COURTESY PHOTOThe Winnemucca Downtown Business Association held their first ever Dames N Design Gala along with the Humboldt Volunteer Hospice on May 10. The 240-plus attendees were treated to drinks, music, a fashion show and raffle. The event was held to celebrate all women, said DBA Vice President Jacy Jackson, and this year honored one in particular: Mimi Drake, who organizers described as a pioneer in business for over 49 years. Drake's granddaughters and great-granddaughters were able to attend the event. Above, fashion models showed off local fare. From left to right is Tovi Hilbish, Hattie Michaels, McKenzie Michaels, Jasmyne Hererra, Jerica Hansen, Raven Black, Amber Ham, Ashlee Barron, Annaleise Gabica, Pam Bidart, Tammy Anderson, Tasha Hansen, Kaitlyn Cooper and Allison Barron.
The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners recently set big game tag quotas for the 2014 hunting season, which included increases in elk, desert bighorn and mountain goat. Tag quotas were also established for several new hunts including spike elk and bighorn ewe hunts.
Sixth Judicial Court Judge Michael Montero helps Winnemucca fifth graders in Mrs. Darlington's class during their "We the People" unit, and he has been involved with judging We the People competition for Reno and Carson City high schools for several years.
JESSICA POWELL • The Humboldt SunConstruction has begun on the city's downtown Winnemucca Boulevard/Melarkey Street intersection. The construction started on the corner across from Winner's and the log has also been rotated to face the intersection more directly. The project is expected to take about two months to complete and is intended to spruce up one of the main entrances into town.
COURTESY PHOTOAnnual Red Hat ladies annual food drive was held at McDonalds on April 19. From left to right Darlene Thon, Patricia Himmelreich, Anne Shepler, Queen Maggie Evart, Secretary Kathi Huddleston, Treasurer Ellen Wolfe, Maggie Brackney, Vice Queen Bernadette Newton.
Tigers of the Month are chosen because of their kindness, leadership, hard work, perseverance, attitude and all around involvement in school.
CARSON CITY - Nevada ranks near the bottom nationally for enrollment and funding of early-childhood education, according to the latest "State of Preschool" report from the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University.
Pre-op and post-op bariatric patients are invited to take part in Wednesday's meeting of the Bariatric Support Group.
The Humboldt County School District board of school trustees meets May 27, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. in the Humboldt County School District Boardroom, 310 E. Fourth Street, Winnemucca, NV 89445. Trustees will discuss and possibly take action on the following items:
Winnemucca's annual Run-A-Mucca festival was held this past weekend and locals and visitors alike turned out to enjoy the beautiful weather, entertainment, activities and bike burn. Photos by Jessica Powell.
Parents of Sonoma Heights Elementary School students will have a new option for dropping off students in the mornings next year; the city council has approved a drop-off lane on the Aiken Street side of the school.
CARSON CITY - State Treasurer Kate Marshall announced that her office and the Nevada College Savings Board is sponsoring the sixth annual Nevada $529 College Savings Day Contest, which is open to Nevada residents with children age 13 or younger. Twelve students will receive a prize of a $529 gift to be used to open an SSgA Upromise 529 Plan (the "Plan") college savings plan account, or to enhance an existing Nevada College Savings Plan account.
Lowry High School students Philip Kienholz and Jose Mendoza finished third at the Nevada Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Student Competition Thursday in Sparks. Together, they were awarded over $25,000 in scholarships and tools.
LAS VEGAS - Searchable salary data for over 128,000 Nevada government employees, for the 2013 calendar year, is now available at TransparentNevada.com, a website operated by the Nevada Policy Research Institute to make government spending transparent to taxpayers.
Twelve counts against Seth Thomas Bidegary of sexual assault with a child under 14 years of age were bound over to Sixth Judicial District Court Department One at a preliminary hearing in justice court Tuesday.