WINNEMUCCA - A support group aimed at helping people recover from trauma has formed locally and will begin holding regular meetings next week. Survivors Overcoming and Recovering (SOAR) begins Monday, Sept. 24, at 6 p.m. at Montenegro School of TaeKwon Do.
A two-day gun show wrapped up Sunday at the Winnemucca Convention Center, with lots of vendors selling guns and equipment, and plenty of visitors checking out the show. One of the more unusual vendors, Drop Dead Targets, was selling zombie targets. Adding to the gore, the targets explode when hit. The owner, Anthony Arroyo, was happy to show off his stuff. He's joined by Emily Arroyo and Lisa Arroyo.
Brandon Morris went fishing with his father, Scott Morris, brother Devin Morris and family friend Tony Vedis to Knott Creek and Blue Lake in northern Humboldt County. Brandon shows off the catch of the day.
John Watson and Walt Johnson took a fishing trip to Wilson Reservoir in northern Elko County on Aug. 20. The pair each brought in rainbow trout measuring 20 inches.
WINNEMUCCA - Grass Valley Elementary School's code yellow lockdown was lifted Wednesday morning after notification that the person of police interest in the area was apprehended, according to Superintendant Dr. David Jensen.
Nominated by Mrs. James, Carina Ruiz is the September Student of the Month for the junior class.
WINNEMUCCA - Starting Oct. 2, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office will begin its annual Citizens Academy.
WINNEMUCCA - Within the past four weeks residents of Winnemucca and some travelers passing through have been the victims of vehicle burglaries, according to a Winnemucca Police Department news release.
The Frontier Community Coalition would like to invite the community to an Awards Ceremony honoring the Community Service of select youth on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. in the Comstock Room of the Winnemucca Convention Center.
WINNEMUCCA - Margaret Hochstrat remembers her parents once hiring a man to babysit her and her younger sister, and one day her parents asked the old Basque sheepherder to build a feed box.
WINNEMUCCA - Volunteers joined Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Nevada Outdoor School and the U.S. Forest Service recently for National Public Lands Day.
WINNEMUCCA -Composer and multi-instrumentalist Colin Ross plays a large and ever-shifting repertoire of original music, jazz standards and blues classics.
SPARKS - Intermountain Regional Forester Harv Forsgren announced today that Becky Nourse has been selected as the acting Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest supervisor until the position is filled permanently, which could range in length of time from two to four months.
WINNEMUCCA - A Saddle Up for St. Jude event will be gearing up on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 9 a.m. at 4655 Piper Drive, C Horse Ranch.
WINNEMUCCA - During the spring of 2009, former local resident Hank Thompson, son of Dan and Gail Thompson, was successfully recruited by top-ten engineering school Purdue University to continue his studies at the graduate level.