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.
CARSON CITY - The Nevada Division of Insurance's new website (doi.nv.gov.) provides Nevada consumers with comprehensive information about insurance and healthcare reform in Nevada. Members of the insurance industry will also find a wealth of information about doing business in Nevada.
CARSON CITY - In celebration of National Mental Health Month, Michelle Sandoval, mental health counselor, Kathleen Bailey, psychiatric nurse and Kim Hone, mental health tech, employees at the Battle Mountain Rural Mental Health Clinic, invited the public to view Joe Pantoliano's documentary "No Kidding Me 2."
In the spring of each year, all ninth graders take several practice tests to help prepare them for the high stakes state tests at the end of their 10th grade year. The results are also used to help teachers make informed instructional decisions and adjustments within their classrooms. The students with the top scores in reading, mathematics and science are rewarded with a trip for ice cream with their teacher. Students with top scores in two or more tests had lunch with their principal, Susan Baldwin.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - For the second year in a row, the Lander County Community Health Nurse Office received the Silver Syringe Award. This year, it was for the "Greatest Improvement Rate for 2-Year-Olds" for immunizing a greater number of 2-year-olds in 2012.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Battle Mountain High School currently has an opening for its spirit coach.