Lincoln County Record
Weekly newspaper in Nevada
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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]
| Lincoln County Nevada's News Source | |
The nameplate | |
 Caliente Depot on the front page of March 14, 2025 | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ben Rowley |
| Founder | H.R. Pitchford |
| Publisher | Nevada Central Media |
| Managing editor | Carly Sauvageau |
| Staff writers | Collin Anderson, Jason Beam, Jessica Hernandez, Summer Mastin |
| Former names[1] |
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| Founded | 1870[2] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Post Office Box 635 Alamo, Nevada 89001 |
| Circulation | 1,800[3] |
| ISSN | 8755-3260 |
| Website | lccentral |
History
In September 1870, H.R. Pitchford founded the Ely Record newspaper in Ely and printed it out of a tent.[1] Since then, the paper has used a number of locations as its headquarters, including Pioche, Caliente, and Panaca[6] but has been based in Alamo as of 2025.[7]
Patrick Holland was one of the paper's first proprietors with founder Pitchford.[8] A few months later the paper was issued by Holland and Mr. Simpson.[9] In August 1872, editor P. Frank Kenyon disposed of his interests, leaving Pat Holland as sole owner of the Record.[10] Kenyon left to form a rival paper with W.B. Taylor called the Daily Pioche Review.[11] That September, Holland expanded the paper into a daily and renamed it to the Pioche Daily Record.[12]
In 1906, H.E. Freudenthal purchased the Record.[13] Later that year he leased it to Eugene Goodrich and William Orr.[14] In 1908, Lewis H. Beason, mining editor of the Deseret News, purchased the Record from Orr and Goodrich.[15] Following Beason, the paper was acquired by Oliver R. Nation in 1918,[16] A.A. Sherman in 1919,[17] and Edgar L. Nores and F.E. Brown in 1920.[18]
In June 1925, the Pioche Record and Caliente Weekly News were merged to form the Lincoln County Record. S.D. Perry was editor and manager.[19] In 1949, a fire destroyed the paper's office.[20] The paper continued publication without missing a deadline by using the presses of other nearby papers.[21] Nores published the paper until his death in 1960.[22]
Thomas L. Clay bought the paper about 1970 and ran it until his death in 1979. Connie Simkins was the editor from 1979 until retiring in 2008.[23] In 2010, Stephens Media, owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, purchased the paper.[24][6] In 2011, local reporter Rachel Williford won first place as a Journalist of Merit from the Nevada Press Association.[25]
In 2012, the company sold the Record to Battle Born Media.[26] In 2015, the UNLV University Libraries digitized and moved past issues of the paper online as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program.[27] 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.[28]