Winnemucca News

The Nevada Highway Patrol today released the name of a person killed in a massive accident on Friday that involved nine vehicles and injured seven people.

Authorities in the US have extended the time for public feedback on a controversial proposal to remove 2500 wild horses from an area in northern Nevada known as the Calico complex.

An 18-year-old from Winnemucca died Monday when the 1993 Jeep Cherokee he was driving rolled on Interstate 80 about 30 miles east of Lovelock.

Federal and state mining officials are investigating an accident at a northeast Nevada gold mine that left one man injured after he fell about 90 feet.

A California company might become the first from another state to practice "telemedicine" in Nevada.

H1N1 vaccine is even harder to come by in rural Nevada. Recent clinics in both Winnemucca and Battle Mountain saw huge demand that even surprised the public health nurse who ran the clinic since most of the comments she got beforehand weren't positive.

October 30, 2009: Ely Radio has been issued an $11,000 forfeiture by the FCC's Enforcement Bureau over violations of FCC lighting, monitoring, record-keeping, and notification requirements related to the antenna for Ely's Oldies KWNA-AM/Winnemucca, NV.

Federal land managers are seeking public comment on their plan to remove about 2,500 wild horses in northern Nevada.

Voters for Sensible Growth are challenging Sparks' annexation of land in the East Truckee River Canyon, six miles beyond the city border.

FERNLEY--Upon ratification of Bill #138, the City of Fernley is anticipating to net $150,000 to $200,000 in revenue from a proposed room tax.

Harry Reid has made a political career out of playing the earthquake card over and over again in his non-stop efforts to kill the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project and every high-paying, tax-generating job that comes with it.

We drive or walk by them every day. The former school house that serves as an arts center, the unusual museum, the gingerbread mansion, the tiny railroad depot.

Saturday the Bureau of Land Management begins the latest in a sweeping series of wild horse roundups.

Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center MAJALCA-GUERRERO-ESPANA-JIMENEZ: To Yvana Majalca-Guerrero and Jose Espana-Jimenez of Sparks a son, Sept.

The Winnemucca Ranch/Mt. Rose Art Show opening reception is planned from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Patagonia Service Center, 8550 White Fir St.

Betty Stoddard-Muncie still knows how to draw an audience and bring a smile. On Friday, the pioneering Reno broadcaster and advertising icon shared some straight talk on turning 90, discussed her success in breaking into a male-dominated industry and added a couple of funny stories in the process.

What: Nevada Shakespeare Company's "Macbeth" Performances: 6 p.m. Friday, Dayton Valley Golf & Country Club, 101 Palmer Drive, Dayton; $15 includes appetizers.

Why do Washington politicians feel that they are royals and know what is best for their constituency? Is it the water, or the "perks and benefits" bestowed upon them once they reach Washington? Take Sen.

It's not just Tonopah Writing from Winnemucca. Made it to Lovelock no trouble. The hustlers at the Lovelock bus station are something else.

If all goes as planned, I'll be landing in Tonopah this morning, moving on to Lovelock tomorrow evening by air, then the minibus to Winnemucca.