RENO - The Nevada Farm Service Agency (FSA) suggests that everyone takes a moment in these turbulent fiscal times to celebrate agriculture and honor our hard-working farmers and ranchers in Nevada.
WINNEMUCCA - Just when the Humboldt Volunteer Hospice thought the community couldn't get any more generous, the Holiday Motel showed up.
WINNEMUCCA - Lowry High School's Parent-Teacher-Student Organization invites all area residents to a very special presentation next week.
WINNEMUCCA - Sheriff Ed Kilgore and the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office are hosting an open house on Wednesday, March 27, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in an effort to ensure a greater exchange of information and communication between the HCSO and the public.
WINNEMUCCA - Humboldt General Hospital employees were asked to take a survey covering how they feel about their jobs at the hospital. The survey was voluntary and private - the answers given were not traceable back to the employee.
WINNEMUCCA - The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (UNCE) is once again offering its "Grow Your Own!" classes to help you get on the path to sustainable, local, healthy living.
WINNEMUCCA - Twenty years ago a proposal circulated the country for "national standards" of education. The premise was that there are certain concepts and abilities that all students must achieve to be successful. These included various grade level expectations for mathematical computation and abstract reasoning, scientific understanding, reading and analyzing text, and writing. Fourth graders should add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Seniors are capable of analyzing and evaluating author's purpose. First graders understand the basics of condensation and evaporation. Such an uproar ensued that few people ever realized the contents of these standards as they held to the tenant that state and community rights in content learning rule.
WINNEMUCCA - RSVP continues its series of training sessions in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association and made possible by funding provided by the United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierras.
WINNEMUCCA -Local residents are invited to "find the hero in you" next week by donating blood. The Humboldt Hospital Auxiliary along with United Blood Services in Reno will host its annual March Community Blood Drive from noon to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the West Hall of the Winnemucca Convention Center.
WINNEMUCCA - All Humboldt County residents are invited to "book" it on over to the Winnemucca Grammar School next week for the annual Spring Book Fair.
WINNEMUCCA - Sixth Judicial District Judge Michael Montero issued a bench warrant with a no-bail hold for Steven Wayne Wilson, who pleaded guilty to attempted battery with substantial bodily harm in January but filed a motion to withdraw that plea on March 7, after he failed to show up for his sentencing hearing Monday at 1:30 p.m.
WINNEMUCCA - Several members of Lowry High School's FFA class gave a presentation to Humboldt County's commissioners on the use of animals in ranching and rodeo.
JESSICA POWELL • The Humboldt SunOn Monday morning around 9 a.m. a crew was working to install a new gas line at the corner of Winnemucca Boulevard and Melarkey Street when an existing gas line was accidentally hit and cut. Winnemucca Police Department, Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, Nevada Highway Patrol, Humboldt General Hospital EMS and the Winnemucca Fire Department were on scene. Fire Chief Alan Olson said the flow of gas was stopped, the line was capped and the intersection was reopened by 10:15 a.m. He said there were no injuries, and during the leak all appliances within the Winner's Hotel and Casino were shut off as a precautionary measure.
WINNEMUCCA - NxLeveL is the nation's largest and most effective entrepreneurial training network with more than 300,000 graduates, according to a news release.
WINNEMUCCA - A minor was arrested for DUI on Saturday, March 16, after a hit and run accident on the corner of Palisade Drive and Granada Avenue around 10:15 p.m.