Baker News

BAKER, Nev. - Nevada's Great Basin National Park, which features some of the darkest night skies in the U.S., will hold a special event for stargazers Saturday night.

Memorial horse and tack sale coming Saturday The family of Shellie Kay Melbye Quillan will hold a memorial horse and tack sale April 25 at Nevada Livestock Marketing, 1025 S. Allen Road.

Reno High School 1970s graduates Graduates of Reno High School in the 1970s would like to organize a reunion this summer.

Kenny and Janyce Hinkle of Nevada, announce the engagement of their daughter, Courtney Charlene Hinkle, to Blake Landon Baker, son of Dennis and Sherry Baker, Nevada.

After Dinner Theater: Two plays performed by the Gold Hill Theater Troupe, "Laundry and Bourbon" and "Lone Star". Regular dining available from 5-9 p.m. When: 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, Wednesday, April 8, Wednesday, April 15 and Wednesday, April 22.

For Diversions: Details are needed by noon Wednesday to put local entertainment information in this column.

The failure of a century old earthen canal in northern Nevada that sent flood waters into hundreds of homes on a frigid night in January 2008 was only the beginning of a nightmare for a rural irrigation district.

NOTE: The Southern Nevada Health District is inviting community and property managers, homeowners and HOA directors and their pool contractors to two special meetings to address the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool ...

Although Benton Hall is safe for the time being, plans are in the works, unrelated to now abandoned plans to close Benton Hall, to place some state residents in Individualized Supported Living units .

Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons was the guest of honor at the sixth annual "Old Sheepherders" arty held Jan.

The Sixth Annual Old Sheepherder's Party is to be held Friday and Saturday, Jan.

One half hour after District Court Judge Steve Dobrescu administered the oath of office to county commissioners, school board members and others elected to county offices on Monday, the White Pine County ...

The Nine Lives Associates , the alumni group of the Executive Protection Institute, awarded William Cage , owner of Cage & Associates, its Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement in 2008.

Clark County and a Timbisha Shoshone corporation have joined the state of Nevada in challenging the federal Energy Department application to build and operate the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste ...

Old Sheepherders Party slated for Jan. 16, 17 BAKER, NV-- The sixth annual Old Sheepherders Party is scheduled for Jan 16 and 17, in Baker NV, at the newly remodeled and expanded Border Inn.

Two representatives of the Government Accountability Office from Washington, D.C., held several meetings in White Pine County last week to gather information about air quality at Great Basin National Park.

Kay Malouff, the 2008 Darwin Lambert Artist in Residence, has created a beautiful 33-square-foot stained glass window for Great Basin National Park's newest visitor center in Baker.