HEATHER HILL • The Battle Mountain BugleIt's a bird. It's a plane. It's two penguins! Jessie and Brandy Walker got into the Christmas spirit with numerous Christmas decorations on the front lawn of their Gold Creek residence. Jessie Walker said it took him three days to put up all of the decorations which included wooden handmade and hand-painted carvings. The Walkers moved into their home just before Christmas last year and Jessie Walker said he wanted to go all out this year for the holidays.
HEATHER HILL • The Battle Mountain BugleAna Enriquez shovels snow on Dec. 13 in front of El Aguila Mexican Restaurant on Front Street. She worked hard to clear off the sidewalk for restaurant patrons.
HEATHER HILL • The Battle Mountain BugleMom Sandra Sherve, back right, and her son, Richard Bochman, 12, back left, and daughter, Sonja Sherve, had plenty of fun in the snow that fell the evening of Dec. 12 and in the early morning hours of Dec. 13. The family made two snowmen and three snow forts in order to have a huge snowball fight at their Scott Street residence. According to the National Weather Service, five inches of snow fell in the Battle Mountain area by 7 a.m. on Dec. 13.
ELKO - The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District, has completed its portion of the Owyhee Complex Wild Horse Gather. Gather operations were suspended for the holidays for the remainder of the Owyhee Complex. Operations will resume Jan. 4 in the Owyhee Herd Management Area managed by the Elko district office.
CARSON CITY - The Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) is working with other state and federal agencies to begin rehabilitation of state and private lands and critical wildlife habitat damaged by the 2012 wildfire season. Over 680,000 acres burned statewide. Additionally, more than 350 miles of bulldozer line, constructed on both public and private lands to suppress these fires, requires rehabilitation to prevent erosion and the spread of invasive plant species.
WINNEMUCCA - 2013 Cattlemen's Update: Workshops are scheduled for the week of Jan. 7-11 with nearly statewide coverage provided for in one format or another.
EUREKA (AP) - Conservationists are trying to put the brakes on plans to mine hundreds of millions of pounds of the metallic element molybdenum from an open pit mine in north-central Nevada.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Lander County School Board recognized three people for December.
ELKO - An investigation initiated by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Team (TRIDENT) led to the Dec. 18 arrest of Veronica Abarca-Fregoso, 34, a suspected major source of supply of methamphetamine throughout the central region of rural Nevada, according to a news release from TRIDENT.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada's unemployment rate dropped to 10.8 percent in November, the lowest it's been in more than three years and the most significant monthly improvement since April 2005, state officials said.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - A bingo night will be held for Dylan Huddleston to help raise funds for the Huddleston family while Dylan is battling cancer.
The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension is offering a Continuing Education Workshop and Pesticide Applicator Training on Wed., Jan. 30 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The training will be held live in Reno and available via videoconference in 11 other locations throughout Nevada.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Baked ham and all of the trimmings was served on Dec. 14 as the traditional Christmas dinner to all of the seniors. Attendance was lower than usual due to the snow that came the night before, but the snow helped to bring in the holiday spirit. It is always good to see many people we haven't seen for a long time and have a good visit.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - With the tremendous support of the families of students attending Christ Lutheran Preschool, members of the congregation of Christ Lutheran Church, and a grant from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a generous Christmas Alert basket was delivered to a very appreciative family.
