · SR 361, Gabbs, Middlegate, Luning, Pole Line Road, Tonopah
Mineral County’s depot is the other military fact of life. Convoys use U.S. 95 and can back up the Luning junction.
The Record Desk · Staff · Hawthorne, Mineral County, U.S. 95, SR 361, Luning
The back road south remains open. It is not a shortcut if you are low on fuel or light.
The Record Desk · Staff · Pole Line Road, Tonopah, Gabbs, Nye County
Premier Magnesia remains the valley’s largest private employer. Shift change still sets the pulse of town.
The Record Desk · Staff · Gabbs, Nye County, Brucite
Nevada State Parks keeps the ghost town and Fossil House on the usual seasonal clock. Gabbs remains the last services.
The Record Desk · Staff · Berlin, Ichthyosaur, Gabbs, Ione, SR 844, Reese River Valley
Cattle are moving. Gates, water, and highway crossings are the local story — not a branding-season postcard.
The Record Desk · Staff · Gabbs, Pole Line Road, Ione, Mineral County, Nye County, SR 361
Best in the Desert and other open-desert events pull chase trucks through our counties even when the course is not in town.
The Record Desk · Staff · Nye County, Mineral County, U.S. 95, Tonopah, Reno
Traffic that thinks it is going to Tahoe sometimes still ends up on our highway.
The Record Desk · Staff · Cold Springs, Austin, Reese River Valley, Carson City, Reno, Tahoe, Mammoth Lakes
The back door to Berlin and the Toiyabes is open until it is not.
The Record Desk · Staff · Ione, Reese River Valley, Berlin, Austin, Toiyabe