Since the start of the season in late February, the Lowry High School girls track and field team have proved to be one of the best in northern Nevada, regardless of classification. That was on full display this past weekend at the Northern 3A Regional Championships at Douglas High School in Minden. The Buckaroos ran away with the team title with 156.33 points, defeating Truckee (112.5) and Elko (100.33) and South Tahoe (100.33).
For years, educators and parents have sounded alarm bells about the adverse impact of social media use on minors. In recent months, those calls have turned into concrete policies in Nevada, such as phone bans in classrooms. Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford could take those bans a step further through a sweeping measure that could transform the way websites operate in Nevada — requiring online platforms to implement age verification systems, limit features such as infinite scrolling for minors and require them to have approval from legal guardians before using social media.
Nevada Outdoor School (NOS) has announced its response to sudden and widespread cuts to AmeriCorps State and National program grants, which included the termination of its AmeriCorps Nevada grant. The decision is part of what NOS described as “unprecedented cuts” that affected more than 1,000 service programs nationwide. Since launching its AmeriCorps program in 2002, Nevada Outdoor School has hosted 348 AmeriCorps members. According to the organization, those members have contributed hundreds of thousands of service hours to rural communities across northern Nevada by supporting youth, advancing outdoor education, and strengthening community resilience.
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) and House Republicans passed an amendment to sell off hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Nevada without getting proceeds earmarked for Nevada or land designated for conservation in exchange, setting off a firestorm of criticism from conservationists and Democrats who called it an “insane plan.” Amodei’s amendment — introduced around 11 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday following 11 hours of debate — was the only successful addition to the natural resources portion of Republicans’ budget mega-bill.
Downtown Winnemucca is getting ready for its first big Main Street Murals & Music Festival — a four-day festival featuring local, national, and international artists along with a large community event day on the 31st — taking place Thursday, May 29th to Sunday, June 1st. Over the course of these four days, murals will be brought to life on over twenty-five walls in and around Winnemucca’s downtown corridor area as part of the overall
ST. GEORGE — Utah Tech University celebrated the 2025 graduating class of 3,088 students at its 114th commencement ceremonies this week. Winnemucca’s Sierra Fears was included in the 2025 graduating class.
RENO — Thinning of forests, generally undertaken to reduce dangers from wildfire and restore the forest to a more natural state, also can create more mountain runoff to mitigate drought effects in the central Sierra Nevada region that relies on snowpack. In fact, researchers from the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources at the University of Nevada, Reno found that the quantity of additional water produced by thinned forests can be so significant that it might provide further incentive for forest managers to undertake prescribed burning or tree-removal using heavy equipment and hand crews with chainsaws.
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.
As it has been all year, the final week of the regular season in the Northern 3A East is going to be crazy — all except for one team. Churchill County has secured the No. 1 seed from the East for the regional tournament but the final three seeds are anybody’s to secure. Elko is currently second at 7-5, with Lowry, Spring Creek and Fernley tied at 5-7. Only the top four advance to the postseason. Lowry travels to Dayton, Spring Creek visits Churchill County and Elko travels to Fernley.
High school athletes, coaches and families from all over the state converged on the PCHS track last Saturday. Under sunny skies, they competed in the annual Mustang Invitational. “It was a great meet. Our athletes were all in good spirits and ready to compete on our home field,” coach Chelsea Montes said. The team wore “crazy socks” and competed in honor of Tyus Halverson. Hayley Montes and Khloe Montes both placed in the 100-meter dash and Hayley placed fourth with 13.90 seconds. Khloe placed fifth with 13.93 seconds.
Last Saturday, a select group of high school girls basketball players played in an all-star game at North Valley High School in Reno. They competed at the invitation of Battle Born Preps.
Ladies Golf Results —
The Battle Mountain High School boys golf team was busy last week, with two tournaments in eastern Nevada. The week started at Toana Vista Golf Course in Wendover on Monday, April 14. The Longhorns took just three players to the tournament, with James Spealman finished fourth overall with a round of 93.
With just one meet left in the regular season, the Lowry High School girls track and field team is priming itself for a possible long run into the postseason. The Buckaroo ladies were in Reno this past Saturday at McQueen High School for the Northwest Invite and placed fifth with 50.16 points.
The Lowry High School swim team got back on the winning track, sweeping a dual from Sparks on Saturday, April 12, at the Carson Aquatic Center in Carson City. The girls squad beat the Railroaders 140-46, with the boys pulling out a 74-51 victory. The Lowry girls won every event they were entered in, with Aidan Peters taking home the top spot in both the 200-freestyle in a time of 2 minutes, 42.15 seconds and the 100-butterfly at 1:27.96.