Winnemucca Junior High teacher Larry Renteria brought real-life career and interview preparation into his classroom Tuesday through the Northern Nevada STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Project, which is supported by the Northern Nevada Professional Development Program (NNRPDP). Renteria said that he has always had his students write covers letter, resumes, and complete applications in the past, but the support of NNRPDP and the STEM Project has "catapulted the idea to a new level for these students." The culminating year-end activity for Renteria's students was to "apply" for a real job via an online job site and write cover letters, resumes, and fill out applications. These were then reviewed by two community members: Nene Kirlay, former administrator with the Oakland Police Department and inventory control specialist at Boot Barn, and Terri Otto, former manager of Boot Barn and Vault Denim manager and manager trainer. Several students were then selected for real-life interviews, while the rest of Renteria's students interviewed in small groups with peers.Courtesy photos
COURTESY PHOTOCommencement ceremonies took place for Denio School on Thursday, May 23. Estefani Barocio was the single 8th grade graduate; she will be attending Lowry High in Winnemucca next fall. Relatives and community members helped Barocio to make the evening a very memorable one.  
WINNEMUCCA - From the high mountain lakes of the Pine Forest Range, to the vast and desolate Black Rock Desert Playa, the Winnemucca District Bureau of Land Management has something to offer every outdoor recreationist. Northwest Nevada is a high desert landscape dotted with expansive vistas, craggy mountain ranges and an abundance of opportunities for a visitor to choose their own adventure. Whether your pursuit is hunting, fishing, photography, ATV/OHV driving, mountain biking, hiking, or camping; the lands of northwestern Nevada has something for you.
WINNEMUCCA - Local tourism officials are encouraging the community to prepare for two huge events that will descend on Winnemucca over the Fourth of July holiday.
WINNEMUCCA - The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District, released the Final Drought Environmental Assessment (EA) which provides the BLM and its livestock permittees and stakeholders a variety of management tools to help mitigate the ongoing impacts of drought on natural resources.
WINNEMUCCA - Robyn Dunckhorst, of Winnemucca, was named as Nurse Nightingale Nurse of the Year for Humboldt General Hospital (HGH), where she has work in the emergency room and obstetrics for 13 years.
WINNEMUCCA - Earlier this month, nearly two dozen hospital employees were honored for 175 years of combined service to Humboldt General Hospital.
RENO -The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and the Nevada Department of Agriculture will be hosting the Good Agricultural Practices Training for food safety June 5-7 at the Nevada Department of Agriculture in Sparks.
RENO - Plants are shrinking in the Great Basin of Nevada, and warming climate could be the culprit, according to a paper published in the renowned science journal Global Change Biology based on research conducted by University of Nevada, Reno, plant ecologist Beth Leger.
MCDERMITT - McDermitt Combined School alumni Jason Hill's grandfather, Alphonso Naveran, was only 16-years-old when he left his parents home in Erina, Viscaya Spain, never to return.
WINNEMUCCA - On May 8, members of the McDermitt seventh-grade GEARUP class took their first college field trip.
WINNEMUCCA - This wasn't a Sunday boating excursion even though the young men are nicely dressed. The two men in the front of the boat had created a business out of adversity. Lee Case, one partner, in front manning the oars, and Vic Giroux, the other in back, ready to step in when Lee wore out from the constant rowing. They provided a necessary service. The only crossing that linked both sides of town, Winnemucca's bridge, had washed out in 1910. They rowed people back and forth for a fee and had steady trade until the bridge was rebuilt. Hard to imagine the necessity for a water taxi in Winnemucca, but here's the proof!- Compiled by Barbara Powellnevadasdesertlegends.com.
CARSON CITY - The Nevada State Health Division and local health authorities, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, are investigating a multi-state outbreak of hepatitis A associated with frozen Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend of berries sold at Costco.
WINNEMUCCA - The Humboldt Volunteer Hospice needs more wheelchairs.
