WINNEMUCCA -AmeriCorps members from Winnemucca and northern Nevada are hosting a 5K walk/run on Jan. 19 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and admission is free with a donation of time to a local non-profit of choice.
WINNEMUCCA - This week, local residents are invited to kick off the New Year in the healthiest way possible.
WINNEMUCCA - In a classroom where I volunteer students responded to a prompt of their greatest wish. While a few wanted XBox360s and PS3s, the majority had desires that were far deeper and significant to life. Several wrote about wanting to visit grandparents who lived far away. They struggled to figure out ways and means so that this dream could come true.
ELKO - Scheduled repairs to the spillway and intake at South Fork Dam were completed in late 2012. Through November 2012 and the beginning of December 2012, a temporary cofferdam allowed repairs to a spillway gate, and a commercial diving contractor installed two new hydraulic cylinders located near the dam face.
WINNEMUCCA - If her husband could grow 'em she could can 'em. Angela Mentaberry, 91, said there was a time when her husband, John Mentaberry Jr., had a huge garden on the lot next door to the house she lives in and she spent a lot of time canning.
ELKO - Great Basin College President, Dr. Mark A. Curtis hosted several leaders from business and industry at luncheons on the Great Basin College campus this week. The discussions were among stakeholders in mining support businesses, and focused on the challenges those businesses face in the coming years.
WINNEMUCCA - Humboldt General Hospital's nursing home is a five-star facility, according to Medicare data released last month.
WINNEMUCCA - The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office arrested Lizandro Portillo, of North Dakota and California, on suspicion of possession of marijuana with intent to sell, transportation of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia after discovering 30 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle, according to an HCSO news release.
WINNEMUCCA - Humboldt County Commissioners made several appointments this month to fill seats on various rural community boards which were left vacant when no one filed for election to the positions.
ELKO - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Elko and Winnemucca Districts concluded the Owyhee Complex wild horse gather on Wednesday, Jan. 16. The BLM successfully removed 871 wild horses from the herd management areas (HMAs) in the Complex, 140 were released back to the range within the Owyhee HMA and fertility control vaccine was applied to 46 mares prior to release. Of 1,011 wild horses gathered, there were only two gather-related deaths representing 0.2 percent of the gather total, and eleven were euthanized for pre-existing conditions or deformities, representing 1 percent of those gathered. The Owyhee Complex consists of the Owyhee, Little Owyhee, Little Humboldt, Rock Creek and Snowstorm HMAs.
WINNEMUCCA -Humboldt General Hospital is gearing up for another year filled with support for pre-op and post-op bariatric patients.
WINNEMUCCA - The Winnemucca Host Lions Club was at the center of a bidding war recently-a friendly back and forth effort between Humboldt General Hospital and Hycroft Resources and Development, Inc. that netted the Lions Club $1,800.
MICHAEL MICHAELSEN • Special to the Sun -- The Nevada Department of Wildlife recognized a long-time hunting educator Thursday in Winnemucca at the Martin Hotel during an appreciation dinner for volunteer instructors. Bob Gibson, of Lovelock, has been teaching hunter education courses for 40 years. He began volunteering to educate new hunters back in 1973. He said he believes he's the longest-serving instructor in northern Nevada. NDOW official presented Gibson with a token of the agency's appreciation - a new Weatherby . 257 caliber rifle with his name engraved on the barrel. Above, Gibson, center is flanked, by left to right, Steve Kemp, conservation aide, Gayle Gregg, administrative assistant, Gibson, Teresa Moiola, conservation education chief, and Chris Vasey, outdoor education coordinator.
WINNEMUCCA - Becky seemed hesitant when I asked her over for coffee and dessert. "Do you want me to bring something? A fork, maybe?"