Valmy News

American Xtreme Parks, Inc. announced it will be hosting a five weekend, nationally televised motocross race series at its extreme sports theme park site in Valmy, Nevada in August of this year.

“It creates another layer of bureaucracy”

Nye County Commissioner Joni Eastley and 5th District Judge Robert Lane have been named to a rural subcommittee studying the impact of a Nevada Supreme Court order mandating changes to the indigent defense ... via Pahrump Valley Times

“But we're all starting to accept the fact that he's not with us anymore. We're having a hard time moving forward without finding him. We're grieving. None of us want to leave without him.”

Entertainment The family of a Reno man who disappeared April 5th near Winnemucca says they're losing hope that he'll be found alive. via KOLO

“It's grown for the better, and it's one of the more unique areas in Reno”

BY CARLA ROCCAPRIORE * croccapriore@rgj.com * April 13, 2008 It's almost like a general store: You can get almost anything you want on California Avenue, a pair of $280 jeans or a sandwich for less than $5. The ... via RGJ.com

“Some forest agencies can't afford to do all the treatment and then include transportation”

A $250,000 grant to the Nevada Division of Forestry could help remove up to 6,000 tons of biomass from fuels treatments in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Lake Tahoe ... via North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

Red Rock Canyon: On Monday, an easy/moderate four-mile hike through Calico Hills will take place. via Las Vegas Review Journal

“This grant provides a cost-effective way to remove biomass from small-scale forestry operations that are having difficulty disposing of biomass”

The U.S. Forest Service formally announced it would give a $250,000 grant to the Nevada Forest Service to help collect biomass for a Northern Nevada Correctional Center wood-fired plant. via Nevada Appeal

“It's one step in an ongoing set of operational issues”

A federal grant will allow the Nevada Division of Forestry to purchase equipment to collect and transport wood waste to help fuel a biomass power plant at Northern Nevada Correctional Center, officials said ... via KLAS-TV Las Vegas

“This is as average of an average year as we'll get”

Storms that catapulted over the Sierra and regrouped in eastern Nevada brought an above-average snowpack to the mountain regions around Elko. via Nevada Appeal

“We're pushing them off into the future.”

Gov. Jim Gibbons called for new budget cuts Monday, saying the most recent projections show the state revenue shortfall will be $898 million. via Nevada Appeal

Using bonds to balance budget a very bad idea Bad times inevitably lead to a bounty of bad ideas from elected officials. via Las Vegas Review Journal

The weather wasn't nice but that is pretty usual for this time of year in northern Nevada, but 136 high school cowboys and cowgirls invaded Fernley for last weekend's annual Fernley High School Rodeo, where ... via Reno Gazette-Journal

“I have done collaborative research with both men, and know them both as internationally recognized scholars with significant achievements.”

Two engineering professors reach highest status with Fellow Grade University of Nevada, Reno professors Kwang Kim and Yanyao Jiang have been elected to Fellow Grade, the highest elected grade of membership ... via Reno Gazette-Journal

The Nevada Supreme Court will be urged Tuesday to grant exemptions to, delay or simply set aside its new standards aimed at ensuring indigents charged with crimes get adequate legal counsel. via KTNV

Let me get a box of Kleenex before I write this, to wipe the tears I shed for our poor, poor justice system and its inmates. via Reno Gazette-Journal

Legislative Committees need not ask for "more light" next winter. 100 years ago The inquest over the remains of the late C. H. Clark who was found seated in his chair at the Golden Hotel in Reno dead was held ... via Nevada Appeal

The Lyon County School District Board of Trustees plans to interview four finalists for the post of Superintendent this Thursday and Friday in Silver Springs. via Reno Gazette-Journal

“Fundraising is just one part of the picture”

Candidates hoping to mount a challenge to Northern Nevada's incumbent state lawmakers will find well-monied opponents, in most cases. via Reno Gazette-Journal

“We need to get the planning finished first before we can look at the construction because if the legislature invests in planning dollars, the building is soon to follow”

MARK WAITE / PVT Paul Killpatrick, center, and Bill Reinhard, right, president and vice-president of Great Basin College respectively, get a tour of the computer lab from Bob Lurker, director of the Pahrump ... via Pahrump Valley Times

“We were all a team, we were all one.”

Deep breath in, deep breath out. Deep breath in, deep breath out. After more than 20 years in law enforcement, cadet Rich Jennerjohn, 43, was not prepared for his first day at the Elko County Law Enforcement ... via Elko Daily Free Press