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.
CARSON CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Western Nevada Agency would like the community to be aware of the risk of wildfire when target shooting due to continued dry conditions, low precipitation and hot temperatures.
COURTESY PHOTOKeetna Smith, 13, bagged her first antelope on Aug. 23 in the Independence Mountain Range (Area 6) at 400 yards with a .243 rifle.
CARSON CITY - The Nevada Emergency Medical Systems (EMS) Program of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health recently received the Excellence in Action Award of Merit from the Nevada Association for Career and Technical Education.
RENO - The Eastern Great Basin and Western Great Basin Coordination Centers will merge and be located in a new facility in Salt Lake City. The consolidation will save money and improve response time in getting resources to wildfires and other incidents.
AUSTIN - The final touches are being put on the Austin arsenic mitigation project, which is slated to wrap up at the end of this month. The system is projected to go online in October, said Marty Ugalde, engineer/project manager with Day Engineering, the company overseeing the entire project.