The latest stop for the Nevada High School Rodeo Association was at the Carson/Douglas rodeo from Nov. 1-3. The Humboldt County Rodeo Club came back with a number of individual champions. Brynn Barto claimed the average win in barrel racing with a two-go time of 36.407 seconds.
HONOLULU (AP) — Hajj-Malik Williams had a touchdown pass and a touchdown run to lead UNLV to a 29-27 victory over Hawaii on Saturday night. The outcome remained in doubt until Williams raced 40 yards to the Hawaii 15 on third-and-3 with 1:09 remaining.
The Pershing County High School junior varsity football team ended the year at 4-4, overall, and 1-0 in the league.
The PCHS Spirit Squad was part of the Mustangs’ recent win against West Wendover. They will cheer for the Mustangs throughout the postseason however the wind blows, victory or defeat. Christina Dickerman spoke about her first year as cheer coach. Her coaching background includes middle school track and high school color guard.
One of Nevada’s most heralded World War II veterans who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor more than 80 years ago and saw the battleship guns blazing against the shores of Normandy died Sunday at his home in Mankato, Minnesota. Charles Sehe, 101, who served his entire military career during the second world war aboard the battleship USS Nevada (NN36), had been in declining health.
Bird Watching in Northern Nevada
Empowering versus Enabling
Pinyon pine and juniper trees were recently removed from the Overland Pass Habitat Improvement Project area on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest's Mountain City-Ruby Mountains-Jarbidge Ranger District. This initiative is in line with the USDA Forest Service's National Wildland Crisis Strategy, which aims to minimize the risk of hazardous fuels. As part of this effort, the public is permitted to gather dead and downed wood in the Big Wash-West area south of Cherry Spring Canyon and the Overland Pass area, all located in the southern portion of the Ruby Mountains.
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi, By Wright Thompson
What Words Are Worth
“Nobody knows”
RENO – In July, the Nevada State Climate Office based in the Department of Geography at the University of Nevada, Reno hired a new state climatologist, Baker Perry. Perry came to the University from Appalachian State University where he worked for over a decade. Perry’s background is in climatology, and he is also a National Geographic Explorer. The former interim state climatologist, Tom Albright, is now the deputy state climatologist for the office.
WINNEMUCCA — With colder weather approaching, people may start thinking about gathering firewood. Firewood permits are required to gather firewood from public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the Winnemucca District. Woodcutting areas can be found in Humboldt and Pershing counties, as well as portions of Lander, Churchill and Washoe counties.
Federal funding generated from the sale of public land in Nevada will be used to finance 36 projects aimed at enhancing recreation and restoration projects across Nevada and the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Battle Mountain Northern Nevada Aquatic swimmers Nevaeh Serna, Saige Bakker, Weston Reiva and Barrett Buffington swam at the King of the Hill Challenge at the Moana Pool from Oct. 18-20.