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By Scott SonnerAssociated Press RENO — Congressional Democrats are demanding the Interior Department produce an overdue report on plans to manage wild horses roaming federal lands in the West after the head of its public lands agency told reporters it will take $5 billion and 15 years to get overpopulated herds under control. William Perry […]
Dems in Congress Demand Update on Interior Wild Horse Plans
Eureka Students Enjoy 2nd Annual Fishing Day
Some of the nearly 75 Eureka Elementary School children squealed as Joe Doucette, conservation educator with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, dropped an earthworm into his mouth. “If it tastes good to a fish, it must taste good to us, too, right?” he asked while pretending to chew. The second annual Kids’ Fishing Day at […]
Record Cold Temps in Eureka
Record cold weather is gripping much of Northern Nevada where overnight lows dropped below zero and a freeze warning was in effect through Thursday for parts of southern Nevada, including Las Vegas. The National Weather Service says low temperatures fell to minus 4 (-25 Celsius) Wednesday in Ely and Eureka, 1 above (-17C) in Winnemuca […]
Is This You? Playing at Playing Music
As I travel down the road in my truck, I turn the radio on and up. Way up. Up enough to cover the singing that comes from my very vocal self. You ever notice how great you sound singing the louder the radio is on? It’s amazing that each and every tune that plays, my […]
Eureka Girls get 3 Seed in Upcoming Regional Playoffs
Eureka dropped their final two matches of the regular season last week. They lost to league leader Wells 3-1 and at Tonopah 3-0 in a non-league match to close out the schedule. But the Lady Vandals (11-15, 7-3) will still qualify for the eight-team 1A Region II tournament in Alamo Nov. 8-9. That will match […]
Vandals Secure No. 1 Seed in Playoffs After win over Wells
The No. 1 seed from the 1A East was the banner on the pole at the Eureka-Wells game in Wells last week. It was close in the first half, but the Vandals played better in the second half and took a 68-24 win. That gives Eureka the No. 1 seed from the east going into […]
Christmas Tree Permits Now Available
Permits to cut Christmas trees on the Austin-Tonopah, Ely, and Mountain City-Ruby Mountains-Jarbidge Ranger Districts on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will be available for purchase beginning Friday, Nov. 1. The U.S. Forest Service Christmas Tree Program is designed for families, businesses, and institutions wishing to cut their own trees for decorating. Christmas tree permits must […]
Nevada Casinos See 2019 High in Winnings, September Record
By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Nevada casinos took in nearly $1.06 billion in winnings last month, reaching a high for 2019 and a record for September in a key index of state fiscal health, regulators said Wednesday. The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported a 6.8% increase in the monthly gaming win, compared […]
With Marijuana Cultivation Legal, Arrest Numbers for Illegal Growing Have Dropped
By Mark Hernandez The Nevada Independent Since marijuana sales have been legalized in Nevada, the illegal cultivation sites that have been destroyed has fallen from more than 150 in 2012 to 20 in 2018, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Nevada is one of 12 states and the District of Columbia where recreational marijuana […]
How and Why Nevada Became the 36th Star
his week Nevadans celebrate Nevada’s entry into the Union as a state on Oct. 31, 1864 — 155 years ago. Not only was Nevada “Battle Born,” as the flag proclaims, it was battle bred and born after a remarkably short gestation during the Civil War. With Southern states seceding from the Union, in March 1861 […]