The coalition of hikers, hunters, anglers and conservationists seeking to prevent oil and gas leasing in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains just added an influential ally. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LAMOILLE, Nev. — Awaiting the return of the ship, it was time for our daily lesson in “Rubonics.” “We’re looking for ‘porn’ snow,” Ruby Mountains Helicopter ...

The Department of the Interior is considering a 20-year withdrawal of the Ruby Mountains from future geothermal and oil and gas development, according to a news release. The area in Elko County, ...

WASHINGTON (KOLO) - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is reintroducing a bill that would expand protections for and prohibit oil and gas development in the Ruby Mountains. The Ruby Mountains ...

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 ...

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It’s almost time for the Forest Service to make a recommendation on a proposal to offer oil and gas leases in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains. But first the agency is giving the public another chance to weigh ...

Located about halfway between Reno and Salt Lake City off a lonely stretch of Interstate 80, Ruby Mountains Heli-Experience offers an Alaska-size day of powder shots in the Lower 48. Only in the ...

When Lisa Eriksen wants a break from town life she heads to the Ruby Mountains near Elko, a range that’s been called the Swiss Alps of Nevada. Eriksen, who has a botany degree, relishes the range as ...

ELKO, NEV. — Lamoille Canyon in northeastern Nevada’s Ruby Mountains doesn’t attract many tourists. But I didn’t come seeking crowds, neon lights or fine dining. I came here for something that’s ...

"This is high-consequence terrain, so…" Jamie Laidlaw shrugs and pushes off the precipice of a 10,000-foot mountain, leaving me dangling on the ridge, with no choice but to follow. He is full of such ...