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School board recognizes volunteers

BATTLE MOUNTAIN - On March 27, the Lander County School Board recognized Joe Quintana, who has been involved with kids and sports since he has been out of school.

GBC to confer 442 credentials May 18 - a record number

Locals among those to receive diplomas

ELKO - Great Basin College will hold its 45th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Elko Convention Center. There will be 442 baccalaureate degrees, associate degrees and certificates of achievement awarded this year, up from 430 last year.

Five projects funded to increase understanding of the Great Basin

RENO - The Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GBLCC) is providing more than $198,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to fund five projects within the Great Basin.

Good agricultural practices training offered in June for producers

Focuses on food safety practices in fruit and vegetable production

RENO -The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and the Nevada Department of Agriculture will be hosting the Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Training for food safety June 5-7 at the Nevada Department of Agriculture in Sparks. The free, three-day program, sponsored by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service Farm-to-School Grant Program, will focus on on-farm food-safety practices related to fruit and vegetable production. Participants will learn principles of good agricultural and handling practices.

UNR to award 2,168 degrees this week

Commencement to be held Friday and Saturday

RENO - The University of Nevada, Reno's spring commencement will confer 2,168 degrees and certificates.

Battle Mountain golfers finish second at Division III North Regional Championships

Crotteau places fifth overall to lead Longhorns

BATTLE MOUNTAIN - After being shut out of the state championships all together a season ago, the Battle Mountain High School boys golf team is back in the state tournament after its performance at the Division III North Championships on Wednesday, May 8, in Elko.

Annis wins triple jump for Battle Mountain at regional championships

Longhorns travel to Las Vegas this weekend

BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School track and field team had a handful of athletes qualify for the NIAA State Track and Field Championships presented by the Farmers Insurance this Friday and Saturday at Silverado High School in Las Vegas.

Battle Mountain baseball team advances to state

Longhorns face Needles on Thursday in Las Vegas

BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain High School baseball team is returning to the state tournament after an absence of a couple of years.

Las Vegas Bowl to be played on December 21

Las Vegas Bowl to be played on Saturday, Dec. 21

LAS VEGAS - ESPN Regional Television, a subsidiary of ESPN, and the Las Vegas Bowl have announced that the 2013 game will be played Saturday, Dec. 21, at 12:30 p.m. at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Austin's Young qualifies for state championships in high jump

BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Austin High School's Emily Young qualified for the NIAA State Track and Field Championships this weekend at Silverado High School in Las Vegas.

Lander County Convention and Tourism Authority to hold geocaching event

Event to be held in conjunction with flea market

BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Lander County Convention and Tourism Authority will be holding a geocaching event on June 15 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to showcase the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Shoshone Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) trail.

MindPlay program helping students with their reading skills, local educators say

Presentation given at May 8 school board meeting

BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School Principal Amy Nelson and Alan Hooper, of Western Educational Consultants, Inc., gave a presentation to school board members at the May 8 Lander County School Board meeting on the MindPlay reading intervention program.

Jacob's Well Youth Center holds free bingo night

BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Jacob's Well hosts youth bingo every third Thursday of the month, which is free for youth 12-18 years old.

Teach your dog to avoid rattlesnakes

WINNEMUCCA - A rattlesnake avoidance clinic will be held in Winnemucca at the 4-H arena at 1085 Fairgrounds Road on Sunday, June 9.

Dorothy Gallagher remembered for service to higher education

ELKO - Dorothy S. Gallagher, a regent who represented rural Nevada for more than 28 years, has died at the age of 87.