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Back-to-basics courses in April for great harvests

WINNEMUCCA - The average carrot travels over 1,800 miles to get to our dinner plate. Processing and shipment of food accounts for 93 percent of our food cost.

Telling her story to help others 'makes life better' for Melissa Cates

WINNEMUCCA - Feb. 1, 2012, was the date of Melissa Cates' kidney transplant. The year since her transplant has been a year of healing, a year of happily returning to a less restrictive diet, and a year of freedom from the kidney dialysis treatments that had been a fact of life for Melissa for three and a half years.

Report concludes indigent defense services lacking in rural counties

CARSON CITY - While the nation has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright - the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that guarantees indigent defendants the right to legal counsel - a new study indicates the milestone is not cause for celebration in rural Nevada.

BLM releases EA on proposed Midas Mine expansion

ELKO - The Bureau of Land Management, Elko District's Tuscarora Field Office has released an Environmental Assessment for the proposed construction of support facilities for Newmont Mining Corporation's Midas underground mine located near Midas.

Barber Canyon land dredge -

WINNEMUCCA - This picture is of the Barber Canyon "land dredge," another of W.W. Fisk's rescued negatives. This was taken is in the early 1930s. A California company had taken up a thousand acres of claims and set up the dredge. They drilled wells to supply the large amount of water it took to float and operate that dredge. The shovel provided the gravel for the dredge to process.

Palomino wild horse facility to scale back hours

RENO - Due to the federal government sequestration, few Saturday adoptions and a low public visitation rate on Saturdays, the Bureau of Land Management's Palomino Valley National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Center will only be open on the first Saturday each month from 8 a.m.-noon, beginning next month on April 6.

Nevada delegation to host academy information session

WASHINGTON - Sens. Harry Reid and Dean Heller and Representatives Joe Heck, Mark Amodei, Dina Titus and Steven Horsford will jointly host this year's academy information session in northern Nevada.

NDOW releases western Nevada fishing report

CARSON CITY - The Nevada Department of Wildlife recently released its fishing report for the upcoming season. The report covers areas in the Western part of the state.

RSVP offering fitness training for local seniors

WINNEMUCCA - The RSVP resistance training program at the Pleasant Senior Center is offering one-hour exercise classes from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

McDermitt student-athletes recognized -

JESSICA POWELL • The Humboldt SunThe Humboldt County School Board and Superintendent Dr. Dave Jensen presented awards at their meeting Tuesday to members of the McDermitt girls basketball team, girls volleyball team and boys basketball team for their performance in the Division IV Eastern League. Coaches Jaimi Wilkinson and Julia Topholm were also recognized. Basketball and volleyball player Staheli Wilkinson was also presented with a letter of congratulations from Gov. Brian Sandoval. Above photo (left to right) is Saul Lopez, Va Draunidalo, Andrea Smart and Staheli Wilkinson. Not pictured, but also recognized at the meeting, are Sharon Sherburne, Lydia Northrup, Chandra Catches and Tyler Coble.

New department store holding job fair April 1

WINNEMUCCA - Bealls department store is holding a job fair on Monday, April 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Humboldt County Library, 85 E. Fifth St.

Law enforcement has used various strategies in drug interdiction efforts

WINNEMUCCA - Throughout the last several decades numerous different tactics have been utilized in the law enforcement world to combat the illegal drug trade in the United States.

Nevada's Law Day Live celebration will again be webcast from Winnemucca

WINNEMUCCA - The Nevada Supreme Court is again spearheading a statewide celebration of Law Day, including the latest version of the innovative Law Day Live, which brought the state national awards for the past two years.

Senate panel OKs lifting mining tax protections

CARSON CITY (AP) - A Senate committee this week unanimously approved a proposed constitutional amendment to repeal tax protections for the mining industry following a hearing peppered by testy exchanges between mining representatives and a Republican lawmaker pushing for higher mining taxes.

New supervisor for Humboldt-Toiyabe Forest stops in Winnemucca

He's responsible for 6.3 million acres in Nevada and eastern California

WINNEMUCCA - The new forest supervisor for the Humboldt- Toiyabe National Forest spent a morning in Winnemucca to meet with locals willing to come by the USDA - Forest Service office.