''The Record-Courier'' is a twice-a-week newspaper in
Gardnerville, Nevada
Gardnerville is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, adjacent to the county seat of Minden. The population was 6,211 at the time of th2020 Census
U.S. Route 395 runs through the center of Gardnerville. State Route 207, known as Ki ...
. It has its origins in ''The Carson Valley News'' founded in
Genoa, Nevada
Genoa is an Unincorporated towns in Nevada, unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, Douglas County, Nevada, United States. Founded in 1851, it was the first settlement in what became the Nevada Territory. It is situated within Carson River ...
, in 1875 by A. C. Pratt. The newspaper was renamed ''The Genoa Courier'' in 1880 and merged that year with ''The Genoa Journal''. It merged with ''The Gardnerville Record'' in 1904 to form ''The Record-Courier''. It is one of the oldest continuously published nameplates in Nevada. It was purchased by
Swift Communications
Swift Communications Inc. is an American digital marketing and newspaper publishing company based in Carson City, Nevada. Swift's primary markets are resort town tabloid newspapers and websites as well as agricultural publications. Swift Communica ...
in 1988. ''The Record-Courier'' covers
Carson Valley
Douglas County is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of th2020 Census the population was 49,488. Its county seat is Minden. Douglas County comprises the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...
, located in
Douglas County,
Alpine County (California)
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Mono County (California)
Mono County ( ) is a county (United States), county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 13,195, making it the fourth-least populous county in C ...
in the eastern
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
. An original woodcut of the
Carson Range
The Carson Range is a spur of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California and western Nevada that starts at Carson Pass and stretches north to the Truckee River near Verdi, Nevada.
Geography
The mountain range is about 50 miles (80 km) long and ...
as it rises above Carson Valley produced by syndicated cartoonist Lew Hymers in 1928 appears in the banner. On August 1, 2019, ''The Record-Courier'' along with the ''Nevada Appeal'', the ''Lahontan Valley News'', and the ''Northern Nevada Business View'' were sold to Pacific Publishing. The papers reformed under the Nevada News Group.
References
External links
''Record-Courier'' site
Newspapers published in Nevada
Newspapers established in 1875
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