BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Battle Mountain High School recently completed an extensive self-study as required by the Northwest Accreditation Association. 
ELKO - The project area for this gather and removal of wild horses is from within and outside the Triple B, Maverick-Medicine, and the western and central portions of the Antelope Valley Herd Management Areas (HMAs), according to a BLM news release.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District, issued a decision to approve the operations plan for the Cove-Helen Mine.
TONOPAH - Back in 1900, a prospector named Jim Butler struck silver while searching for his lost burro in the area that soon became Tonopah, Nev.
SPARKS - Deanna Stever, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest geologist, was recently recognized by the Forest Service's Cave and Karst Coordinator for her exceptional leadership in cave and karst management. (Karst refers to landscapes characterized by caves, sinkholes, sinking streams and underground drainage.)
ELKO - With the temperatures beginning to rise, the Elko District Interagency Fire Management Team would like to remind the community of the dry weather conditions still prevalent in northeastern Nevada.
KINGSTON - The Kingston Volunteer Fire Department hosted children from the Austin Elementary School May 11.
RENO - Families who have owned and operated their farm or ranch for 100 years or more are encouraged to submit an application to receive a Nevada Centennial Farm and Ranch Award.
CARSON CITY - The Bureau of Land Management, the Nevada Department of Agriculture and the Nevada Department of Corrections on Saturday, May 18, hosted the second of three annual saddle-trained horse adoption events at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) in Carson City.
CARSON CITY (AP) - Two rural Nevada colleges will feel less budget pain than initially proposed under actions taken by legislative money committees.
CARSON CITY - Throughout Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27, the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City offers rides on the world's only restored McKeen motor car, Virginia & Truckee Railway No. 22. Other days to ride the unique car in 2013 will be July 4 and October 26.
RENO - Plants are shrinking in the Great Basin of Nevada, and warming climate could be the culprit, according to a paper published in the renowned science journal Global Change Biology based on research conducted by University of Nevada, Reno, plant ecologist Beth Leger.
RENO - Even though nearly two-thirds of families with small children plan on swimming in areas without lifeguards this summer, many people don't know the right thing to do in water emergencies or how to keep their loved ones safe in the water, according to a new American Red Cross poll.
NEW YORK - May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and while the dangers of melanoma are well known, it is important not to neglect the warning signs of the two most common types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), which can also become disfiguring and even deadly if not diagnosed and treated promptly.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Around 20 classes will be held from June 17 - 27 for Great Basin College's (GBC) second annual Kids College for kids ages 6 to 17. The classes will vary in length during that amount of time.