COMMISSIONER UPDATE REPORTS Saturday, May 7, Commissioner Sharkozy attended the Car Show in Eureka; May 9th, the Search and Rescue Meeting in Crescent Valley; May 16, the Tax Rate Hearing; May 19 the […]
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Centuries-old technique used to restore fire damaged lands
ELY — Bureau of Land Management Ely District firefighters are using a centuries-old technique to sow bitterbrush seed along the east bench of Nevada’s Schell Creek Range to increase shrub cover on public lands […]
GOP ‘Trump effect’ could be outdone by Latinos flocking to Democrats, noted professor says
A leading Nevada political science professor said presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has brought new people into the Republican Party, although the “Trump effect” could be outdone in Nevada with Latino voters flocking […]
Eureka County Commission News
COMMISSIONER UPDATES: April 26, Chairman J.J. Goicoechea attended a stakeholder meeting regarding the wild horse situation. The national organizations that have been opposed to doing something with the population now realize there is a […]
Ongoing drought causing challenges in agriculture, though profits remain high
With a long-term drought plaguing much of California and Northern Nevada, the agriculture industry is adjusting and innovating. “[The drought] is one of the worst we’ve had in history,” said UC Davis Professor and watershed expert […]
Eureka High senior named one of Northern Nevada’s top ten student-athletes of the year
Senior Megan Damele, along with nine other Northern Nevada student-athletes, was honored on April 25 by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) at a formal dinner banquet at the Peppermill Resort Casino in Reno. Also invited […]
Legal advocate fighting SNWA gives update
The White Pine County Board of Commissioners held a joint meeting with the County Water Advisory Committee on April 26, and two important players in the county’s defense of its groundwater provided a […]
BLM to hold mining claims workshop
The Bureau of Land Management, Nevada, will be holding a free workshop to provide guidance and tips on public mining claims, June 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Nugget Casino […]
White Pine’s Comins Lake gets new trout population
About two dozen people showed up at Comins Lake on April 20 to watch two Nevada Department of Wildlife trucks from the Gallagher hatchery dump 2,200 rainbow trout into the body of water, the first […]
Ash Springs Recreation Site closure extended by BLM
The Ash Springs Recreation Site located alongside U.S. Highway 93 in Lincoln County, about 100 miles north of Las Vegas, will remain closed to the public for an additional two years, the Bureau […]
