WASHINGTON - The White House Rural Council recently announced the creation of the new U.S. Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund through which private entities can invest in job-creating rural infrastructure projects across the country. An initial $10 billion has been committed to the fund with greater investment expected to follow. Target investments will include hospitals, schools and other educational facilities, rural water and wastewater systems, energy projects, broadband expansion, local and regional food systems, and other rural infrastructure.
COURTESY PHOTOSix-year-old Emily Andreozzi waters the garden of her grandma, Norma Edens, who sent in this photo that was taken July 23. Andreozzi shows off a great way to stay cool with her wide-brimmed hat.
There are two logos now on the high school and each one is approximately 11 by 14 feet. They are powder-coated, heavy gauge plasma cut metal by Mountain Man Originals of Ontario, Ore.
Barbara Powell is interested in saving the West - one photo, one artifact, one bit of oral or written history at a time. It's a community effort, she said, information picked up and related over time, collected, and written down for those who come after.
A man whose dog was shot to death by a Lander County sheriff's deputy in April pleaded guilty to having a dog running at large and was fined $195 in the Argenta Justice Court on July 15.
HEATHER HILL • The Battle Mountain BugleA family heading from Reno to Logan, Utah, said they spotted Elquist Park and thought it was the ideal location for a picnic. It was their second stop there. They had eaten lunch at the park on their way to Reno and said they were impressed. "Your park is nice," said one of the four, Clair Williams. Clockwise from front left, Clair Williams, of Perry, Utah, Marianne Walker, of Farmington, Utah, Carolyn Williams, of Perry, Utah, and Bernice Munk, of Reno.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced continued progress in implementing provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill that will strengthen and expand insurance coverage options for farmers and ranchers. The new Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO), available through the federal crop insurance program and set to begin with the 2015 crop year, is designed to help protect producers from yield and market volatility.
There will be a Meet and Greet on Aug. 7 from 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. at the Winnemucca Convention Center West Hall. Light refreshments will available for those who attend.
Although the practice of hydraulic fracturing, "fracking," in connection with drilling for oil or natural gas has been generating controversy in much of the country for some time, Humboldt County hasn't yet been identified as a potential location for oil or natural gas drilling using the fracking method.
Humboldt and Pershing County Commissioners are being strongly encouraged to give targeted input on the second version "discussion draft" of the "Nevada Sagebrush Landscape Conservation and Economic Development Act."
WINNEMUCCA - "This is the highest price for which cattle have ever been sold at our Winnemucca auction," said Jim Davis, head of Superior Livestock Auction, held July 30 - 31 in Winnemucca. Davis didn't have a total for how much money changed hands at the auction, but said, "If you take 107,000 head of cattle and multiply it by an average selling price of $1,500 a head you'd come pretty close." ($160.5 million)
WINNEMUCCA - The Pine Forest lands bill broke loose from the logjam it's been caught in for months, and with a unanimous vote from the House Natural Resources Committee, moved on downstream to a position where it can be voted on by the full House of Representatives.
COURTESY PHOTOBecca Cason, left, and Jacob Stillwell, right, were the perfect attendance bike winners at Battle Mountain Elementary Schools. The bikes were donated by Roller Coaster Fireworks and Atlas Towing. The assembly was held on Red Cassorla's 99th birthday and all of the kids enthusiastically sang him "Happy Birthday." Red Cassorla, center, is shown here with his son, Earl Cassorla, and BMES Principal Lorrie Sparks.
An historic package of Northern Nevada lands bills - six introduced by Rep. Mark Amodei (NV-2) and one by Rep. Steven Horsford (NV-4) passed the House Natural Resources Committee by unanimous consent on July 30.