WINNEMUCCA - The Rotary Club of Winnemucca asked for bras and they got a bunch - especially from the Frugal Flamingo.
WINNEMUCCA - The city awarded a bid to Intermountain Slurry Seal for its annual chip seal project at last week's city council meeting. The city's portion of the cost is $533,246.50 and the county's portion is $145,476.80 for a total project cost of $678,723.30.
WINNEMUCCA - Prosecutors asked for over $12,000 in restitution in Sixth Judicial District Court last week after the defendant in the case, Steven Wayne Wilson, was sentenced to probation on May 24 for attempted battery with substantial bodily harm.
During this year's "Cattlemen's Roundup," coordinated by the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, I gave a presentation on developing a drought management plan.
WINNEMUCCA - The Regional Planning Commission will meet on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Humboldt County Courthouse.
CARSON CITY - Joe Locurto has joined the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as program coordinator of the State Conservation Districts Program.
Top, members of the Winnemucca Volunteer Fire Department get ready to drive a fire truck in the Basque parade Saturday morning. The weather was picture perfect for the parade, which wound down Winnemucca Boulevard. Sitting on the fire truck were, left to right, Dustin Christean, Hayden Case, 7, Finn Christean, 2, Hallie Hemp, 5, and Cory Case. Below, the Winnemucca Basque Dancers are colorful in their attire. Photos by Michael MichaelsenSpecial to the Sun
WINNEMUCCA - The following Lowry High School students achieved perfect or exemplary attendance for the 2012-13 school year.
WINNEMUCCA - Through my work with the task force to create a plan for Alzheimer's and other dementias for Nevada, I have excitedly watched as all three of our proposed bills moved through the Senate and Assembly and onto the governor's desk.
WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it is extending the public comment period on its proposed revised rule to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public and Indian trust lands.
MILL CITY - It was very early in the morning of Feb. 17, 1901. George Abbay, the engineer of the Central Pacific's eastbound Flyer, had steam up and was trying to make up time. He had his speed up to 50 miles per hour when mother nature changed his plans. Very abruptly!
CARSON CITY- If you did not draw a big game tag in the recent completed main draw, the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) wants to remind sportsmen there are still tags remaining for the upcoming second draw.
CARSON CITY - State Treasurer Kate Marshall said Tuesday that the addition of $15 million to the Gov. Guinn Millennium Scholarship program (GGMS) during the 2013 legislative session will keep the program financially stable through at least the 2017-2018 school year.
