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HGH EMS encourages local residents to register with identification system

WINNEMUCCA - Imagine EMS crews find you unconscious at a local store but have no idea about your medical history. Do you have any drug allergies? What medications are you taking? If medical transport to a hospital is needed, how will your loved ones be notified in a timely manner?

Long Draw Fire 100 percent contained Mapping puts burned area at nearly 600,000 acres

WINNEMUCCA - The huge Long Draw Fire in eastern Oregon was reported as 100 percent contained on Monday morning after burning 582,313 acres.

Nevada's gold mining industry joins Scrap Domestic Violence to combat abuse to women

WINNEMUCCA - A ceremony will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. to celebrate a partnership between the mining industry and a domestic violence program.

National reality show shoots episode in Winnemucca, Unionville

PROVO, Utah - What would you do if someone knocked on your door and asked you to share your life story with the rest of the world?

Local day care businesses to host children's vaccination clinics

CARSON CITY - Licensed child care centers in Winnemucca and Lovelock, in partnership with the Nevada State Health Division, will hold vaccination clinics for their students on Tuesday, July 24, (Winnemucca) and Wednesday, July 25 (Lovelock).

Voting public, candidates to meet Northern Nevada Republican Women host monthly 'Winnemucca Wednesday' get-togethers

WINNEMUCCA - Not sure who to vote for in upcoming elections? Do you vote for someone because they've been your friend for years or their mother was your third-grade teacher? What is a proposition or ballot measure really saying and will a "No" vote really mean "Yes?"

City subdivision moves forward in approval process Total of 246 housing units planned for Frontier Village

WINNEMUCCA - City officials rezoned a 52-acre parcel of land between Great Basin Avenue and Highland Drive that allows the proposed Frontier Village subdivision to move forward in the approval process.

BLM hauling water to aid wild horses in Fish Creek Herd Management Area

BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Drought conditions have intensified in much of Nevada and natural surface water sources in the Fish Creek Herd Management Area (HMA) south of Eureka are being adversely affected and are disappearing.

BLM bracing for drought impacts in Nevada

ELKO (AP) - Federal land managers on the northern Nevada range say they're in a better position than usual to deal with the blazing summer drought conditions thanks to some proactive steps they took back in the dead of winter.

BLM issues decision record for Desatoya Mountains restoration project

CARSON CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District, Stillwater Field Office has issued a Decision Record (DR) for the Habitat Restoration Phase of the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Desatoya Mountains Resiliency, Health, and Restoration Project.

Comeau to represent Nevada at national homecoming queen event

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Candace Comeau, daughter of Corey and Cheryl Comeau of Winnemucca, has been selected Nevada's Homecoming Queen.

Youth stewards in the Santa Rosas

WINNEMUCCA - Volunteers joined Friends of Nevada Wilderness and Nevada Outdoor School in the Santa Rosa Range to participate in a stewardship project at Lye Creek Campground.

Northern Nevada JDRF elects 2013 Board of Directors First-ever female president selected

RENO - On July 1, the Northern Nevada Branch of the JDRF inducted its 2013 Board of Directors, welcoming 11 new members and the branch's first-ever female president, Maryann Zucker.

AG seeks new members for domestic violence prevention council

CARSON CITY - Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto has announced that the Nevada Council for the Prevention of Domestic Violence is seeking five new members.

Operation Golden Cargo gets green light Troops take to road as part of logistics operation

WINNEMUCCA - Thousands of military troops took to the road last week as part of a logistics operation to move ammunition to installations throughout the United States.