HEATHER HILL • The Battle Mountain BugleBattle Mountain is overflowing with beautiful gardens this time of year. Perfect weather has allowed people to get outdoors and tend to their yards. Each year, colorful blooms can be spotted in front of the Battle Mountain Civic Center, shown here.
Game wardens with the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), along with the Washoe County Sherriff's Office and the National Park Service at Lake Mead National Recreation Area will be targeting boaters operating under the influence (OUI) this weekend in waters across the state as part of a nationally coordinated enforcement effort dubbed "Operation Dry Water."
COURTESY PHOTOBattle Mountain's Emeral Campbell sent in this photo of her smiling baby boy, Colton, 8 months. His father is Gary Campbell. His mother describes him as cuddly, talkative and, of course, smiley!
On July 10, the Lander County Commission will be reviewing the final draft regarding Nevada's public lands. AB 227, passed during the 2013 Nevada legislative session, created the Nevada Lands Management Task Force to study issues surrounding how public lands controlled by the federal government would be managed if they were transferred to the State of Nevada.
Visiting students, ages 15-18, from around the world including Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and Thailand are seeking host families in and around Battle Mountain for the upcoming 2014-2015 academic school year. Host families are needed for the fall semester and full school year.
CARSON CITY - Nevada gets an "F" in a new report analyzing how each state supports - or doesn't support - new parents and families, with policies that encourage paid time off and job protection when people have to take a leave for parenting or care-giving.
This year, the Nevada Highway Patrol has investigated 15 fatal accidents in northeastern Nevada.
Lately, I have received numerous calls about how to control grasshoppers and crickets around homes and gardens. And currently, my office has been invaded by crickets, the common field crickets not the Mormon Crickets. So, the question is, "What can I do about these critters?"
HEATHER HILL • The Battle Mountain BugleAlee Hill, 3, was found recently racing around her yard on a little tricycle. The intense heat last week did not dissuade her from having fun in the sun with her family.
RENO - University of Nevada Cooperative Extension is offering Managed Intensive Grazing Systems Workshops 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., July 23 in Gardnerville and July 24 in Fallon.
Starlynn Schneider, who was initially charged with child neglect and principal to statutory seduction, and arrested later on further charges, pleaded guilty per a plea agreement June 2 to contributing to the delinquency of a minor and unlawful trespass upon land, both misdemeanors.
HEATHER HILL • The Battle Mountain BugleBattle Mountain's Cass Shoopman broke out the red, white and blue décor and whipped the front of her West Second Street home into shape just in time for the Fourth of July. Festivities went on throughout the town to celebrate America's birthday.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), today announced $8 million in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) incentives for Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin farmers and ranchers who establish new habitats for declining honey bee populations. More than half of the commercially managed honey bees are in these five states during the summer.
WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced continued progress in implementing provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill that provide new risk management options for farmers and ranchers. These improvements to crop insurance programs will provide better protection from weather disaster, market volatility and other risk factors to ensure farmers aren't wiped out by events beyond their control.
