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Kurt Hildebrand

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Covers:  Emergency services, courts, schools, local, county, state and federal government, climate, local people.
Doesn't Cover: Sports. I've interviewed murderers and their mothers, but sports parents terrify me.
Kurt Hildebrand has covered Douglas County since 1989. He is editor of The Record-Courier in Gardnerville.

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Kurt Hildebrand has served as editor of The Record-Courier for 17 years.
He first came to work at the Gardnerville publication in 1989 after slightly more than a year at the Ridgecrest Daily Independent. Formerly managing editor of The Nevada Appeal and production manager at Nevada Magazine, he was named Nevada outstanding weekly journalist in 1994.
He is a 1988 graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Hildebrand is a U.S. Navy veteran having served in the Persian Gulf on a guided missi…

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The July 14, 2026, R-C Morning Report

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By Kurt Hildebrand Verified
| The Record-Courier Verified
Genoa, Nev. — The clouds are so tired from last night’s party that they’re lying in the middle of Carson Valley. A fairly thick fog bank is reducing visibility on Highway 395, but it should burn off pretty quickly in the sun. A trio of .4-inch rain readings make a triangle with a corner in Genoa, another in Heavenly Valley and the third at Skyland showing the brunt of the storm passing north along the Carson Range on Monday.
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The July 13, 2026, R-C Morning Report

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By Kurt Hildebrand Verified
| The Record-Courier Verified
Genoa, Nev. — The 6,436-acre Elephant Fire burning near Loyalton is causing moderate air quality in the Gardnerville Ranchos. Looks like last night’s wind pushed the smoke up against the Pine Nuts. Firefighters have a line around 5 percent of it and hope to have it contained by July 22. Authorities responded to a report of a man found deceased in a vehicle around 5:15 p.m. Sunday on Highway 50 very near the Carson-Douglas line.
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Forecast monsoons bringing moisture to Western Nevada

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By Kurt Hildebrand Verified
| The Record-Courier Verified
Western Nevada residents may not have to wait for winter to feel the effects of a record El Niño presently underway in the Pacific. “A monsoon moisture surge today through Tuesday will usher shower and thunderstorm chances back into the Eastern Sierra and Western Nevada,” said National Weather Service Meteorologist Justin Collins on Sunday morning.
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