WINNEMUCCA - The Indigent Committee will hold their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday beginning at 8:30 a.m. in meeting room 201 at the Humboldt County Courthouse.
WINNEMUCCA - Judge Michael Montero heard another busy law and motion criminal calendar on Oct. 24 in Sixth Judicial District Court.
WINNEMUCCA - My daughter Lindsey and I were taking a walk with Beth the other day, looking at the way people had decorated for Halloween. Some of the comments Lindsey made seemed to be drawing an unfavorable comparison between my décor and that of the neighbors.
Winnemucca Grammar School's annual Spook Night celebration was held Oct. 22 at the Winnemucca Event Center. As always, there was great Mexican food, plenty of goodies, lots of fun games for the kids, bingo and the chance to win a new iPod Touch, a raffle for great prizes, a brand new Spook House and lots more.Photos by Michael Michaelsen
WINNEMUCCA - Short-term firewood cutting will be allowed in designated areas of public lands within the East Range, Pershing County, between Nov. 1 - 30. Special short-term firewood harvesting permits must be purchased prior to harvesting. Permits are available at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Office in Winnemucca and the Pershing County Farm Service Agency in Lovelock.
WINNEMUCCA - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District, Humboldt River Field Office, will begin preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the impacts of a right-of-way for a slurry pipeline, a water distribution system and water supply wells proposed by Nevada Iron LLC for its proposed Buena Vista Iron Ore Project. Only existing roads would be used and no new roads would be constructed.
WINNEMUCCA - It's that time of year again: The seasons are changing quickly here in northern Nevada and before we let autumn fall into winter, there is still a copious amount of fun to be had by all!
WINNEMUCCA - Chuck Pyle, an accomplished guitarist, will be featured at The Martin in Winnemucca on Friday at 7 p.m. Pyle has won high praise from both fans and peers alike throughout an inspired performance career of over 40 years.
AUSTIN, Texas - If Humboldt County residents didn't receive their monthly payments from the Social Security Administration, 4.7 percent of total personal income in the county would be lost, a total of $28,988,744 in 2009, according to publicly available data from the Social Security Administration and the Bureau for Economic Analysis.
Honor Society Week. The week is designated as a time to acknowledge the many achievements and contributions of the outstanding high school students who are members of National Honor Society. This week is designed to encourage leadership and service among all of the high school students.
WINNEMUCCA - While many Winnemucca families are busy with holiday activities, a group of local volunteers is focused on filling empty shoe boxes with school supplies, toys, hygiene items and notes of encouragement for needy kids overseas. Winnemucca families are participating in the world's largest Christmas project of its kind - Operation Christmas Child - an effort that has hand-delivered 86 million gifts to kids worldwide since 1993.
OROVADA - Ignacio Albisu was born in Marquina, Spain, in 1881 and, for whatever reason, "chose" to leave his home land arriving in New York in 1906. Tomasa Bedarona's dad was a navigator on a ship, and though she grew up in Lequeitio, Spain, she was born during one of his journeys in Liverpool, England, in 1886. Both Ignacio and Tomasa ended up in northern Nevada and were married in Paradise in 1908. Their two oldest children, Concha (Olavarria) and Eusebio, were born while they were living in Golconda before they settled permanently in the town of McDermitt in 1910. There they owned their own sheep, grazing them on open range near Antelope Flats, Massa Canyon and Louse Canyon. The family grew to include Victor and Batista, who rode strapped on each side of a pack saddle while they accompanied their dad checking the sheep. Their siblings Mary (McGuire) and Elario joined them in the small house that was located behind the present day Say When Casino. Eventually Ignacio sold his sheep and went to work as a bartender for Andy Celutrequi. (Spirits were illegal at this time and he ended up in trouble for selling bootleg whiskey!) Later, while working for the Buckskin mine the family added Donato and Santy. By 1927, when their ninth child, Frank Edward came along, they were living in a house, (no longer there) on land they owned about a mile south of McDermitt, located on the west side of today's U.S. 95, near the old stage road. Ignacio had rejoined the livestock industry, running cattle, and as each of his large family branched out into other work and business' it was Frank who stayed on to manage the operation for many years.
WINNEMUCCA - Winnemucca residents who have experienced a loss due to suicide are invited to join the Survivor Support Group for Loss to Suicide.
Staff from the Maverik Country Store at 863 E. Winnemucca Blvd. dressed up in their best 1960s garb for Halloween. Front, Rachel Romo (left) and Brittany Jones (assistant food service manager). Middle, Nessa Fuchs (ops manager), Tifnee Hunter and Alana Doyal (store director). Back, Irene Kenney, Robin Walters, Joyce Parry (food service manager) and Eric Tiensvold.
The temperature dropped to 26 degrees overnight Oct. 25, leading to wintry scenes like this ice captured the morning of Oct. 26 along Hanson Street.