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Flooding closes Great Basin National Park campground

Flooding closes Great Basin National Park campground

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Flooding from rapid snow melt has closed a campground and Great Basin National Park near the Nevada-Utah line and triggered flood warnings into Wednesday for parts of southern Elko County in northeast Nevada. A Park Service official said Monday the Baker Creek Campground was closed Friday […]

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137-year-old Winchester rifle found in Nevada has new home

137-year-old Winchester rifle found in Nevada has new home

BAKER, Nev. (AP) — A 137-year-old rifle found five years ago leaning against a juniper tree in Great Basin National Park in Nevada is now part of an exhibit dedicated to the “Forgotten Winchester” at the park visitor center near the Utah border. The weathered Winchester Model 1873 is in […]

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Nevada panel backs new tribal name for Jeff Davis Peak

Nevada panel backs new tribal name for Jeff Davis Peak

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A state board wants to change the name of a mountain peak in eastern Nevada’s Great Basin National Park to more appropriately recognize a geological area important to a native tribe instead of honoring a Confederate leader from the Civil War. The Nevada Board of Geographic […]

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