The Battle Mountain High School softball team inched closer to a spot in the Northern 2A Regional Championship, May 10-11, in Lovelock. Battle Mountain knocked off Yerington 16-5 on Friday afternoon in Yerington, with the Lions bouncing back to sweep Saturday’s doubleheader 11-9 and 6-5. The Lady Longhorns stand at 9-9 in league play.
The Lowry High School swim team returned to Northwest Pool on Saturday, Apil 20, to dual South Tahoe. The Vikings collected two wins, beating the boys 128-19 and the Lady Bucks 141-90.
A slow start to the season put the Lowry High School softball team behind the 8-ball in chase to get back to the postseason after playing in the 2023 3A state championship game. In the past couple weeks, the Lady Bucks have hit their stride and will no be in the postseason after sweeping Dayton 18-2 and 15-0 on Thursday afternoon.
It was a special day for two Lowry High School track and field athletes, as they set new school records during the Don and Lynda Walton Invitational on Saturday. Sophomore Brent Kenison won three individual events on the day, including setting a new school record in the pole vault, clearing 13 feet, 6 inches. He also led the way in the triple jump with a mark of 43-8 and the high jump (6-0). Kenison was seventh in the discus.
The McDermitt High School track and field team wrapped up the regular season this past Saturday at the Don and Lynda Walton Invitational at Lowry High School in Winnemucca. Shandon Camas turned in a second-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 41 feet, 2 inches.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday announced a final rule that means millions of salaried workers who are employed in the executive, administrative or professional industries will become eligible for overtime pay.
Main Street Winnemucca (MSW) and the Humboldt General Hospital Employee Committee (HGHEC) are partnering up to sponsor 16 of the banners that run along Haskell Street displaying military photos of veterans. “This benefits the community by celebrating our veterans and showcasing them on the flag/light poles along Haskell St. It is so neat to drive down the road and see all those who have served,” explained Kim Hayes, HGHEC Event Coordinator in an email.
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With highly fractured, permeable ground, the Great Basin’s geology makes it one of the most geothermally rich areas in the world. Hot fluid rises easily toward the surface, ideal for driving power plants, and present-day Nevada is the second-largest producer of geothermal energy in the nation behind California. Tapping into hot fluids below the ground to spin turbines in power plants that generate electricity and boasting a lower carbon footprint than many other power sources, geothermal accounts for about 9 percent of energy generated in Nevada. But that number could be much higher, scientists say. The Silver State could produce about 30 gigawatts (GW) of geothermal power — about 30 times more than it does now.
Almost a year after major pharmacy chains began waffling at the prospect of filling mifepristone prescriptions, Walgreens and CVS began dispensing the abortion pill in Nevada during the last few weeks. The decision comes after a concentrated push by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), who called on the chains to follow through with Food & Drug Administration (FDA) guidance updates finalized in 2023 allowing mifepristone to be dispensed and sold at pharmacies.
The Bureau of Land Management will publish a final rule soon allowing the nation’s public lands to be leased for environmental protection, a Thursday news release from the Interior Department said. The rule, which both proponents and detractors say marks a shift in the agency’s focus toward conservation, directs land managers at the agency to identify landscapes in need of restoration and to create plans to fill those needs.
Editor’s note: The treatments are counts from his mother. Prior to the last home baseball games of the year, 16-year-old Joesph Esquibel was honored by the Lowry High School baseball team to throw out the first pitch. With his family behind him, Esquibel threw a strike down the middle of the plate. Esquibel is the middle child of seven and has been fighting for his life for over 18 months, after receiving his official diagnosis of high risk (stage 4) neuroblastoma in October of 2022.
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.
ALAMO — The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) is seeking the public’s help in identifying two individuals responsible for illegally releasing approximately 25 turkeys onto the Key Pittman Wildlife Management Area on April 9, 2024.