Fracking is a method of extracting oil and natural gas from deep underground. Some say it is safe and an asset to the U.S. economy while others argue it has the potential to contaminate ground water and harm communities by causing extensive health issues and decreasing property values.
Peruvian police have located a fugitive dubbed "The Black Widow" who evaded authorities for six years. In 2008, Nazira Maria Cross, 48, was suspected of poisoning of her ex-husband Michael Cross, 55, then burying him on his ranch outside Lovelock.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Lander County Commission came through on its unanimous April vote to back south county residents and formally protest the Bureau of Land Management's July 17 oil and gas lease sale for parcels of land in southern Lander County that could lead to hydraulic fracturing, known commonly as fracking.
Sonoma Heights Elementary School Tigers of the Month are chosen because of their kindness, leadership, hard work, perseverance, attitude and all around involvement in school.Courtesy photos
The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office welcomed D.A.R.E. officers from across the state this week to Winnemucca for the annual D.A.R.E. conference. Each year, a different city hosts the state conference. Officers and deputies come from across Nevada to gain valuable knowledge to take back to their agencies and into the schools they teach at.
Nevada Department of Transportation Deputy Director William Hoffman told Humboldt County Commissioners that the state takes very seriously the input they receive from their yearly meeting with each county. "We're very interested in hearing what your transportation needs are," Hoffman said.
LOVELOCK - On Jan. 1, 2015, Jack T. Bullock II takes over as Pershing County Deputy District Attorney. Last week, Pershing County Commissioners approved a contract for the 61-year-old private attorney, part-time burner prosecutor for Pershing County and former Humboldt County District Attorney.
Strategic metals were in such short supply during World War II, that processing plants for these metals sprang up in unlikely places. This is one of them. Winnemucca Mountain had gold mines from the 1860s, several of them, but no tungsten deposits. Winnemucca Mines Co. had a tungsten mine near Imlay, the Star Mine, and a mill site on Winnemucca Mountain. They built their mill and concentrating plant on Winnemucca Mountain and hauled ore the thirty plus miles from the Star mine to the mill. Only during the extreme demands of the war years was the plant able to work tungsten profitably. They ceased tungsten production there by the mid forties. After the war the mill operated for a few more years milling gold ore until increasing production costs and gold's federally regulated price closed it down.
The theme of the May Alzheimer's conference in Reno was "Living Well with Dementia". Presenters throughout the day focused on this thought: life is of value and worth living, even when the mind of the individual is not as active and engaged as it was in the past. While I agree that in the early to mid-stages of Alzheimer's disease there are many moments of wonderful fun and communication when life is still lived well, having twice witnessed the end stage with my mom and sister, I struggle with this concept as death approaches. With only sporadic milliseconds of vague cognizance hemmed in by overwhelming days and weeks of vacuous stares, shrunken bodies, and lost minds, I find it hard to recognize any joy in the harrowing final stages.
The great Roy Book Binder is set to play a concert at the Martin Hotel on Saturday, June 14 at 7 p.m. Something of a national treasure, Book Binder plays blues in the Piedmont style, a very old East Coast tradition based on ragtime and multi-part gospel guitar techniques.
Two hundred thirty-five medals were awarded to the Winnemucca Grammar School students during an assembly on Friday, May 23rd. These medals are awarded for independent reading. Students read for 15 minutes to receive a step. They receive a medal for 100 steps, which is 25 hours of independent reading time, 200 steps which is 50 hours, and 300 steps, which is 75 hours. The ultimate goal is 400 steps, which is 100 hours of independent reading for each student of the school. Photos by Michael Michaelsen.
We were asked: Do I have to be physically abused to get a protection order (a.k.a. restraining order) for my safety, even if I feel I am in danger? Answer: NO. According to the Nevada Revised Statutes you do NOT have to be physically injured to be a domestic violence victim or to obtain a protection order (fact: Physical abuse usually is the last step - with emotional, verbal, and economic abuse leading the way).
Humboldt Regional Planning Commissioners approved the site plan for Humboldt General Hospital's modular doctor's office clinic building. The building will be situated on railroad land across Haskell Street from the hospital. That actually elicited a question from planning commisisoners, who wondered what the terms were for the hospital's railroad land lease. HGH owner's representative Mike Sheppard said the railroad land lease was on a year-to-year basis with renewal automatic unless canceled by one party or the other.
