City auditor Teri Gage participated in last Tuesday's city council meeting by phone. Mayor Michael Giles requested her insight on how to donate funds to non-profits. Several community members want to start a boys and girls club in Lovelock. They've asked the City of Lovelock for $100,000.
The Ninth Annual National Night Out takes place on Tues. Aug. 1, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the soccer fields next to the Winnemucca Boys & Girls Club and is a great opportunity to interact with local law enforcement, first responders and other important community partners.
The latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium mine already in the works along the Nevada-Oregon line was denied by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, July 17.
NV Energy intends to convert its last coal generation plant to natural gas, the utility announced Wednesday, July 19.. The utility will file an amendment to its 2021 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for review by the Public Utilities Commission later this month outlining the retirement plan. The amendment is the utility’s fifth to its IRP.
The Nevada Division of State Parks is currently accepting grant project pre-applications in anticipation of the 2024 Federal Highway Administration funding of the Recreational Trails Program (RTP). Submittal of a pre-application is required to determine project eligibility. Eligible pre-applicants will be invited to submit full applications this fall and to participate in the annual RTP proposal presentation meeting in December 2023.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife is hosting an introduction to rifle and shotgun shooting on Saturday, July 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Humboldt County Shooting Range on Winnemucca Mountain.
Those with smaller agricultural operations in the state, or considering getting into the business, can get a wealth of information on the newest techniques and resources at the Nevada Small Agriculture Conference, Aug. 25-26, at the Santa Fe Station in Las Vegas.
The Nevada Department of Education and the Office of Governor Joe Lombardo are excited to announce the release of the first round of $70 million in funding for the Early Childhood Innovative Literacy Program. The funding was made possible by the passage of, Governor-sponsored, Assembly Bill 400 during the 2023 session of the Nevada Legislature. The funds can be used to support early childhood literacy and readiness programs for children under six years of age.
In a reversal that marks a significant victory for conservationists, federal officials have decided to "revisit" the 2021 environmental review that cleared the way for construction of a geothermal power plant in Nevada where an endangered toad lives. Environmentalists and tribal leaders suing to block the project said the move will trigger an unprecedented third review of the partially built power plant that they say the Bureau of Land Management illegally approved in December 2021.
During the months of April and May, Nevada Outdoor School put on their largest field trip of the year. Between 4 Nevada counties, 761 students and 38 teachers participated in the 2023 Watershed Heroes Field Trip for 2nd graders. Students learned about how they live in a watershed and ways to respect and protect their watershed while interacting with it!
For those that live within certain boundaries in Winnemucca, certain rural areas and Golconda, animal control services are readily available. Those that live outside of the boundaries however, are unable to use the services despite paying certain taxes that go towards the cost of the services.
Joyce Helens, president of the Elko-based Great Basin College (GBC), announced in an email to faculty and staff late Tuesday that she plans to retire about a year from now following the completion of a planned “consolidation” under UNR expected sometime next year.
An excellent opportunity exists for those seeking to begin a career in nursing through NV Hope. “Nurses are always in high demand, and this is a great way to get started,” said Vance Farrow, the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) Healthcare Industry Specialist. “I would strongly encourage those interested in nursing to check out this opportunity.”
Roughly 200,000 Nevadans’ health care coverage is likely to be affected by the March 31 end of a pandemic-era federal policy requiring states to keep Medicaid recipients continuously enrolled in the health care program for low-income people.
Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown, a retired U.S. Army captain who suffered severe burns in an explosion in Afghanistan, said in a recent interview in Las Vegas that he is running for office again because he believes issues that previously motivated him to run, including high inflation, are worse than they were two years ago.