Gov. Steve Sisolak and Southern Nevada leaders have asked residents to consider opening their homes as an unusually high number of infants are entering the Clark County foster care system. As of early May, 467 children under the age of 1 had entered the county’s foster care system, well above the pace from the past couple of years. During all of 2020, there were 781 infants in the county’s care.
Effective the week of June 19-25 you will see the name of your newspaper is changing to the “Great Basin Sun.” For a variety of reasons, explained below, we are combining the print editions of the Humboldt Sun, Battle Mountain Bugle, and Lovelock Review-Miner. This is a change to the name of the printed edition only. You will still find the news from the Humboldt Sun, Battle Mountain Bugle and Lovelock Review-Miner on our website www.nevadanewsgroup.com. Email addresses, phone numbers and contact information will not change.
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.
The Shared History Program in the Department of History at the University of Nevada, Reno is offering a week-long camp this July for juniors or seniors in high school who are interested in learning history.
Two men were seriously injured in a northern Nevada desert fireworks weekend incident at a large gathering of people at a popular off-roading and party area, authorities said.
The federal Bureau of Land Management is collecting public comment until Wednesday on a big north-south electricity transmission project that Nevada's main utility, NV Energy, says is a key to its plan for a statewide renewable energy network. The project, dubbed Greenlink West, would stretch about 350 miles (563 kilometers) to connect electricity facilities near Las Vegas in southern Nevada and Yerington in the north by the end of 2026. It would generally run parallel to and east of the California state line.
Making a late bid to derail the Nevada Republican whom Donald Trump has endorsed for governor, ex-U.S. Sen. Dean Heller attacked front-runner Joe Lombardo's stands on key conservative issues while characterizing him as “best friends'' with Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak.
A 30-day scoping period is open for a Plan of Operations Amendment (Plan) for the Valmy Expansion of the Marigold Mine. The Valmy Expansion purpose will be to mine for gold.
Gini: Hmmm… Did I like this book? On one hand a combination of chatting voices coming from those lying buried beneath tombstones, a demanding mother, an obsessive father with real and imaginary friends, a Golden Child daughter, later smudged then re-shined to magnificence, a drug addicted son, pets Moses (a dog) and Rasputin (a fox), and miscellaneous colorful characters blended in, what more could a reader demand? On the other hand, tying all of this (and more) into a tidy bundle left me in my “I hate it when everything is bound up in an impossibly perfect” screech. Then again, all of the loose, mysterious ends had to get wrapped together or frustration might have enveloped me.
The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health is pleased to announce the release of two educational videos explaining the involuntary mental health crisis hold process in Nevada. The involuntary mental health crisis hold is different for youth and adults, and videos have been developed to explain the process for both groups.
Nevada residents and visitors are invited to “Discover Nevada State Parks” on Saturday, June 11. Park visitors will receive free day-use admission and free fishing (no license required) at all of Nevada’s State Parks.
A 30-day scoping period is open for a Plan of Operations Amendment (Plan) for the Valmy Expansion of the Marigold Mine. The Valmy Expansion purpose will be to mine for gold.
Attorneys for the Republican National Committee have sent a cease and desist letter to a political action committee accused of meddling in the Republican gubernatorial primary.
Independent and unorthodox, a maverick tests his boundary to the extreme ends. Likewise, Tom Cruise’s character in the latest Top Gun movie not only pushes his boundaries to Mach 10 and beyond, but he also improvises the tasks at hand in being the best of the best with an escape scene at the end.
As our area continues to experience drought conditions, many alfalfa producers may be asking, “How is the drought affecting my alfalfa stands?” And “Should I continue to harvest my alfalfa?” Alfalfa is a deep-rooted plant, allowing it to find water longer than some other forages. It also has the ability to go dormant and wait out more severe droughts, making it well-adapted to survive drought when managed appropriately to keep other stresses to a minimum.