WINNEMUCCA - Volunteers of northern Nevada came together July 27 and chose to make a difference through stewardship in the Santa Rosa Ranger District of the Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest outside Paradise Valley. Their efforts positively impacted the land as well as local wildlife in this beautiful backcountry setting.
WINNEMUCCA - Visiting one-on-one with Steve Weaver, one of three conservation specialists hired through the governor's office, is an enlightening experience and one which he hopes all in our area who care about the public lands will take the time to do. Weaver's specific job is to work with area stakeholders to develop and implement projects aimed toward preventing endangered species listing for the Sage Grouse, and by so doing, help improve public lands and rangeland health.
WINNEMUCCA -Humboldt General Hospital's Bariatric Support Group has a new facilitator.
WINNEMUCCA - Area bakers are invited to pull out all the stops this Labor Day weekend to participate in the second annual "Wilton Cake Decorating Contest."
LOVELOCK - Water quality is important in maintaining water consumption of cattle. Physio-chemical (pH, total dissolved solids, hardness, and total dissolved oxygen), organoleptic (odor and taste), compounds present in excess (nitrates, iron, sodium, sulfates, and fluorine), toxic compounds (arsenic, cyanide, lead, mercury, hydrocarbons, organochlorides and organophosphates) and bacteria are criteria for evaluating drinking water for humans and livestock.
WINNEMUCCA - Mayor Di An Putnam began her "State of the City" presentation recently with compliments to the Humboldt Museum staff and volunteers for all of the improvements made at the museum campus.
WINNEMUCCA - Hey gardeners! Do you have a zucchini that looks more like a baseball bat than a squash? What about a cantaloupe that would rival a beach ball any day of the week?
WINNEMUCCA - Labor Day weekend, more than two decades of Western artists and craftsmen, cowboy poets and quick-draw sketchers will gather to pay tribute to the Western Art Roundup.
RENO (AP) - Health district officials in northern Nevada are closely monitoring air quality concerns after a smoky haze from a wildfire in the Tahoe National Forest more than 60 miles away descended along the eastern Sierra front from Reno to Carson City.
WINNEMUCCA - Humboldt County commissioners will meet beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Monday with just a few items on their morning-only agenda.
ELKO - Effective Monday, Aug. 19, the following public-use restrictions will go into effect for the Jarbidge, Mountain City, and Ruby Mountains, Ranger Districts of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest; all BLM-managed public lands in northeastern Nevada; Nevada Division of Forestry Protection Districts in Northeastern Nevada; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs administered lands.
TONOPAH - The Bureau of Land Management's Battle Mountain District, Tonopah Field Office, is scheduled to begin a drought-related helicopter gather within the Fish Lake Valley and Gold Mountain Herd Management areas (HMAs) beginning on or about Aug. 19.
WINNEMUCCA - Deciding what to do after retirement is something pre-retirees contemplate regularly.
JESSICA POWELL • The Humboldt SunIn honor of the Korean War's 60-year armistice anniversary on July 27, Mayor Di An Putnam (right) thanked local Korean War veterans for their service. "It's very important for you to know that Winnemucca does honor its citizens, and we are very proud of our service people and our veterans who've been in the war," she said. Several local Korean War veterans (left) were in attendance at the meeting and received standing applause as the mayor shook their hands.
LAS VEGAS - The Nevada Office of Veteran Services (NOVS) recently launched its new digital platform for Nevada veterans called "Green Zone Network" at a summit in Las Vegas.