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Stuart wins 2A triple jump state championship

In his final meet of his high school career, Battle Mountain High School’s Blake Stuart won the 2A triple jump at the NIAA State Track and Field Championships this past weekend at Carson High School in Carson City. Stuart came into the finals second in the seeding, but saved his best for last with a personal-best leap of 41 feet, 8.75 inches.

Kenison wins high jump, pole vault, triple jump at state track and field championships

You could say Lowry High School sophomore Brent Kenison had a pretty good weekend at the Nevada State Track and Field Championships at Carson High School in Carson City. The state capitol was taken over by Kenison, who won three individual state titles over the two days. He did in style, setting personal bests in all three events.

Most Nevada reservoirs at 80% capacity or more

Nevada can expect a healthy water year — with some caveats — thanks to a hardy winter snowpack and generous spring showers. As snow melts through the summer, most key reservoirs in northern Nevada and the Sierra are expected to reach full volume this spring, according to the Natural Resource Conservation Services’ May water supply outlook report.

Great Basin College holds graduation, 74 local students receive degrees

A total of 432 students earned their degrees this year as a part of the entire Great Basin College (GBC) graduating class of 2024; 74 of those students earned their degrees at the local GBC campus and walked in the ceremony on May 18 with multiple students earning their degrees while also attending high school concurrently.

Learn how local drinking water is being protected during the Water Quality Summit next week

Water quality is vital for everyone and Humboldt County is hosting the 2024 Water Quality Summit on May 30 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the west hall of the Convention Center. “Water is one of our number one resources. We as a community need to understand what measures are being taken to protect our drinking water and what they can do to help,” said Humboldt County Economic Development Officer Michelle Hammond-Allen.

One-shot federal funding for NV behavioral health services is winding down. Now what?

As local governments in Nevada have used one-shot federal recovery relief dollars toward mental and behavioral health services, city and county officials stressed the importance for state lawmakers to figure out a sustainable funding source. During Monday’s Interim Committee of Health and Human Service, officials from Clark County, Washoe County, the City of Las Vegas and rural Nevada updated lawmakers on successes and failures of efforts to connect people experiencing mental health crises to behavioral health services.

Community focuses on importance of mental health during Brain Health Summit

The Brain Health Summit, hosted by Age & Dementia Friendly Winnemucca and Humboldt Connections Suicide Prevention Task Force, presented many different community stakeholders and brain health advisors to highlight the vastness of mental health.

Lowry golfers wrap up regular season with pair of tournaments

The Lowry High School boys golf team concluded its regular season last week with tournaments in Dayton and Reno. The Buckaroos and the Northern 3A saw its tournament move from South Lake Tahoe to the Arnold Palmer-designed Dayton Valley Country Club on Monday, May 6.

Pershing County track and field team qualifies 14 for state championships

The Pershing County High School track and field team got off the ground this season in more ways than one. At the Northern 2A Regional Championships in Carson City this past weekend, over a dozen Pershing County athletes progressed to the state level.

The Best in the North

The softball team Lovelock loves to watch won the Northern 2A Regional Championship last weekend on its home field. In the opening round, Pershing County overcame a deficit against Battle Mountain with a home run from Taylor Garland in the fifth inning. The final score was 5-2. Later on Friday afternoon, the Mustangs edged out Yerington by one slim run, 14-13.

The race that could decide if Dems win a veto-proof Legislature

A Democratic veto-proof majority in the Nevada Legislature could come down to the race for Senate District 15, a previously Republican-held seat that was redrawn to give Democrats an advantage. The Nevada Senate Republican Caucus, which identified the Northern Nevada district as one of four seats it needs to win, said in a fundraising email this week that a Democratic legislative supermajority would result in “bad liberal policy.”

Trump campaign sues Nevada for accepting mail ballots after Election Day

The Trump campaign and its allies filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a Nevada law allowing elections officials to accept mail ballots for up to four business days after Election Day, as long as they are postmarked before polls close. The lawsuit alleges that the four-day period for mail ballots to be received violates federal law because it does not conform to the Election Day deadline established by the federal government. Attorneys for the plaintiffs, which include the Republican National Committee and the Nevada Republican Party, argue that the law establishing the ballot timeline is therefore “unlawful and must be enjoined.”

D.C. Download How will reclassifying marijuana affect Nevada?

For years, advocates have called upon presidential administrations to reclassify marijuana or deschedule it entirely from the DEA’s list of controlled substances. On Wednesday, the Biden administration took the furthest step towards legalizing weed since it was first criminalized, announcing it would reclassify marijuana from its current status as a Schedule I drug, on par with heroin and ecstasy, to Schedule III, which includes drugs such as ketamine and anabolic steroids that are allowed for medical use.

2022’s Question 3 is back: After restructuring, are Nevada ranked-choice ballot measure backers still active?

Flush with cash from wealthy outside donors, Nevada Voters First conducted an expansive media campaign in 2022 on behalf of Question 3, a ballot measure that would fundamentally change Nevada’s election system by allowing all voters to participate in primaries regardless of party affiliation and implement ranked-choice voting in general elections. The group, which also garnered financial support from the Realtors, a teachers union and the gaming industry, ran myriad digital and television ads and poured millions of dollars into supporting the proposal, which qualified for the ballot. It passed with the support of about 53 percent of voters that year, despite opposition from prominent elected leaders of both major parties.

PLEASANT CENTER MENU for May 16-22

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.