WINNEMUCCA - The High Desert Divas, the Winnemucca chapter of the Red Hat Society, held their annual food drive for the Winnemucca Food Bank this past Saturday at McDonald's and collected 245 pounds of food, according to Zerella Buttars, the food bank's director.
PAHRUMP - Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki and other officials from the Nevada Commission on Tourism (NCOT) recognized the state's tourism leaders recently at the annual VolunTourism Awards ceremony at the 23rd annual Rural Roundup tourism conference.
CARSON CITY - Funds are now available to help rural small businesses and agricultural producers. improve energy efficiency or install renewable energy systems.
WINNEMUCCA - Junior Eman Eizenga brought a Day of Silence, a nationwide event, to Lowry High School on Friday to bring awareness to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) bullying.
ELKO - The Nevada Conservation Corps, a program of AmeriCorps, is accepting applications for seasonal volunteers to work outdoors in eastern Nevada. Successful applicants will receive a $3,500 living allowance for the summer, paid semimonthly; and upon completion of service a $1,468 education award that can be used to pay student loans or tuition to a Title IV accredited college.
WINNEMUCCA - Farmers Markets are becoming a nationwide phenomenon.
WINNEMUCCA - The Pleasant Senior Center welcomes back country singer Mary Kaye for a May 1 midday performance. Kaye will begin her concert at 12:45 p.m., immediately after lunch is served at the center, and the performance will last about one hour.
WINNEMUCCA - Last week I invited Lindsey out to help weed the raised beds. About half of them had a couple inches of bark and sawdust on them, which I'd spread around the tomatoes and squash. The rest were mulch-free. Other than the mulch, the beds had been treated exactly the same the years before; that is, they were top-dressed with an inch or two of manure.
WINNEMUCCA - Winnemucca Domestic Violence Services and AmeriCorps members of Northern Nevada have teamed up to have a "Party in the Park" on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Vesco Park in celebration of National Crime Victims Rights Week and Global Youth Service Day.
WINNEMUCCA - All Humboldt County residents are invited to take part in this area's first annual volunteer day of service.
WASHINGTON - April streamflow forecasts show a decline in parts of every Western state and most basins, according to USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service water and climate experts.
WINNEMUCCA - April 21-27 is National Volunteer Week and one local organization is acknowledging they couldn't do what they do without their small army of do-gooders.
JOYCE SHEEN • The Humboldt SunSheriff Ed Kilgore (left) took the opportunity during the last Humboldt County Commission meeting to give special thanks to two deputies for their cool heads in a crisis situation, saying their actions saved a life. Deputies Dave Walls and Steve Radmanovich responded to a March 17 domestic disturbance. At the Warmouth-area residence, the deputies said a man with a shotgun threatened to harm them as well as harm himself, but they were able to calm him down, and convince him to surrender the weapon. Sheriff Kilgore said the skill and experience exhibited by the deputies earned the respect and commendation of the sheriff's office.
WINNEMUCCA - The Nevada Office of Veterans Services (NOVS) Veterans Outreach "ROVER" program will visit Winnemucca on May 9 so veterans and family members will be able to meet with a veterans service officer to learn about benefits and services they may be eligible for but unaware of.
RENO - Bruce Petersen, state conservationist for the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, announced there is still time for ranchers to sign up for financial assistance to benefit sage grouse habitat. This may also include restoration of lands damaged by wildfires.