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.
STEVE LYON • The Humboldt SunWinnemucca Volunteer Fire Department officials say the cause of a fire in the backyard of a house on the 1600 block of Harmony Street was accidental. The Thursday fire broke out about 12:05 p.m. and was quickly put out. The fire burned a utility trailer, some equipment in the backyard and some power lines. It also scorched a vinyl fence. There were no injuries, according to Winnemucca Fire Chief Alan Olsen.
MICHAEL MICHAELSEN • Special to the SunAn unattended, runaway car caused no damage but made for a few hectic minutes last week. The vehicle was parked at the fuel pumps at the Shell gas station on Winnemucca Boulevard Sept. 19, when, according to witnesses, it rolled across the street. It ended up at the C & M Auto Clinic. An employee said it did not hit the building. The owner of the vehicle tried to stop it but it rolled across Winnemucca Boulevard. Luckily, there was no traffic at the time.
WINNEMUCCA -Colin Ross is set to return to The Martin on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m.
WINNEMUCCA - Humboldt County commissioners will meet Monday, Oct. 1, at 9:30 a.m. in room 201 of the courthouse.
