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The Winnemucca Junior High School girls basketball team will hold a few more open gyms for the upcoming season.
RENO — The Nevada Basketball program and head coach Steve Alford announced the addition of Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams, a 6-foot-10, 230-pound forward who spent last season playing for Portland.
Temperatures are still over 100 degrees and the new school year does not start for more than a week but high school teams are on the field or the court for the fall season.
Last week’s two-day volleyball camp at PCHS exceeded expectations. Jim and Anna Aiazzi from Yerington ran the camp by invitation of coach Monica Halverson.
Earlier this summer, dozens of Mustang athletes set workout goals. As the season draws to a close, many have completed the program. Not for the first time, coach Mike Brooks designed a T-shirt to mark their efforts. It’s an eye-catching design. A muscular horse in Mustang garb and gym shoes grips a barbell and prepares to lift it from the ground.
Maddux Nichols carded a 7-over par 79 to win the Jeff Wade Memorial junior golf tournament, held Wednesday July 31, at Winnemucca Municipal Golf Course.
According to the federal government, those darn pot-smoking hippies just can’t be trusted with their constitutional rights — even in states such as Nevada, where it’s perfectly legal. Despite a growing consensus in American politics that the federal prohibition on marijuana is unjust and unwise, federal prosecutors and the Justice Department (DOJ) are doubling down on efforts to curb the gun rights of individuals who use state-legalized cannabis products.
Ethan Cohen recalls learning about the Holocaust in “fifth or fourth grade, briefly” and “then in middle school more in depth.” But his experience isn’t the standard in Nevada. “I attended a Jewish day school for most of my life,” said the high schooler, who serves on the Nevada Youth Legislature. “I had that with me growing all the way up. … I think my peers, while they maybe know a little about the Holocaust, it’s not comprehensive enough to make a difference that I think is necessary in our lives.” Cohen shared his perspective with state legislators on the interim committee on education, who discussed ongoing efforts to improve the state’s education of the Holocaust and other genocides.
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Nevada’s senior U.S. senator has introduced legislation to support service members transitioning from active duty to the civilian workforce, reports Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s Washington, D.C. office. The senator’s Transition Improvement by Estimating Risk (TIER) act will improve the Transitional Assistance Program (TAP) that helps men and women prepare for civilian careers after they leave military service. Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said the bill adds new screening criteria which includes child care needs and spousal employment status.