The Mount Lewis Field Office is inviting public review and comment on the draft environmental impact statement for the Goldrush Mine Project proposed by Nevada Gold Mines, LLC, located within the Cortez Mining District, approximately 30 miles south of Beowawe in both Lander and Eureka counties.
The Black Rock Field Office announced temporary closure and temporary restrictions for activities on public lands that immediately surround the site of the 2022 Burning Man event to protect public resources, provide for public safety on the Black Rock Desert, and enable law enforcement personnel to support state and local law enforcement agencies with enforcement of existing laws.
The Bureau of Land Management announced that it has issued a Public Land Order that extends the withdrawal of 684,838.84 acres of public land in Churchill, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, and Pershing Counties, in connection with the Department of the Navy’s modernization of Naval Air Station Fallon, Fallon Range Training Complex.
Lunches are served each weekday at noon and soup and croutons is served at 11 a.m. the Pleasant Senior Center, 1480 Lay Street. Lunches are open to the public. Suggested minimum donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older.
Winnemucca Big R had the opportunity on June 29 to donate to the WDVC, 253 pairs of socks. We are very sure the girls there will put them to good use.
Republican governor candidate Joey Gilbert has requested a statewide recount of a race he lost to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo by about 26,000 votes, according to state election officials.
In a hearing June 28, the State Environmental Commission affirmed a contested water pollution control permit for the Thacker Pass lithium mine, a procedural step forward for a project that has faced concerns from several environmental groups, Native American tribes and local ranchers. The state permit, issued by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection in February, would allow the mine to proceed if it meets certain requirements. Among those requirements are measures to prevent tailings, the byproducts of ore, from contaminating the environment, should water seep through the waste materials, which will contain chemicals used to process and extract lithium.
Just a week after polls closed in Nevada’s primary election, a group affiliated with the national Republican Governors Association is launching a $2 million television and radio ad campaign skewering Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak on economic issues.
“Right in the heart of the golden west,” Cattlewomen will host this year’s parade with the theme based on our state anthem written by Bertha Rafetto in 1932.
During normal precipitation years, calves in Northern Nevada are weaned at six to seven months of age. In typical spring calving herds, this is usually September through November. However, during drought, forages are generally limited, and early weaning should be considered as a management tool. Time of weaning will have impacts on cow and calf performance as well as health and productivity of the native range or pasture.
On Monday, June 6, the Winnemucca FFA officer team, Cooper Hill (President), Natalie Mori (Vice President), Mesa Brock (Secretary), Jacey Elordi (Treasure), Paris Collins (Reporter), Dante Cassinelli (Sentinel), Hannah Thompson (Historian), Jennifer Montero and Rebecca Hill (Advisors), visited the rural schools in Orovada, Kings River and Denio to help the elementary kids plant flowers and trees.
The Rose Creek area, located approximately 10 miles from Winnemucca, is home to sweeping expanses of desert land, but will soon be home to the Rose Creek RV Adventure Park, as soon as 2023. The Nevada 95-80 Regional Development Authority the Humboldt County Chamber of Commerce held the Nevada 95-80 RDA Connection Brunch, sponsored by AT&T, on June 21 and Dean Pearson of Reno — a Land Developer and Home Builder — presented preliminary details about the new RV Adventure Park that he and his business partner, Rich Bunting, are planning to construct on 270 acres off the Rose Creek and Highway I-80 junction.
Local law enforcement officials found main suspect in murder and attempted murder case at Raven’s Bar, Ty Victor Albisu, deceased by self-inflicted injuries on June 21 in Humboldt County. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) and Winnemucca Police Department (WPD) confirmed that there is no longer a danger to the community and that Albisu is the only suspect in the murder of Linda Walker Albisu, 61, and the attempted murder of Dylan Hobbs, 21, on June 18, on account of witness and victim statements.
The Nevada Supreme Court has cleared the way for Eureka County irrigators to move forward with a contested groundwater plan, issuing a 4-3 ruling last Thursday that could have significant implications for the way water is managed in dozens of aquifers across the state. The majority opinion is a win for irrigators in Diamond Valley, just outside of Eureka, who voted in 2018 for a groundwater plan that aims to address years of over-pumping. State officials, for decades, allowed irrigators to pump more than twice the amount of water that is sustainable.
The attack ads already are airing and campaign fundraising emails are flooding into inboxes as one of the most competitive U.S. Senate races in the country gets rolling in Nevada, where candidates will be juggling persistent concerns about election integrity and inflation that is rising at its fastest pace in decades.