BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Lander County commissioners unanimously approved a proclamation at their Dec. 1 meeting designating January 2012 as National Radon Action Month in Lander County.
TONOPAH - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Battle Mountain District, Tonopah Field Office is seeking public comment on the Bullfrog Herd Management Area (HMA) Preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA), which addresses the need to remove excess wild burros from in and around the HMA to bring the number of wild burros to the lower range of appropriate management level (AML).
HEATHER SINGER • The Battle Mountain BugleThe photo above shows a foundation for one of the three wind turbines soon to be erected behind Lemaire Elementary School.
Cold weather and wind did not deter these two brothers from a recent romp on a trampoline in front of a home on Elquist Drive.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School recently announced the students named "Little Horn of the Month" for Fall 2011.The following are comments made about each student:
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Newmont External Relations Representative Shar Peterson recently presented a check to Jim Squibb, Lander County School District superintendent, for $20,000 to honor Newmont's commitment to education.
ELKO - Newmont Mining Corporation recently completed its 2012 NMC Legacy Fund campaign in Nevada and is very pleased to announce that its employees have pledged a record $900,000-plus through the workplace-giving program, surpassing last year's pledges by more than $250,000.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Some have said this year's Red Ribbon Week may have been the best yet! Red Ribbon is the nation's oldest and largest drug prevention program. The local theme was, "Dream it, Believe it, Achieve it."
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - St. John Bosco Church held their "Annual Christmas Bazaar" on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Every year the Battle Mountain Family Resources Center hosts a community Christmas Festival for anyone to come and enjoy.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - A Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS for the Mount Hope Project published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on Dec. 16 corrects the close of a 90-day comment period to March 1, 2012.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Battle Mountain resident, Bill Oxley, 48, was arraigned in the Argenta Justice Court Dec. 5 for an official charge of harassment, a second offense, stemming from a May 15 case in which he threatened to shoot and kill Mike Johnson and his family, according to the District Attorney's Office criminal complaint.
HEATHER SINGER • People in Lander County have really gotten into the Christmas spirit. Homes all across the county are boasting an abundance of Christmas lights, garland, wreaths and other decorations this year. Jennie and Dennis McKenzie went all out at their Gold Creek Avenue home and decorated their yard full of blow-up characters as well as a Santa Claus Ferris wheel and even Santa Claus himself.
The Public Works Department, along with around 10 helpers from the Nevada Division of Forestry, decorated the Lander County Courthouse on Dec. 6 with lights and garland. The courthouse is decorated every year and this year saw a new set of garland, said Public Works Foreman Jake Edgar.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School (ELES) students held their annual Christmas Musicals during the first part of December.