RENO - Every year, wildfires clear millions of hectares of land and emit around 34-percent of global soot mass into the atmosphere. In certain regions, such as Southeast Asia and Russia, these fires can contribute as much as 63-percent of regional soot mass.
Just 10 or 15 years ago we witnessed various campaigns to get families to turn off the television and find other forms of recreation. Schools had "No TV Challenges" and networks encouraged educational and informative programming for children. While television itself is innocent -it is simply an electronic device -we recognized that uncontrolled viewing is detrimental to socialization, physical activity, and brain activation. Since commercials drive me crazy, I avoid much television but I do watch news, sports, and a few other shows. I have nothing against a few hours of viewing. It is the "mesmerization of minds" that I fear.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JOAN AND ROGER AUSTINIn this photograph, dated about 1910, Charles J. Lehman drives a team of horses and hauls freight into East Rochester, a mining camp located near the present-day Coeur Rochester Mine. Lehman was about 25 years old in photograph, which is actually a copy of a postcard. The cancellation mark, though faint, is visible at the top of the photo. The trademark of Lehman Freighting was a single gray lead horse on the right side of the team. Joan Austin of Winnemucca is the granddaughter of Charles Lehman. She is married to Roger Austin, who provided the information about the photograph.
Humboldt General HGH EMS Rescue and Humboldt Volunteer Hospice are collaborating to make sure area hospice patients get the best care possible.
DAVE MUNK • Special to the SunThe next generation of bowlers showing some great bowling form this summer. Mason Rickard and Kira Wiley are beating the heat while having a blast at Sparetime Bowl.
DAVE MUNK • Special to the SunThis summer may be a scorcher but it's nice and cool inside the Library! Here, Azlyn Muchow reads to Serena Andrews (left) and Natalee Formby (center) in the children's department of the Humboldt County Library.
RENO - Emma Sepulveda, a writer, University of Nevada, Reno professor and director of the university's Latino Research Center, won an International Latino Book Award given by Latino Literacy Now at their annual ceremony, which took place this year in Las Vegas, June 28.
CARSON CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carson City District, Stillwater Field Office, has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Steamboat Geothermal Well(s) 16-32 Project proposed by Ormat Nevada Inc. The public is invited to submit comments through August 11.
"Rapunzel," the long-haired damsel of fairy tale fame, is coming to Winnemucca with two performances by the Missoula Children's Theater (MCT) and local youths on Saturday, July 26 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Summer time is here and our Nevada roadways are going to be busy with our communities and visitors abroad. Reducing accidents, the severity and working towards zero fatalities are paramount.
LAS VEGAS - Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto urges eligible Nevada consumers to submit a claim online or by mail by the Aug. 1 deadline in the $310 million Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) settlements.
JESSIE SCHIRRICK • The Humboldt SunJessica Anderson, 6 catches some air on the swing set at Vesco Park during a recent visit.
