The Battle Mountain High School wrestling team wrapped up the regular season this past weekend, with an 11th-place finish at the Vaquero Classic in Fernley. Spanish Springs won the meet with 340 points, followed by Fernley (274), Douglas (260) and Lowry (210.50). Cruz Jimenez at 120 pounds and Ben George (285) each placed third for the Longhorns. Jimenez made his way to the championship semifinals, with pins against Carson’s Keona Basa Holokai, Sparks’ Gabriel Malagar and Spring Creek’s Trent Whitely.
Humboldt County is producing some pretty good girls basketball right now and the McDermitt High School basketball team is showing the 1A it is one of the best teams in the state. The Lady Bulldogs ran their winning streak to eight games and improved to 6-0 in the 1A East, after a pair of road wins last weekend.
At the beginning of December 2023, Donnie Nelson announced he was stepping down as the executive director the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association on June 1. The NIAA is the governing body of high school sports in Nevada. The NIAA Board of Control took the next step and officially opened the search for a new director that will be nationwide. The executive director is the Chief Administrative Officer of the NIAA. NAC 385B.150.
Winnemucca’s Alexa Azurmendi finished in first place in the ‘C’ Division at the Northern Nevada Masters youth tournament held on The tournament was held at Homegrown Bowling Center and was sponsored by the Carson Country U.S. Bowling Congress association. Forty-five bowlers participated in the tournament from throughout western Nevada.
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Lithium Americas has officially planted their roots with the grand opening of their Winnemucca office on Jan. 18. The Humboldt County community gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new office, constructed by Big G Construction and owned by Javier Rivera, which has space for 15 people and can be expanded to accommodate 25 to 30 people.
For general information about feral and stray cats, visit https://www.alleycat.org/.
Dress to impress for this year’s Father Daughter Dance at Sonoma Heights Elementary School (SHES) on Feb. 9 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Communities In Schools of Nevada (CIS) is collecting gently used and news dresses, fancy shoes, and hair accessories for students in kindergarten through fourth grade until Feb. 2.
Bees, butterflies and other pollinators are key components of Nevada’s ecosystem, pollinating crops and native plants while serving as food for countless species. There are thousands of these terrestrial invertebrates — land-dwelling species that lack backbones — in Nevada. But there’s a gap in how they’re managed and protected. Agencies in charge of overseeing the state’s wildlife either don’t know enough about the terrestrial invertebrates to protect them or don’t have the explicit authority to do so. Nevada legislators determine which species state agencies manage.
Lunches are served each weekday at noon and soup and croutons is served at 11 a.m. the Pleasant Senior Center, 1480 Lay Street. Lunches are open to the public. Suggested minimum donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older. Visitors must be 16 years or older. Their meal is $10. Hot soup at croutons served daily with meal. Low-fat milk available daily. Safety of food after it has been served & taken from the center is the responsibility of the consumer.
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Still confused: GOP Primary Vs. Caucus
Republican U.S. Senate candidates gathered in Reno Thursday night to debate who among them would be the best challenger to take on Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) in November — and took shots at the elephant not in the room, front-runner and retired Army Capt. Sam Brown. The debate, hosted by conservative group RedMove at the Atlantis Casino, included seven candidates competing to be the Republican nominee after the June 11 primary. Both Brown and former ambassador to Iceland Jeff Gunter skipped out on the debate, leaving it as more of an undercard in which contenders (many of whom are perennial candidates) mostly agreed on conservative policy principles, including closing the border to new migrants, ending military aid to Ukraine and sharply curbing government spending.