Nevada Outdoor School announced that it has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation (NDOR) to support its Nevada Outdoor Education & Recreation (NOER) initiative. This initiative is dedicated to connecting rural youth with nature through high-quality outdoor education experiences. With this funding, NOS will expand its reach and impact across rural northern Nevada, providing thousands of underserved students with opportunities to explore, learn about, and develop a deeper appreciation for the natural world.
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On Sunday, March 9, 2025, at approximately 12:45 p.m., Troopers with the Nevada Highway Patrol responded to a report of a vehicle crash on State Route 140 (SR140), near mile 95 in Humboldt County. This location is approximately 125 miles northwest of Winnemucca and 15 miles southeast of the Oregon state line.
RENO, Nevada – As millions of Americans adjusted their clocks for daylight saving time this week, many experience disruptions in their sleep and daily routines – a reminder of the importance of circadian rhythms that govern internal biological clocks. New research, led in part by Meet Zandawala, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and his colleagues offers fresh insights into how these networks function, potentially paving the way for solutions to better manage circadian rhythm disruptions and the effects of time shifts like daylight saving time. The team of international researchers, including Zandawala, has created the first comprehensive map of the circadian clock network in the fruit fly brain. This groundbreaking research, published in Nature Communications, provides new insights into how the brain regulates sleep, metabolism and hormone release.
Navy veteran and longtime Lovelock resident Mercedes Marcucci Starr has witnessed many events during her lifetime. From witnessing the Great Depression in the late 1920s to a devasting world war in the 1940s that resulted in the death of millions of people, Starr grabbed a front-row seat watching events unfold before her eyes. Undaunted by what her friends and family thought of women fighting in a war, Starr enlisted in the Navy in early 1944 because she wanted to serve her country.
A sleepy Selection Sunday this was not. North Carolina barely slid into this year’s version of March Madness, a development that led its athletic director to remind everyone that he had nothing to do with that choice even though he’s the head of the group that sets the bracket. Texas also made it in – barely — giving the Southeastern Conference a record 14 teams in the tournament, including overall top seed Auburn.
When the Pershing County High School track and field team competed in Yerington last week, two Mustang athletes became airborne for the first time in several years. Despite less-than-ideal weather conditions, pole vaulter Howard Mitchell cleared seven feet while Laura Gomez cleared five feet six inches.
The Pershing County High School baseball had a rough weekend on the road against West Wendover. The Mustangs lost all three games of the triple-header to the Wolverines (9-1, 15-5, and 9-8 in eight innings) but the scores tell only part of the story. This was most evident in the last game of the series which the Mustangs lost by one run in extra innings.
The Battle Mountain High School boys golf team was scheduled to hit the course in its league debut on Thursday, March 13, at Toana Vista Golf Course in West Wendover. However, Mother Nature had other ideas and the tournament was canceled due to poor weather.
It wasn’t a complete washout for the Lowry High School baseball team, who saw its crossover match-up with Truckee this past Friday postponed due to weather. The game was scheduled to be played in Reno but the Tahoe-Truckee School District declared a snow day for the Lake Tahoe school, which prohibited them from traveling. However, Mother Nature gave the Buckaroos a break on Saturday morning, as Lowry traveled to Reno and swept Hug 15-0 and 18-5 in cold conditions to improve to 5-5 on the season.
The McDermitt High School track and field team has its first two meets of the season under its belt with strong performances from its athletes. On Friday, March 7, the squad traveled to Dayton for the Dust Devil Invite. Junior Shandon Camas posted a personal best in the shot put to win the event with a throw of 45 feet, 4.5 inches. He placed third in the discus with a toss of 129-8. AJ Farmer posted a seventh-place finish in the shot put (34-10) and 10th in the discus (94-0) and freshman Trevor Smart placed 11th in the shot put (32-11.5) and 14th in the discus.
While most other teams have been struggling with the recent bad weather, one is enjoying the wet because that is what they do. The Lowry High School boys swim team remained perfect on the year beating North Valleys 66-54 on Friday, March 7, at Alf Sorenson Pool in Reno.
After going through a dry and mild November, December and January, you knew spring sports was going to take the brunt of the winter weather with an early start in late February and now into March. The Lowry High School softball team saw its doubleheader with South Tahoe scheduled this past Saturday at Lampe Park in Gardnerville postponed until March 25 back at Lampe Park. On Saturday, March 8, Lowry was scheduled to host North Valleys in its home debut, only to have Mother Nature waive her finger and day no.
The Lowry High School track and field continued to challenge itself in the early going with a trip to Las Vegas for the Bishop Gorman – NTS Invitational on Saturday, March 8. The Buckaroos returned to northern Nevada with strong performance under their belt, as Kianna Bazile won the girls triple jump with a leap of 32 feet, 8.50 inches. She beat Bishop Gorman’s Colette Archambeault by three inches.