The Humboldt County Board of Commissioners met for their regular meeting on Jan. 17 and with all members present: The Board discussed a request by the local Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office to convey a parcel of land adjacent to the Humboldt County Shooting Range to the County in order to expand and build a 1,000 yard range. An Environmental Assessment was completed by the local Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office in order to convey the parcel and was submitted to the Department of Interior in Washington, DC in the middle of 2022.
Era is a 5-year-old girl who has been battling leukemia since August 2022. Through the love and support of Winnemucca’s tight-knit community, thousands of dollars have been raised in order to help Era’s family pay for medical expenses associated with her treatment.
After departing the film industry in California, Tomo the tiger recently retired to the Safe Haven Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Imlay, NV, in Dec. of 2022. He has since been seen soaking up the amenities at the sanctuary and enjoying feeding time.
Three Nevada legislators are scheduled to participate on information gathering meetings in Winnemucca next Tuesday, January 24, 2023. State Senator Ira Hansen (R-Sparks) along with Assemblymembers Shondra Summers-Armstrong (D-Las Vegas) and Alexis Hansen (R-Sparks) plan to meet with local officials and the public to hear about issues of concern that may be considered in the upcoming session of the Nevada Legislature the begins in February.
Across the region, 2023 already ranks as one of the strongest starts to winter accumulation on record. Snowpacks across Nevada and the Eastern Sierra are 136-258% of median and the near non-stop barrage of storms since Christmas is causing percentages to increase daily with current weather forecasts calling for additional storms through the third week of January.
Since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants have received a second monthly payment, known as Supplemental Emergency Allotments (SEA). After March 14, 2023, those second monthly payments will end. Beginning in April, the first monthly payment will be the only benefit.
Teachers have an important job and Humboldt County has many teachers that have been teaching students for decades. Early incentive buyouts allow those that have been teaching for at least 20 cumulative years to retire early and provide cost savings to the Humboldt County School District (HCSD).
At the end of last year, the seven states in the Colorado River Basin committed to once again work together and negotiate a consensus framework for making significant cuts to water use, an attempt to stabilize the nation’s two largest reservoirs and avoid an even deeper shortage crisis.
As one governor exits Carson City and another arrives, among the first order of business is the changing of the guard — and swapping top-level political appointees across nearly two dozen state bureaucracies with new leadership. In 2019, Gov. Steve Sisolak — the first Democratic Nevada governor in 20 years — touted a degree of continuity with his Republican predecessor, Brian Sandoval, with seven top-level appointees held over the transition.
Top officials in Gov. Joe Lombardo’s administration said the governor and his staff are preparing a state budget that will make “unprecedented investments in K-12 education,” and evaluating pay and benefits packages for state employees, although they did not say whether those will align with dramatic increases Gov. Steve Sisolak proposed before leaving office.
It was just another cold winter morning until Valerie Guerrero’s car hit a patch of black ice on Interstate 80 while she was traveling eastbound between Winnemucca and Battle Mountain on her way home to Montana on Dec. 15. The accident report from the Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) confirms that Guerrero’s vehicle rolled after sliding on black ice, hitting the median and a paddle marker. She sustained eight broken ribs, a broken lower back, four different breaks in her leg, a major blow to her head, and many other minor injuries.
Effective Jan. 1, tobacco retailers are now required to use enhanced verification, like ID scanning, to help keep tobacco products out of the hands of youth.
Transloading helps transfer cargo from one method of transportation to another and allows large quantities of materials to be transported for the majority of the shipment’s journey by more cost-effective and environmentally responsible means.
Newly elected officials and senior officials were sworn in to their positions for 2023 by Sixth Judicial District Court Judge Michael Montero at the Humboldt County Courthouse on Jan. 3 with friends and family present.
On Thursday December 29, 2022, at approximately 9:52 A.M. Pacific Time, Troopers with the Nevada State Police, Highway Patrol Division, responded to a report of a vehicle crash US-95, near mile marker 53 in Humboldt County. This location is approximately 53 miles north of Winnemucca.