The Sage of Pizen Switch, his homespun humor tickled readers for decades. He invented the famous Mason Valley News slogan: “The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Damn About Yerington.” A former state assemblyman, Cox wrote his columns on a 1924 Underwood. Here’s the Nevada Senate resolution in …
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Ryan, a hard-nosed reporter and workhorse, began his long tenure as a capitol reporter with United Press International in the early 1960s. When UPI closed shop, the University of Nevada journalism graduate and capitol press corps legend became the Las Vegas Sun’s statehouse reporter.
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A kid from the Comstock, Cobb become one of the West’s newspaper legends. He was sports editor of the Nevada State Journal in Reno from 1937 to 1958 and later became the newspaper’s managing editor. He continued to write a column after his retirement in 1975. Cobb labored tirelessly for …
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With Chris Sheerin, he co-owned the Elko Daily Free Press from 1945-1968. The University of Nevada, Reno graduate supervised production at the Elko paper. The photo at right is from Northeastern Nevada Museum in Elko and is dated circa 1929. The photo above is cropped from this picture (below) taken …
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David W. Sanford was the youngest of three family members to build the rural newspaper powerhouse Mason Valley News – “The Only Newspaper That Gives A Damn About Yerington” – and then continued his journalism career when the family sold the three-newspaper corporation to Gannett/Reno Gazette-Journal. David did just about …
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Brian Greenspun was groomed to be his parents’ successor in running the Las Vegas Sun, the feisty Everyman’s newspaper launched by Hank Greenspun and his wife, Barbara, with their purchase of the Las Vegas Free Press in 1950. Both parents also are members of the Hall of Fame. He is …
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Nestled in the heart of Carson City’s historic district, the Rinckel Mansion is considered a masterpiece of architecture. It was built from 1874-1876 by Mathias Rinckel to placate his wife, who was from Staten Island, N.Y., and hated the dusty frontier of Nevada. Rinckel, who made a fortune in the …
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ELKO County: Elko Elko Daily Free Press 3720 Idaho St. Elko, NV 89801 Telephone: (775) 738-3118 FAX: (775) 738-2215 Editor: Jeffry Mullins Publisher: Travis Quast Advertising Director: Nancy Streets Publication Days: Tuesday-Saturday (a.m.) www.elkodaily.com LAS VEGAS County: Clark Las Vegas Review-Journal 1111 W. Bonanza Road P.O. Box 70 Las …
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BATTLE MOUNTAIN County: Lander Battle Mountain Bugle 113 Carson Road Battle Mountain, NV 89820 Telephone: (775) 635-2230 FAX: (775) 635-2644 Publisher: Peter Bernhard Editor: Jen Andersen Assistant Editor: Tony Erquiaga Publication Day: Wednesday (a.m.) insidenorthernnevada.com BOULDER CITY County: Clark Boulder City Review 508 Nevada Way, Suite 1 Boulder City, NV …
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