With college becoming more and more expensive year after year, it can be extremely beneficial to start saving for college as soon as possible. For some, this may be during a student’s junior and senior year of high school, when college is rapidly approaching, but for others, this might start the day the child is born.
Nevada Outdoor School is pleased to announce it has received $10,000 from the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative for their Ride Safe Ride Smart program. This program provides targeted OHV safety education and outreach around the state for youth and adults. The grant was awarded as part of Yamaha’s Outdoor Access Initiative.
On Monday. Dec. 12, 2022, at approximately 11:33a.m., Pacific Time, Troopers with the Nevada State Police, Highway Patrol Division, responded to a report of a vehicle crash on Interstate 80, near state mile marker 182 (county mile marker 18 in Humboldt County). This location is approximately 4 miles east of Winnemucca.
Dr Anthony “Sam” Spearing will be the new Executive Director of the (proposed) Mining Center of Excellence and Workforce Development at Great Basin College beginning Jan. 1, 2023.
Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) is building a 200 MWAC (Megawatt, alternating current) photovoltaic solar facility to accelerate its decarbonization program in line with Barrick’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Roadmap. NGM is majority owned and operated by Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD) (TSX:ABX).
Humboldt General Hospital would like to welcome Hannah Kohler to their Orthopedic Clinic as their new APRN-CNP. Kohler is no stranger to Winnemucca, as this is her hometown.
Society is poised for a massive change in energy consumption, moving away from fossil fuels to an electric, clean-energy future, some business experts and lawmakers have predicted. The key to that will be the ability to store power -- and use it on demand -- with electric batteries, Terry Reynolds, Nevada's director of the Department of Business and Industry, said last week on Nevada Newsmakers.
Living with less water in the U.S. Southwest is the focus this week for state and federal water administrators, tribal officials, farmers, academics and business representatives meeting about the drought-stricken and overpromised Colorado River. The Colorado River Water Users Association conference, normally a largely academic three-day affair, comes at a time of growing concern about the river's future after more than two decades of record drought attributed to climate change.
After years of negotiation between the military, conservationists, tribal nations, and Nevada’s congressional delegation, the House last week passed an expansion of Churchill County’s Fallon Range Training Complex.
State officials are urging Nevadans to take advantage of low-cost health insurance plans available on the marketplace created through Obamacare, touting a multi-year extension of government subsidies approved over the summer through the Inflation Reduction Act. The American Rescue Plan approved in 2021 extended government subsidies that reduce the cost of health care on “exchanges” created through the Affordable Care Act. But those resources would have ended on Dec. 31 had the Inflation Reduction Act not passed in August and extended the subsidies through 2025.
Reno mayor Hillary Schieve is suing a private investigator and his company after finding a device attached to her vehicle that was capable of tracking its real-time location.
Now is the season that many hunters maybe enjoying the outdoors by hunting upland birds or small game such as rabbits. Around my house, I have numerous rabbits, some cottontail, but mostly black-eared jackrabbits. I have asked some of the more seasoned hunters in the area, if jackrabbits were good to eat. The reply was, “Not even coyotes will eat jackrabbits.”
Two people are dead following an accident involving a train last week. According to officials with the Winnemucca Police Department, on Sunday Dec. 11, at about 2:00 a.m., WPD patrol officers saw a vehicle that appeared to be high-centered on the railroad tracks near Bridge Street and Railroad Street. The nearby street intersection railroad guard arms were activated and a train, with the warning horn blaring, was rapidly approaching.
Maximizing the opportunities available to the community is a big part of what the Humboldt County Board of Commissioners does. Each year, money is earmarked for donations and contributions and distributed for different projects in the community. The Humboldt County Board of Commissioners met for its regular meeting on Dec. 12 and with all members present (Commissioner Ron Cerri present via web-call), the Board allotted $35,200 in donations to multiple community organizations.
It’s time to deck your halls and the American Red Cross of Northern Nevada has steps to help you decorate safely. “We know that our Northern Nevada firefighters are ready to respond when called, and so is the Red Cross,” said Mary Powell, Executive Director of the American Red Cross Northern Nevada Chapter. “But informing residents how to better manage real Christmas trees and other holiday decorations, we hope no one will need to make that call.”