WINNEMUCCA - The local election season got off to a slow start, but it finally sprang to life in the final days of the candidate filing period.
WINNEMUCCA - State regulators plan to renew Cyanco's air quality operating permit, but not before they hear from the public.
WINNEMUCCA - Winnemucca's new golf pro still finds the game fresh after 38 years as a PGA member.
WINNEMUCCA - Jungo Landfill developer Recology has a substantial interest in any appeals of its final operating permit, so it must be allowed to intervene in any pending state hearings on them, the Nevada State Environmental Commission ruled Friday.
WINNEMUCCA - The Humboldt County Board of Commissioners will hold special budget meetings at 8 a.m. on Monday in courthouse meeting room 201. The meeting will continue on Tuesday at 8 a.m., if necessary.The meeting begins Monday with the call to order, Pledge of Allegiance and public comment.
WINNEMUCCA - A Grass Valley, Calif., resident arrested last month with more than 20 pounds of marijuana on Interstate 80 near Mote in Humboldt County is scheduled for a preliminary hearing May 18 in Union Township Justice Court.
WINNEMUCCA - Larry Hill was honored March 3 as the 2012 "Ranch Hand of the Year" by the Agricultural District No. 3.
WINNEMUCCA - The Regional Transportation Commission will hold a special meeting on Monday at 7:50 a.m. in Humboldt County Courthouse meeting room 201.
WINNEMUCCA - Probation was revoked Monday for a local man who threatened a girl with a knife last year at Lowry High School.Jamie Sam, 20, admitted to 6th District Judge Michael Montero that he violated various conditions of his probation concerning weapons, controlled substances, employment and anger management counseling, among others. Sam pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon in August 2011 and was sentenced to 12 months in jail in October. The jail sentence was suspended and Sam was placed on 36 months of probation.
WINNEMUCCA - Stephanie Pauline will perform at Word of Light Fellowship on Wednesday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m.
WINNEMUCCA - Local residents are invited to "celebrate life" this week by donating the gift of life.
WINNEMUCCA - The total number of permits issued by the city of Winnemucca for dwelling units was 68 in 2011, a jump from the 11 permits issued in 2010.
WINNEMUCCA - Ryleigh Griggs has qualified to represent Winnemucca Junior High School at the state level of the National Geographic Bee Friday in Las Vegas.
WINNEMUCCA - The following Grass Valley Elementary School students have earned A Citizenship and/or Perfect Attendance awards for the third quarter:
WINNEMUCCA - The Humboldt County 4-H Small Animal Committee is teaming up with the Nevada Division of Forestry to bring north-central Nevadans a wide selection of conservation plant material at a reasonable cost.