SACRAMENTO - Small, nonfarm businesses in 17 Nevada counties and neighboring counties in Arizona, California, Idaho and Oregon are now eligible to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans from the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
ELKO - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tuscarora Field Office, announces the release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Barrick-Dee Mining Venture's Arturo Mine Project proposal to expand the Dee Gold Mine located approximately 45 miles northwest of Elko.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) began the Diamond Complex wild horse gather on Jan. 18. The BLM will gather and remove about 603 excess wild horses from the complex.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Frontier Community Coalition awarded Jacob's Well Youth Center (JWYC) a $2,000 grant to advance youth-based substance abuse prevention programs throughout 2013.
CARSON CITY - Gov. Brian Sandoval declared a state of emergency on Tuesday due to extreme winter conditions in Nevada. Prolonged periods of freezing temperatures have increased the demand for propane in the state of Nevada.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The American Lung Association is giving Nevada an "F" for tobacco control and prevention efforts.
ELKO - Great Basin College Director of Continuing Education and Community Outreach, Angie De Braga, has been appointed to the Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs. The Legislative Appointment, announced in December by Christina Fuentes of the Department of Business and Industry, begins this month. De Braga was nominated by Great Basin College President Mark A. Curtis.
WINNEMUCCA - GBC Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Mike McFarlane and Vice President of Student Affairs Lynn Mahlberg announced the Dean's List of Great Basin College students for the Fall, 2011 semester. The Dean's List honors students with a 3.5 great point average for the semester.
ELKO - The Bureau of Land Management Elko and Winnemucca Districts concluded the Owyhee Complex wild horse gather on Jan. 16. The BLM removed 871 wild horses from the herd management areas (HMAs) in the Complex, 140 were released back to the range within the Owyhee HMA and fertility control vaccine was applied to 46 mares prior to release.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - As I drive around the area, I have already seen some new calves on the ground this year. As we move into calving season for many ranchers in the area, it is important to follow a few basic management tips to reduce calf death loss and ensure cows are healthy for the upcoming breeding season.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - For the beginning of the new year and the first board meeting of the new year, the Lander County School Board recognized four deserving people.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Oberenak Basque Club in Battle Mountain held its winter dinner and dance on Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Battle Mountain Civic Center.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Lander County Hospice is selling squares for a memory quilt to memorialize those who have passed on. The project is just one in its continued efforts to raise $90,000 to $100,000 to renovate the old Kid's Closet building at 326 W. Front St. for its office and gift and community shop.
COURTESY PHOTOSusan Sandru's fourth grade class at Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School made a kindness chain with each student doing 26 acts of kindness in honor of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims. Some examples of acts of kindness are: made my sister's bed, took out the garbage and bought my friend ice cream. Back row, left to right, Kobe Lake, Joey Huhta, Jose Guizar, Michael Adcock, Shaelyn Nunez, Dustin Plants, Eliel Martinez, Kasia Nelson, Anahi Lopez, Owen Dorothy and Isaiah Powell. Middle row, Mandy Lofthouse, Brooke Ripley, Destiny Villanueva, Kylie Ueland, Antony Falles, Karla Valdez, Alayna Miles, Katelyn Williams and Jimmy Cox. Front row, Yaritza Diaz, Adriana Pacheco-Robles and Renata Martinez.
Barbara Smutney won the Colt Casino's "Off to the Races" promotion. She received a NASCAR package for Las Vegas in March that includes hotel room, track transportation, race tickets in the Earnhardt Terrace, a Sunday Neon Garage Pass and $500 spending money. Above photo (left to right) is Naomi Worth (casino host), Richard Jackson (Barb's brother), Barbara Smutney (winner), Rayna Etcheson (casino host), and Jennifer Turner (casino host).