WINNEMUCCA - Shoppers and revelers should pull out their parkas and get ready for a great weekend of holiday activities. The events include two craft shows, the annual Parade of Lights and the Hospice "Lasting Lights of Love" Memorial Tree lighting immediately after the parade.
WINNEMUCCA - Humboldt General Hospital has announced a unique collaboration between its Emergency Medical Services Rescue Department and Truckee Meadows Community College.
WINNEMUCCA - Bobby Eric Garza appeared for sentencing on the charge conspiracy to commit larceny from a person not amounting to robbery, a gross misdemeanor, on Dec. 5. Judge Richard Wagner sentenced Garza to 12 months in the Humboldt County Detention Center with 148 days credit for time served.
It is almost two weeks until Christmas and I continue to be busy visiting children from all over the world. The children from northern Nevada are some of my very favorite children and I really enjoy reading the letters from all the children who write to me at askmrsclaus@gmail.com. So far, I have been able to send e-mailed answers back to all the children whose letters I have received and I will keep on trying to do so as promptly as possible throughout the Christmas season.
WINNEMUCCA - The Humboldt County School District Board of School Trustees will hold their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the district office boardroom, 310 E. Fourth St.The meeting begins with the call to order, special recognition for Paradise Valley Elementary's high achieving award and public comment.
WINNEMUCCA - Schizophrenia recently made national news due to a reported link between methamphetamine use and the risk of developing the disease.
WINNEMUCCA - Humboldt County Commissioners will be holding a special meeting on Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the meeting room of the courthouse. Public comments will follow the Pledge of Allegiance.
WINNEMUCCA - The Humboldt Development Authority will be holding their next meeting on Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the city council chambers at City Hall.
WINNEMUCCA - January is National Radon Action Month, and the Nevada Radon Education Program of University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (UNCE) will offer a radon program Monday, Jan. 9, at 7 p.m., at the Humboldt County Cooperative Extension Office, 1085 Fairgrounds Road, in Winnemucca.
WINNEMUCCA - A preliminary hearing in the case of Sandobal Ezequiel Jacobo, charged with burglary, battery with intent to commit robbery, battery on an officer with substantial bodily harm and indecent exposure was held on Dec. 6 in Judge Gene Wambolt's courtroom. Jacobo's case was bound over to district court.
WINNEMUCCA - With Christmas less than two weeks away, organizers of a local charity drive are asking for the public's help to fill the needs of remaining needy children and families.
WINNEMUCCA - St. Paul's Catholic Church, Word of Light Fellowship and the United Methodist Church of Winnemucca have united this holiday season to share in ecumenical prayer services. Ecumenism is the furthering of religious unity among the different Christian faiths.
WINNEMUCCA - The Wright brothers would be proud.One hundred and eight years to the day after Orville and Wilbur first took to the skies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will honor local pilot Leon Franklin for his safety record.
RENO - The McDonald's Restaurants of Northern Nevada will be hosting a fundraiser for the family of JK Metzker.
This year I have received letters from different states across your country. It warms my heart to see so many children celebrating Christmas and awaiting Santa! Here are a few of the letters that I have answered.