The Record-Courier is a three times a week newspaper located in Gardnerville, Nevada

Gardnerville, Nevada

Gardnerville is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the county seat of Minden. The population was 3,357 at the 2000 census....

. It has its origins in The Carson Valley News founded in Genoa, Nevada

Genoa, Nevada

Genoa is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. Founded in 1850, it was the first settlement in what became the Nevada Territory. It is situated within Carson River Valley and is about south of Reno....

, 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

Swift Communications Inc. is an American digital marketing and newspaper publishing chain based in Carson City, Nevada. Swift's primary markets are resort town tabloid newspapers and websites...

 in 1988. The Record-Courier covers Carson Valley, located in Douglas County, Alpine County (California), and Mono County (California) in the eastern Sierra Nevada. An original woodcut of the Carson Range

Carson Range

The Carson Range is a spur of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California and western Nevada that starts at Luther Pass and West Carson Canyon and goes to the Truckee River...

as it rises above Carson Valley produced by syndicated cartoonist Lew Hymers in 1928 appears in the banner.