BATTLE MOUNTAIN - On March 1, Battle Mountain Elementary Schools kicked off its Reading Week celebrations. The school does a full month of reading activities to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday each March.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Lander County commissioners heard a proposal/introduction of an ordinance amending Section 17.08.100(A)(1) of the Lander County Code to change the requirement for relinquishing two acre feet of water rights for each additional parcel that is less than five acres in designated groundwater basins.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain McDonald's restaurant recently held another of their popular school fundraisers. The most recent event welcomed Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School into the company's ever-expanding family of participating schools for the "Kassity Family School Fund."
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Newmont Mining Corp. and its Nevada employees received a big thank you from the Lander County Committee Against Domestic Violence when board members met for their regular monthly meeting on Feb. 21.
WASHINGTON - The Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone-Battle Mountain Colony has been awarded a grant from the Department of Energy for a clean energy project.
Four-year-old Hailey Say, of Battle Mountain, played recently at Lions Park with 2-month-old Doughboy, a male pit bull puppy, owned by Jennifer Murillo, of Blythe, Calif.
The Gold Creek Neighborhood Rehab Project got underway Feb. 24 and consists of two concurrent projects - the replacement of water and sewer lines as well as new meter boxes and water meters and paving on top of a cement-treated base. The streets to be included in the projects are Gold Creek Avenue, Wild Horse Way, Indian Springs Court and Gold Court. Portions of the roads will have limited access at different times throughout the projects.
AUSTIN - The Austin and Tonopah Ranger Districts, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, are requesting public input regarding the Ranger Districts' Motor Vehicle Use Maps to determine if there are any needed changes.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - A March 5 sage grouse meeting was held in Battle Mountain. The meeting was a joint meeting with the Lander County Board of Commissioners and the Lander County Public Land Use Advisor Commission (PLUAC).
