WINNEMUCCA - This Labor Day weekend, one of the most hypnotically funny men to ever hit the entertainment scene will be in Humboldt County.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Big game archery season has already started, and many hunters will be venturing out in the backcountry soon to harvest their early season antelope.
WINNEMUCCA - Get ready for one big afternoon of exciting rodeo action.
RENO - The public is invited to visit the University of Nevada, Reno's Main Station Field Lab for their annual Field Day to view alternative crop projects, learn about biofuels and livestock production, taste experimental wines, visit Wolf Pack Meats and learn about the many outreach programs such as Herds to Harvest, Master Gardener and Living with Fire.
CARSON CITY - Since bottoming out in 2010, employment in Nevada's small businesses has increased by 27,300 and has risen for nine consecutive quarters, showing indication that small businesses are on the mend and contributing to the overall improvement in the jobs outlook, said Bill Anderson, chief economist for Nevada's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.
MICHAEL MICHAELSEN • Special to the BugleThe Longhorn football team is back on the field for the season, and so is the high school spirit squad. Baylee Jimenez and Jayda Artz, both captains and both seniors, cheer on the Longhorns Thursday night in Winnemucca in a tough matchup with Lowry High School. See Sports on page 14 for complete coverage of the game.
CARSON CITY -More than 20,000 Nevadans will see a 59 percent reduction in their federal extended unemployment benefits starting the week ending Aug. 31 because of the federal budget cuts known as sequestration.
WINNEMUCCA - A lack of moisture, over an extended period of time, has caused producers in Humboldt and Lander counties to suffer from the effects of severe drought conditions.
CARSON CITY - The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada has scheduled a consumer session Wednesday, Sept. 4, to hear public comment regarding NV Energy's application to adjust Northern Nevada customer rates.
CARSON CITY - Nevada's 30 year-old unemployment insurance system will soon be replaced with a new state-of-the art computer interface that will improve efficiency and integrity of the state's unemployment insurance benefit program, said Renee Olson, administrator for the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR).
Members of the Battle Mountain Oberenak Club held their summer picnic at Lions Park Aug. 23.
RENO - The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Palomino Valley National Wild Horse and Burro Center will begin testing three different shade options for the wild horses and burros over the next two months.
RENO - The University of Nevada School of Medicine's free Student Outreach Clinics for September are scheduled for the following dates: A general clinic will be held on Sept. 14 from 8 a.m. to noon; a women's clinic will be held on Sep. 21 from 8 a.m. to noon; and a children's clinic will be held on Sept. 24 from 6 to 9 p.m.
ELKO - The Nevada Cattlemen's Association has started its eleventh annual quest for "Teacher Of The Year" candidates. We are asking for your help in soliciting nominations from school principals and fellow teachers. The deadline for submitting nominations is October 10, 2013.
RENO - The University of Nevada, Reno cheer team and the Associated Student of the University of Nevada (ASUN) released details of a contest this week to allow community members the chance to choose the name of a new female mascot. The mascot will be the third addition to the Wolf Pack family as the younger sister of current mascot Wolfie Jr. Any person may vote in the online poll with an active email address. Voters may choose one among six names compiled by a committee of students and faculty, and each name holds some significance to the University or state of Nevada.