Lincoln County Record

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Lincoln County Record
Lincoln County Nevada's News Source
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Ben Rowley
Founder(s)H.R. Pitchford
PublisherNevada Central Media
Managing editorCarly Sauvageau
Staff writersCollin Anderson, Jason Beam, Jessica Hernandez, Summer Mastin
Former names [1]
  • Ely Record (1870–1872)
  • Pioche Daily Record (1872–1876)
  • Pioche Tri-Weekly Record (1876–1876)
  • Pioche Weekly Record (1877–1900)
  • Lincoln County Record (1900–1905)
  • Pioche Weekly Record (1906–1908)
  • Pioche Record (1908–1925)
Founded1870;155 years ago (1870) [2]
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersPost Office Box 635
Alamo, Nevada 89001
Circulation 1,800 [3]
ISSN 8755-3260
Website lccentral.com

The Lincoln County Record is a weekly newspaper [4] covering Lincoln County, Nevada. [5] Originally founded as the Ely Record, [1] it is the second oldest weekly newspaper in Nevada. [6] The paper focuses on local stories to provide community journalism for the rural area. [5]

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History

In 1870 or 1871, H.R. Pitchford founded the newspaper in Ely by printing it out of a tent. [1] Since then, the paper used a number of locations as a headquarters, including Pioche, Caliente, and Panaca [6] but is now based in Alamo. [7] In 2011, local reporter Rachel Williford won first place as a Journalist of Merit from the Nevada Press Association. [8]

The ownership of the Record has changed multiple times. Stephens Media, the then owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal , purchased the paper in 2010. [6] The company then sold it about two years later to Battle Born Media. [9] Battle Born planned to close the paper in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, until long-term managing editor Ben Rowley purchased it. [2] [7] As of 2024, publishing legal notices provided about 35% of the paper's income. [10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vaughan, Jason; Lampert, Cory; Michel, Peter (2020). "Pioche, Nevada". Nevada Digital Newspaper Project. National Digital Newspaper Program. UNLV University Libraries. Library of Congress & National Endowment for the Humanities . Retrieved February 9, 2025– via WordPress.
  2. 1 2 Appleton, Rory (March 21, 2020). "Coronavirus crisis strikes blow to Nevada rural newspapers". Las Vegas Review-Journal . Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Lincoln County Record". Mondo Times . Boulder, Colorado. 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Lincoln County Record". Muck Rack . Miami. February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Schmitt, Jordan (September 28, 2022). "OHIO viscom student explores community journalism while interning for Lincoln County Record". OHIO Today . Athens, Ohio: Ohio University . Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 "Historic Pioche, Nevada". Pioche: Nevada's Original Old West Town. Pioche Chamber of Commerce. January 31, 2025. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Sauvageau, Carly (January 19, 2024). "Ely Times and Eureka Sentinel will be sold, turned to digital-only publications". Nevada Independent . Las Vegas: Nevada News Bureau. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Nevada Press Association 2011 award winners". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Associated Press. October 16, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Stephens Media sells Lincoln County Record". Las Vegas Review-Journal. April 3, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  10. ↑ Sauvageau, Carly (March 31, 2024). "For rural papers as old as Nevada itself, a fight for survival in digital age". Nevada Independent. Las Vegas: Nevada News Bureau. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
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