The Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections – Silver State Industries have announced a saddle-started adoption event at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center on Saturday, October 8, 2022. Up to 16 saddle-started wild horses and one halter-trained filly, fostered by the Washoe County 4-H group, will be offered for adoption. The horses offered come from herd management areas in Nevada, Oregon, and California.
I mentioned cognitive a few weeks ago. Since then, I have thought, researched, reflected, and decided to expand this idea further. Dr. Artz at our Dementia Friendly Summit suggested that doctors check our blood pressure, weight, and height, so why don’t they also pay attention to our cognitive health? “How is your brain doing today?” might be an opening question. Key elements of cognitive health include the regular diet, exercise, social participation, and plenty of sleep routine you well know, but how to prioritize and why? I’m guessing each person will describe a unique order, as in “Which came first? The chicken or the egg?” This brings me back to beginning teachers. I’d remind them that our #1 job is education.
On Tuesday, September 20th, the Winnemucca FFA Chapter officers and first year FFA members went to Fallon to attend the fall leadership conferences. Winnemucca officers attended Chapter Officer Leadership Conference (COLT) with other officers and learned invaluable training to get through their year of service.
Little minds often ask the biggest questions. Preschool and Pre-K are where children learn the very foundation of what it means to be a student. Christ Lutheran Church & Preschool recently celebrated 20 years of not only preparing children to be students, but also teaching them about Jesus. “The very heart of being a student is to sit, listen, and ask questions, just like we teach in Chapel” said Pastor Mark Kliewer.
The Environmental Assessment for a proposed land conveyance to Humboldt County has been completed.
Nevada officials said the state is launching a prescription discount card, a method of softening the rising costs of medications that is also used in Washington and Oregon.
The state pardons board has granted an unconditional pardon to a former Nye County commissioner charged nearly a decade ago with attempting to bribe another county official.
The Nevada Department of Education (NDE) is proud to announce it has renewed its multiyear partnership with Nevada Gold Mines, operated by Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: GOLD) (TSX: ABX), and Discovery Education, the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports both remote and in-person learning.
Politics tends to bleed into just about any important aspect of life, including education. With politically charged elements of curriculum becoming requirements for graduation, expectations for teachers, and certain legislation passing, making sure that the district can be there for every student, despite politics, has become increasingly important.
On a warm September morning, Mike Goddard pointed his scope toward a marshy pond within the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge. What Goddard hoped to spot: The many migratory birds that forage in the shallow shores of the wetlands, once abundant in this area outside of Fallon. “The short, stout ones with long, straight bills are long-billed dowitchers,” he observes, peering into the mounted spotting scope. “The big, white ones are American avocets. Then there are some small sandpipers over there to the west… We’ll go up and do a count here real quick.”
Nevada is asking the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to revisit the issue of Yucca Mountain —where the federal government has long sought to build a national nuclear waste repository in the Nevada desert — to keep the project from getting a license. The move to dismiss the Yucca licensing process, which has been suspended for 11 years since Congress stopped funding it, would set the project back years if a future administration tried to revive it and if Nevada continued to oppose the project. “[T]he lingering fiction of the licensing application needs to end,” said Agency for Nuclear Projects Executive Director Fred Dilger in a brief interview this week.
Preliminary findings from a study of Nevada’s public health insurance option suggests it could generate $300 million to $400 million in health care savings for consumers and the state during its first five years.
Incumbent Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak and his Republican challenger, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, laid out competing visions for Nevada on the debate stage Sunday in the first — and likely only — general election debate in the race for governor. The pair sparred on a range of issues, debating the governor’s performance on COVID response, the economy and education, while Sisolak pressed Lombardo over his record as sheriff, a recent increase in crime and his position on abortion. The nearly 90-minute, town hall-style debate — moderated by The Nevada Independent CEO Jon Ralston on Sunday morning — comes less than three weeks before the start of early voting.
The results of the 2022 Nevada Press Foundation Awards of Excellence were announced at the organization’s annual Awards Banquet held last weekend at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino.
The future holds many new promises for Humboldt and Pershing County, and with the Nevada 95-80 Regional Development Authority holding forums for important discussions about these expanding opportunities, key stakeholders should be present in order to be a part of the impending growth. The Nevada 95-80 Futures Forum on Oct. 26 will create an opportunity to gather and discuss significant developments in Humboldt and Pershing County, like West Coast Salmon Nevada, Lithium Nevada, and Winnemucca Farms.