After taking the month of July off, the Winnemucca Junior High School girls basketball team will hold a few more open gyms for the upcoming season.
The Winnemucca junior golf season kicked off on Wednesday, July 10, with the Emelie Dillon scramble, as members of the Winnemucca Ladies Golf Club joined the youngsters.
It has been years in the making with hard work and set backs but the dream for Battle Mountain’s Devin Huhta is here, as he is competing at the USA Paralympics Track and Field Trials in Miramar, Fla.
CARSON CITY, Nev. – In partnership with the Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation, the University of Nevada, Reno has developed two programs to address the increasing demand for skilled professionals in outdoor recreation. The new programs include a specialization in Sustainable Outdoor Recreation Management and a minor in Outdoor Adventure and Leadership (ODAL). The Sustainable Outdoor Recreation Management specialization is part of the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, developed in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology
When Reno resident Ky Plaskon’s air conditioning unit stopped working as a record-setting heat wave gripped both ends of Nevada this week, he inquired about a subsidized replacement through NV Energy’s PowerShift program. Funded by ratepayers, the program offers customers a rebate of $340 to $2,000 on energy-efficient units, depending on the type and size.
RENO — The weather forecast for the West continues to be scorching temperatures, low humidity and high winds – the perfect recipe for wildfire ignition and spread. Already this year, more than 23,400 wildfires have burned over 2,800,000 acres in the United States. More than 10,500 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across the country.
DENIO, NV — A wildfire, referred to as the Wilder Fire, broke out near Denio, Nev., on July 7 at 11:23 a.m. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mobilized firefighting resources to contain the blaze, which has rapidly spread due to dry conditions and strong winds.
Like an old friend, Frontier Days returns to Lovelock Aug. 2 - 4. The weekend centers around food, games and live music. Several contests offer cash prizes. On Saturday morning, Grand Marshals Jeff Kearns and Misty Moepono-Wood will lead the parade from the community center to the courthouse park. They both live up to this year's theme of "helping hands."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign said recently it gathered enough signatures for its petition to place him on the November general election ballot in Nevada, and county election officials will now undertake a signature verification process.
A handful of new laws enacted during the 2023 legislative session went into effect on July 1, including measures related to Medicaid coverage of mental health care and the interrogation of children during custody hearings. After July 1, aspects of only six remaining laws enacted by the 2023 Legislature will not have gone into effect. Portions of more than 400 laws passed by lawmakers last year went into effect last July, October and January.
WASHINGTON — The stalemate over the current farm bill may be solidifying a new era in farm politics as it joins the last three farm bills in a trend of delays and partisan division — a contrast from the legislation’s history of bipartisanship. Every five years, Congress is tasked with drafting a new federal farm bill. The omnibus law that began 90 years ago as various kinds of payments to support farmers now has an impact far beyond the farm, with programs to create wildlife habitat, address climate change and provide the nation’s largest federal nutrition program.
Before Nevada voters passed Question 2 in 2022, Nevada operated under a two-tier minimum wage system that allowed an employee to be paid a lower minimum wage if an employer offered qualified health benefits. But because of the constitutional amendment — and a multiyear effort to raise the minimum wage that was approved in the 2019 legislative session — Nevadans now make no less than $12 an hour as of July 1. That’s up from the previous minimum wage of $11.25 an hour, or $10.25 an hour if an employer offered qualifying health benefits.
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. Low-fat milk available daily. Safety of food after it has been served & taken from the center is the responsibility of the consumer.
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The Day After Your Birthday