The McDermitt High School boys basketball team concluded the regular season with three road games.
It was an up and down season for the Lowry High School boys basketball team. The Buckaroos were competitive in a majority of its Northern 3A East games but could not come away with a victory. It all came together for Lowry on senior night and Winterfest week on Friday with a 68-44 win over Dayton.
The regular season finale on Saturday afternoon provided fans in Winnemucca the latest heavyweight battle between the Lowry High School girls and Fernley. The two schools have been far above everyone else in the 3A and are considered some of the top teams in the state. The Lady Bucks and Vaqueros met four times last year – with Lowry winning just one game, the state championship.
The high school wrestling season comes to a conclusion on Friday with the NIAA State Championships at the Anderson Auto Group Fieldhouse in Bullhead City, Ariz.
Lowry High School inducted three new members into the Winnemucca High Schools Hall of Fame this past Saturday. Each individual member has played a crucial role in the development of Winnemucca’s community.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Division of State Parks is currently accepting grant applications for motorized trail projects in anticipation of the 2024 Federal Highway Administration funding of the Recreational Trails Program (RTP).
Don’t you sometimes wish you could be as easily amused and content as a happy dog or cat?
Venturing into the heart of Northern Nevada for a winter camping escapade may seem eccentric, but trust me, the experience is nothing short of magical.
RENO — The College of Education & Human Development at the University of Nevada, Reno has climbed 21 spots in the rankings from the prior year. It is now ranked No. 88th among the 2024 Best Online Masters in Education Programs by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News evaluated schools in the Best Online category based on a variety of factors, such as student engagement, faculty credentials, and services and technologies.
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WINNEMUCCA — Black Rock Field Office, in partnership with Friend of Black Rock-High Rock, has co-hosted the 10th Annual Artist in Residence (AiR) program for the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area.
Nevada had the highest job growth in the nation last year, and the highest unemployment rate, a paradox that can be attributed to inadequate “job infrastructure”, says Julie Su, the Acting Labor Secretary of the United States. “It’s not just about Nevada,” Su said in an interview with the Current. “It’s just like physical infrastructure. It’s a decades-long problem of underinvestment. The workforce system has potholes and cracks in it, too. And it also has not been built to reach every community the way it should.”
Addressing high nitrate levels in the drinking water in Grass Valley (GV) and a lack of adequate space within the Humboldt County Courthouse to accommodate changes in legislation both call for multi-million-dollar solutions—a wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) for Grass Valley residents and a new, larger justice center for Humboldt County. At their annual Board Retreat on Jan. 29, the Humboldt County Board of Commissioners discussed two of the most prominent projects that they worked on in 2023, unanimously deciding to move forward with design work for the WWTF but ultimately not coming to a substantive conclusion for the justice center project.
Addressing high nitrate levels in the drinking water in Grass Valley (GV) and a lack of adequate space within the Humboldt County Courthouse to accommodate changes in legislation both call for multi-million-dollar solutions—a wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) for Grass Valley residents and a new, larger justice center for Humboldt County. At their annual Board Retreat on Jan. 29, the Humboldt County Board of Commissioners discussed two of the most prominent projects that they worked on in 2023, unanimously deciding to move forward with design work for the WWTF but ultimately not coming to a substantive conclusion for the justice center project.
ELKO — Are you interested in a high wage, high demand career in Diesel Technology, Industrial Maintenance Technology, Welding Technology, Electrical Systems Technology, or Instrumentation Technology? The GBC Career and Technical Education Department, CTE, is offering a Showcase of information night on these technical programs, as well as MTC Scholarship opportunities and the application process on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 5:30 pm. The event will be in person on the GBC Elko Campus: Greenhaw Technical Arts Center: Room GTA 130.