On April 30, 2024, Deputies from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Button Point adjacent to Interstate 80 after a report of a male victim being shot was received via 911.
In 2023 there were 84,000 dementia family caregivers, providing 142 million hours of unpaid care valued at $2.68 billion, according to the Alzheimer’s Association 2024 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report. This year the cost of caring for people living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias is projected to reach $360 billion — a $15 billion increase from a year ago which does not include unpaid care provided by family caregivers and friends.
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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Nevada’s general fund revenue is 5% higher so far in fiscal year 2024 than earlier forecasts from the state’s Economic Forum, Legislative fiscal analyst Michael Nakamoto told legislators Monday.
Though more than 116,000 families in Nevada qualify for a federal program offering food, nutrition support and education to pregnant and postpartum women, toddlers and infants from low-income households, only about half of those families receive those benefits, state health officials told lawmakers earlier this month.
Earlier this month, a congressional subcommittee met to discuss spent nuclear fuel and where to store it — setting off alarms for opponents of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, the federal site in Nye County designated to store the nation’s high-level nuclear waste that has nonetheless sat vacant for decades due to intense regional opposition.
One month after Nevada DMV officials said that the long-awaited project to upgrade the agency’s antiquated computer systems was on track and within budget, the agency now says the plan will likely take three more fiscal years and cost $300 million more than originally anticipated.
Correction In the story Crossroads Paper announces intentions to build recycling facility in Humboldt County in the May 1 edition it was incorrectly stated that the facility will be 220 square feet. The paper recycling will be 220,000 sqaure feet. Additionally, facility will consume about 330 acre feet of water annually, not daily as was stated. The Sun regrets the error.
Staff report A perceived gun threat last week concerning Lowry High School ultimately led to the arrest of a juvenile, according to law enforcement officials. Officials with the Winnemucca Police Department updated their social media April 29 while events transpired, assuring the community and parents through multiple posts throughout the day that rumors of a gun on campus were unfounded. Photos of the student holding the weapon had circulated the preceding weekend on social media, leading some students to fear that the weapon had been brought to LHS.
A Reno-based company, Solidus Resources, LLC, has applied to change the usage of water rights it owns in Pershing County from “irrigation” to “mining.” The proposed change has alarmed some residents, including DJ (Dan) Myers. The Pershing County Commissioners and others are protesting all 18 of their applications and plans on discussing the matter further at its next meeting May 15. Myers’ ties to Nevada go way back. The walls of "The Ghost Town Saloon" in Midas display photos of his grandfather hauling the first ball mill to Coeur Rochester with a 20-mule team.
Spring is here and hot air balloons will soon be too! The 2024 Winnemucca Balloon Festival is taking place May 17 to 19 with multiple opportunities to see some balloons on the ground and in the air. This year’s theme, Magic in the Sky, was inspired by a local student’s imagination.
Earlier in April, Humboldt County School District (HCSD) Superintendent of 13 years, Dr. Dave Jensen, announced that he will be retiring in June of 2025 during a regular meeting of the Humboldt County School Board of Trustees, but the Board has already appointed a new superintendent at their meeting on April 23 (Trustee Lori Woodland was present online).
Updates by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to its oil and gas leasing rule for public lands will likely discourage the industry from continuing to operate in states like Nevada where exploration rarely turns up a substantial oil deposit, according to state officials. With last month’s updates — the first comprehensive overhaul of the rule since 1988 and the first update to some components of it in more than a century — oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on public lands, a move praised by conservation groups but one Nevada officials say could eliminate several million dollars per year from state and county coffers.