ELKO (AP) - A Houston-based energy company must alter its plans to explore for oil in Elko County to minimize the visual impacts on the California Trail, federal land managers said.
IMLAY - The Imlay Volunteer Fire Department Street Dance is an event looked forward to by locals and others. Its main function is to raise money for the IVFD, but it also serves as a time to visit with friends and neighbors.
JESSICA POWELL • The Humboldt SunMayor pro tem Doug Cain presented Chris Entwistle, community member and active Relay for Life volunteer, with a proclamation at Tuesday's city council meeting. The document proclaimed the week of July 14-20, 2013 as "Paint the Town Purple Week." It also proclaimed July 20 and 21 Relay for Life days in Winnemucca. The proclamation urges "all citizens to recognize and participate in the anti-cancer campaign held in our community."
WASHINGTON - Drought conditions across the West have impacted rangelands, leaving little water and forage for animals and livestock, prompting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to undertake targeted actions, such as providing supplemental water and food for wild horses, reducing grazing and enacting fire restrictions.
PARADISE VALLEY - When Ernest Miller took over the Paradise Valley Post Office in 1967 as postmaster, his wife, Emily Miller, became postmaster relief with no pay for the first 20 years. And since Postmaster Kathy Buckingham retired a year ago she has taken over entirely, but still as postmaster relief.
RENO - The National Judicial College announced that Letty Norcutt of the Union Township Justice Court in Winnemucca completed Special Court Jurisdiction June 3-13 in Reno.
MCDERMITT - The first portion of McDermitt's Community Services Multiplex is nearly complete. The metal building has been erected nearly entirely by volunteer labor, according to former McDermitt Fire Chief Gary Wilson.
McDERMITT - The Say When Casino and Restaurant has been a family-owned and operated fixture in the community of McDermitt since 1964, and now owner Chloe Dufurrena says it's for sale.
JESSICA POWELL • The Humboldt SunCommunity member April Woolsey donated last week at the blood drive at the Winnemucca Convention Center. Josh Frazier, with United Blood Services, made sure she was comfortable for the duration of the process. The blood drive was held July 16-17, and between the two days there were 103 donors and 129 units of blood collected, according to Humboldt General Hospital Auxiliary Blood Drive Chairman Toddy Folgate. Folgate said some donors gave double red blood cells, and those counted for two units. Hospital auxiliary volunteers handed out fruit juice and cookies to donors. Donated blood is also tested for cholesterol, and anyone with a reading above 300 mg/dl will receive a letter from United Blood Services. The next local blood drive will be held in November.
MILL CITY, Nev. - As a kid driving down old Highway 40, I saw the long stone walls and asked my parents what sort of building it was. By the time I saw it the roof had caved in and some of the walls had slumped down. When told it had been a store building, I shook my head. There wasn't one window in those long stone walls. Not one. I'm not sure why Mr. Organ built it that way, but in its long existence it did not have windows.He started his store in 1862. It stayed in operation for another 60 years or so. It lasted through mining booms in the surrounding mountains and still survived when those mines, and the towns founded by them, disappeared. Considering the longevity of his business, and his success, the lack of windows didn't seem to affect his bottom line. Come to think of it, many modern stores operate successfully without windows. Mr. Organ was ahead of his time! - Compiled by Barbara Powellnevadasdesertlegends.com.
RENO - The Bureau of Land Management announced its current summer schedule for gathering wild horses and burros roaming Western public rangelands.  
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RENO - The NV Energy Foundation contributed $721,250 to 24 northern Nevada nonprofit organizations during the first six months of 2013.
WINNEMUCCA - The wrap-up party for the Humboldt County Library's Summer Reading Program will be held on Friday, Aug. 2, in the back parking lot near the children's department.
