The Nevada High School Rodeo Association closed out its fall schedule with the Mopa Rodeo on Nov. 11-12. Billy DeLong took home the top spot in saddle bronc with a ride of 74 points in the second performance.
Lovelock is blessed with some of the best Junior PeeWee cheerleaders around. That's what the judges at the Reno Sparks Convention Center decided on Sunday, Nov. 5, when they awarded the squad a first-place trophy. "These girls worked hard all season. Most of them either never cheered before or hadn't since they were very little," said coach Marci Carruth. She co-coaches with Kelli Anderson.
Lowry High School senior Savannah was Named to Northern 3A and Northern 3A east volleyball first team and the all-state second team for her play this fall.
The Lowry High School girls basketball team will begin its defense of back-to-back state championships with a trip to Las Vegas on Friday and Saturday for the Silverado Shootout.
LAS VEGAS — Bryce Fears of the Humboldt County Rodeo Club has qualified to compete in the Vegas Tuffest Jr. World Championship in December. He will be one of over 1,000 entries from 29 different states including four provinces in Canada competing Dec. 6-13 at the Mike and Sherrylynn Johnson Vegas Tuffest Jr. World Championship which is held the first weekend of the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
The Battle Mountain NNA swim team was in Henderson from Nov. 9-12 for the 2023 Nevada State Short Course Championships at Heritage Park Aquatics Center.
Finding Answers in Stillness
When retired Command Sgt. Maj. Jim Richardson first deployed to Afghanistan in 2009, he had to register for burn pit exposure. Burn pits, the open air trash disposals used in U.S. military sites throughout the Middle East, can cause a variety of respiratory illnesses, including cancers. (The military has not banned the practice but uses them much more rarely now.) But Richardson, who retired after 35 years in the Nevada Army National Guard and now lives in Reno, said nothing ever came of the registry, even though he later developed respiratory issues including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and mild asthmatic symptoms.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 17-year-old high school student in Las Vegas who authorities said accompanied a friend to a prearranged fight over a pair of headphones and a vape pen was killed when 10 students between the ages of 13 and 17 beat him in an alleyway around the corner from campus. The victim's father, Jonathan Lewis Sr., said his son was attacked while standing up "for one of his smaller friends," the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Nick Jacques grew up with a passion for music. Jacques, 36, said he first began to play the alto saxophone when he was in the fourth grade in Southern California, and continued playing music throughout middle school and high school. Jacques said it offered him an opportunity to bond with his music teachers and classmates.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — There is no such thing as a flawless first-year event, so go ahead and accept that there will be bumps and bruises in Formula One's $500 million Las Vegas Grand Prix. The warning signs were as bright as The Sphere when early pricing opened for the extravaganza, the most expensive grand prix to attend on this year's 24-race calendar.
Las Vegas has re-invented itself as “The Sports Capital of the World,” some leaders in Nevada’s tourism industry have said. Professional sports leagues continue to flock to Nevada’s largest city, seeing dollar signs in their eyes. “What Vegas brings to professional sports right now is pretty obvious to all these leagues,” Steve Hill, CEO and chairman of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, said on Nevada Newsmakers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — ؙThe Bureau of Land Management announced today approval of the Gibellini Vanadium Mine Project outside Eureka, Nevada, green-lighting a proposal to develop critical minerals on BLM-managed public lands. Vanadium is a U.S. Geological Survey-designated critical mineral used in steel manufacturing, aerospace applications, and battery technology.
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