MCDERMITT — It’s nearly impossible to find a family in McDermitt that hasn’t been scarred by a cancer death. Flanked by the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation to the south and north, the town’s ...

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

ELKO -- A report by the Nevada Division of Minerals said 1,054 new abandoned mine hazards were discovered statewide in 2008, while 586 known hazards were secured. The number secured was down 2.3 ...