Community members are invited to gather on Saturday, June 21 at 7 p.m. at Pioneer Park for World Peace and Prayer Day.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced two separate feral horse and burro operations which will take place this summer in the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge as part of its ongoing management actions to protect native wildlife and their habitat on the refuge.
I view handwriting as a developmental, fine-motor skill. Some educators argue that this is important in the primary grades, but after that word processors take over and no need for further instruction, practice, or the requirement of legible script exists. Even the Common Core English/Language Arts Standards de-emphasize writing after primary grades. While there are expectations for legibility, focus shifts to proficiency on the keyboard.
Teddy Swecker's art students are showing their paintings throughout the next month at the Humboldt County Library. Swecker and class members will be at the library for a reception to be held Wednesday, June 18, from five to eight. Everyone is invited to come by the outside front patio of the library and enjoy refreshments and live music; children are welcome.
CARSON CITY - Water scarcity, extreme weather, oil and gas development and endangered species are among the tough topics at the Western Governors' Association meeting this week in Colorado Springs.
An order handed down last week by Federal District Court Judge Robert Jones denies a motion to vacate his decision in January to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Black Rock City, the organizers of Burning Man, against Pershing
The Elko Family Resource Center recently received a grant that will allow instructors to travel to Winnemucca to teach abstinence-only education to students ages 9-12 and abstinence/contraception classes to students ages 13-18.
Seven-year-old Logan Jonas and his 3-year-old brother Nolan brought their parents Kayla and Matt Jonas into the children's library to sign up for the summer reading program. If you missed kick-off day for the summer reading program, it's not too late. Just come into the children's library downstairs in the Humboldt County Library; sign-ups are open through the first week of August.
Jean Kinney was appointed to the Regional Planning Commission at Tuesday's city council meeting following the end of the terms for the city's two previously appointed representatives.
The last two individual Futures articles in the Sun will cover the presentations by Humboldt General Hospital and the "Frontier" and "New Frontier' housing developments. Health care and housing are aspects of economic development that may not immediately come to mind, but they're two important considerations in building a vital community that can hold its residents, attract business and industry, and draw potential employees.
The following Grass Valley Elementary School students were recognized for attendance and citizenship for the school year.
Humboldt General Hospital has once again been recognized as one of the most financially stable critical access hospitals in the nation.
The Nevada Division of Insurance announced the launch of a new title insurance and escrow rate comparison tool online at doi.nv.gov. The purpose of this tool is to help consumers make educated title insurance decisions when they are purchasing or refinancing a house.
Pre-op and post-op bariatric patients are invited to take part in next week's meeting of the Bariatric Support Group.
