BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School recently announced the winners of the Little Horn of the Month award for May/June. The following are comments about the award winners:
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - A Request for Proposals (RFP) package for the new Lander County Courthouse/Administrative Building was approved unanimously by Lander County commissioners, with Chair Dean Bullock absent, at their April 26 meeting for the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) project.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Lander County School Board has started a recognition program. Each school board member picks a person he or she believes needs to be recognized for their efforts and service to the community and children.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Fifth-grade students at Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School recently participated in a different kind of science fair called Invention Convention.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain McDonald's restaurant held another of their popular school promotions recently in which they donate the total purchase price of selected menu items to the local participating school of your choice. The latest event took part on May 16.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The second-annual Muffins with Moms event, which was held May 11 at 10 a.m. at the Battle Mountain Civic Center, attracted nearly 400 moms, stepmoms, grandmas, aunts and kids.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - An Austin man was arrested May 16 for assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly brandishing a firearm and pointing it at another patron of the Golden Club in Austin.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - On Tuesday evening, May 15, at 6 p.m. the Battle Mountain Civic Center had a line of guests that went out the front door waiting to get in and purchase their bingo tickets in support of 19-year-old local teen Houston Lucas, who is fighting large cell lymphoma. This is a type of cancer affecting the lymphatic system which is part of the immune system that works to fight against disease and infections.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School sixth-grade students recently took part in a project-based learning class.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Justice of the Peace candidate Ray Henry Williams III was arrested May 16 for the second time in three weeks. The latest arrest was for allegedly driving on a revoked driver's license for DUI.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - An aircraft crash that happened May 19 at around 3:40 p.m. near Kingston killed the pilot, Frank App, of Kingston and Truckee, said Lander County Sheriff Ron Unger.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Sober Senior Class of 2012 received a great show of support from Newmont Mining Corp. in the form of a check for $10,000.
Austin School supporters had a solar eclipse viewing event on May 20. Solar glasses sold out and there were more than 75 locals at Stokes Castle. They watched the moon travel between the sun and Earth, creating a "ring of fire."
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - On Sunday, June 10, a team of cyclists participating in the 25th Journey of Hope, presented by KRG Capital, will arrive in Austin as a stop on their 3,775-mile cycling event across the country to raise funds and awareness for people with disabilities.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) Trooper Jim Stewart, the public information officer out of Elko, conducted a distracted drivers program for the seniors at Battle Mountain High School on May 17.