The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District, Humboldt River Field Office, has completed a Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) to review existing NEPA documents related to impacts associated with Newmont Mining Company's (NMC) Lone Tree Mine Expansion - Brooks Project. The proposed project is located approximately 27 miles southeast of Winnemucca in Humboldt County, Nev. Before the BLM issues a Decision Record, the public is invited to provide substantive comments on the DNA until the comment period ends Oct. 16, 2014.
BUNN, N.C. - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that USDA is investing in 540 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects nationwide.
It is amazing how much of our day revolves around food! Yes, it is our fuel and sustenance, but it goes beyond that most of the time.
At lunchtime on Thursday at Lowry High School, students ate pizza and talked about the upcoming football game. Nothing unusual about this scenario except this lunchtime meeting was between students struggling with their grades and their new student mentors.
The Winnemucca Community Garden hosted a "Walk & Wag" 2K event on Sept. 19. Pets and their people gathered at the garden for treats, agility courses, a little bling and a leashed walk around town. Proceeds from the event benefitted the local animal shelter and the community garden. Photos by Chelsea Borowski, special to the Sun
4-H youth entered various 4-H static projects ranging from crafts to posters in the 4-H static portion of the fair. The results are as follows:
TONY ERQUIAGA •The Humboldt SunThe Lowry High School cheerleaders have been busy this week, holding their annual dance camp. Young girls have praciticed all week on a dance with the JV and varsity cheerleaders and will perform tonight at the JV football game between Lowry and South Tahoe, which starts at 4:30 p.m.
• Lowry High School will have a welcoming and attractive entrance sometime next year, said Dr. Dave Jensen at the school board meeting on Tuesday night. Bids for the construction of a single-point of entry will take place in January and construction will begin over spring break of next year. The cost of the project will be about $300,000.
Beginning Oct. 6, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to resume operations to gather approximately 120 wild horses within the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge as part of its ongoing management actions to protect native wildlife and habitat on the refuge. Members of the public or media wishing to observe the gathers at Service corral facilities must RSVP to Megan Nagel (megan_nagel@fws.gov) (503) 231-6123 by Oct. 1.
With the new school year already in full swing, Lowry High School's Leadership class has hit the ground running! To kick off the school year, Leadership hosted their annual welcome back week, adding a Hawaiian theme to an otherwise dreary first week of school with lunchtime activities, assemblies, and plenty of inflatable beach balls.
This was an annual event in northern Nevada during the 1950s, the arrival of the Shrine Circus Train. Made up of several passenger cars and traveling on the Western Pacific, it gathered up children across the northern tier of the state and took them to Reno for the circus.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - She may have a long way to go, but Winnemucca and Battle Mountain native Teagan Patterson, 18, is aiming to be the first woman to ride over 80 mph on a human powered vehicle.
A terrible history haunts the peaceful, country setting of Lazy P Adventure Farm in Grass Valley outside of Winnemucca. The Petersen family would like locals to believe the legend of Elias Slaughter is really just that: a legend. It's just a story that they dreamed up to sell tickets to their yearly haunted house. A trip to the Humboldt County Museum and a perusal of the archives show the story of Old Eli is no fairy story. It's the stuff nightmares are made from.
The issue of domestic violence has been in news lately with the release of the shocking video of Ray Rice punching his then fiancée Janay Palmer in the face. The response by the NFL and the subsequent outcry has brought a problem, often swept under the rug, to the forefront of our collective conscious. Domestic Violence Awareness Month could not happen at a better time.
Teachers ask questions all day long, so do reporters and pollsters, and definitely children. For everyone else out there, today is the day! Sept. 30, the last school day of the month is "Ask A Stupid Question Day." No kidding, just Google it.