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Ahern would love to welcome A’s proposed ballpark to north Las Vegas Strip ‘neighborhood’

When Don Ahern sits in his Ahern Hotel on Sahara Avenue on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip and looks across the street, he sees property owned by Phil Ruffin -- the Circus Circus resort and the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. Ahern, also owner of Ahern Equipment Rentals, said on Nevada Newsmakers Wednesday he considers Ruffin’s property near his hotel as the ideal place to build a Major League Baseball stadium, if the Oakland A’s decide to move to Las Vegas. “I think it would be great here,” Ahern told host Sam Shad.

Christmas Tree Permits available in Battle Mountain

The Battle Mountain District Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently selling Christmas Tree Permits for personal use at two different locations, Battle Mountain and Tonopah, until December 23, 2022.   

Nevada students follow the national trend on 2022 National Assessment

The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) released the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results today and Nevada students were in line with the national trend.

HUD Grant Program aims to help rurals improve Main Street

Recently, the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) of $1 million through the HOPE VI Main Street Program. 

Call for submissions to Argentum, GBC’s art and literary magazine

Each academic year, Argentum, Great Basin College’s art and literary magazine, selects a theme for those who would like to showcase their best work in any of the three categories including artwork, writing, or multi-media. The theme for 2022-23 is Balance, and the submission deadline is Tuesday, February 14, 2023.

HGH inviting veterans to luncheon

November 11th is Veterans Day. Humboldt General Hospital would like to honor those men and women who have served in the United States armed forces.

Humboldt County High School alumni celebrate another successful reunion, make donation

Before the days of Lowry High School and Winnemucca Junior High School (WJHS), were the days of Humboldt County High School (HCHS). From 1919 to 1971, students attended Humboldt County High School, which was inside what is now WJHS.  A group of very special people started a committee to bring the graduates of HCHS together for a reunion every five years. This committee is called the Humboldt County High School Alumni Reunion Committee (HCHSARC). 

Local regional development gains benefit of Rural Partners Network

USDA Rural Development State Director Lucas Ingvoldstad  announced the expansion of the Rural Partners Network (RPN) to communities in Nevada. RPN is an all-of-government program that partners with rural people to access resources and funding to create local jobs, build infrastructure, and support long-term economic stability on their own terms.

Contaminants can lurk in unregulated domestic wells

If you live in a city, the water you use to drink and cook likely comes from a utility that applies rigorous treatment protocols to deliver clean water. But for an estimated 182,000 Nevadans who source their water from private wells, safe drinking water is harder to ensure.  In Nevada and across the West, private water wells are often the site of the most pronounced contamination issues. At the same time, such water wells are not regulated by state and federal environmental agencies, a trend that is true in other Western states. That leaves private owners, typically in rural areas where there are few other options, responsible for their own water quality. 

In remote Nevada valley, race for more lithium comes down to water

There is an otherworldly feel to the crystalline-blue evaporation ponds that sit in Clayton Valley, an arid area in Nevada’s least populated county, Esmeralda. From above, the ponds look like a grid of pooled water arranged in a gradient that moves from a deep-sea blue to a light-sky tone. The man-made desert pools contain what is naturally underneath the ground: water.

Fatal Car Crash on US-95 North of Winnemucca

On Sunday October 30, 2022, at approximately 1 p.m., Troopers with the Nevada State Police, Highway Patrol Division, responded to a report of a vehicle crash on highway US-95, near mile marker 4 in Humboldt County. This location is approximately 4 miles north of Winnemucca, NV.

Ex-prisons chief asked $1M to stay quiet

Nevada’s former state prisons director alleged Friday that before forcing him to resign more than a month ago, aides to the Democratic governor now seeking reelection wanted him to reshape accounts of a convicted bombmaker’s escape that went unreported for four days. Gov. Steve Sisolak’s chief-of-staff, Yvanna Cancela, responded by accusing ex-state Department of Corrections chief Charles Daniels of attempting ``a political shakedown for more than $1 million taxpayer dollars`` with a threat of going public and filing costly and time-consuming litigation.

Nevada Mining Association discusses important aspects in the future of mining

Evolving in an ever-changing environment is crucial to Nevada’s mining industry. From diversity to sustainability, the future of mining holds many different promises and the Nevada Mining Association (NVMA) is pioneering education and communication efforts amongst mining professionals and other important industry leaders.

Election results will be canvassed Nov. 16, 18 depending on county

With early voting ending on Nov. 4 for the Primary Election and the General Election yesterday, Nov. 8, be on the lookout for the canvass results for races in federal partisan offices, statewide partisan offices, state district partisan offices, county partisan and nonpartisan offices, and state nonpartisan offices.

Volunteer program helps seniors stay active and independent

With inactivity and social isolation ranking among the highest contributors to health issues in disabled and elderly people, staying active and social is absolutely vital to well-being.