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Sage grouse plan on commission agenda

WINNEMUCCA - The Humboldt County Board of Commissioners will hold their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday beginning at 9:30 a.m. in courthouse meeting room #201.

Gas prices fall across Nevada

LAS VEGAS - Double-digit decreases in gas prices are the story across the state of Nevada, as all but one of the Silver State's metro areas tracked by AAA saw a decrease of more than 20 cents in month-to-month price comparisons.

Winnemucca Rural Fire stretches resources for Dec. 10 incidents

WINNEMUCCA - The Winnemucca Rural Fire Department stretched its resources Dec. 10 after being dispatched to three different fires in a short period of time.

Volunteers needed to help assemble food baskets for county's needy families

WINNEMUCCA - Area residents have been more than generous in donating food that will fill hundreds of food baskets this coming Christmas.Now, the Winnemucca Ministerial Association is hoping that same spirit of giving will include local residents' time.

Sheriff's office completes spot checks of registered sex offenders

WINNEMUCCA - In a two-prong effort to ensure both compliance with state law, and general public safety, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office just recently completed spot checks of the 28 registered sex offenders living in Humboldt County.

HGH to dedicate employee memorial today

WINNEMUCCA - Humboldt General Hospital will dedicate a memorial today to employees who have died while in service to the local facility.

Hospital radiology staff members achieve advanced registries

WINNEMUCCA - Two members of Humboldt General Hospital's radiology team have achieved the nation's highest certification in their respective modalities.

Montero presides over law and motion calendar

WINNEMUCCA - Judge Michael Montero presided over two each, arraignment and plea and sentencing hearings, that were fairly brief on his law and motion calendar on Monday.

'Poke & Peek Thrift Shop' announces holiday hours

WINNEMUCCA - The Humboldt Hospital Auxiliary has announced holiday hours for the Poke & Peek Thrift Shop.

David and Marie Jones - married 36 years and counting

WINNEMUCCA - Marie Jones has been a familiar face in Winnemucca for many years as she has worked in several customer service areas such as Johnson's Food Store, Albertsons, Khoury's Marketplace and Kragen Auto Parts (now O'Reilly Auto Parts).

HGH Walk-In Clinic announces holiday hours

WINNEMUCCA - Humboldt General Hospital's Walk-In Clinic will close on Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24.

Local man pleads guilty to domestic battery; felony battery charge bound over to district court

WINNEMUCCA - Quintin L. Boyles came to a negotiated resolution in his case involving charges of attempt murder and battery with substantial bodily injury on Dec. 2.Boyles pled guilty to gross misdemeanor domestic battery charges and waived his preliminary hearing for one felony charge of battery with substantial bodily injury to be bound over to district court.

Officials respond to reports of gas leaks

WINNEMUCCA - There was a report of a gas leak in the alley behind C.B. Brown on Dec. 12 at approximately 7:20 a.m.

Training at 'Elf University'

Oh my goodness, we are less than 10 days away from the big day. Santa and I have visited northern Nevada several times in the past week and will continue to check in several times before Christmas. This e-mail address keeps me quite busy. We have been receiving e-mails from all over the country! There have been some interesting questions such as:

Understanding the assessment notice What is the little card you send me and how do I read it? Many folks are confused over the assessment notice and how to read it. Let's see if I can clear up some of

This Fiscal Year, Next Fiscal Year: This allows you to compare two years. The year in which you are currently paying taxes and the ensuing year.Assessed Values: Assessed values are 35 percent of the taxable value.