Yerington News

Test results the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited repeatedly as evidence that irrigated crops and livestock next to a polluted Nevada mine are safe for consumption were based on samples from four onions taken more than four years ago, newly disclosed documents show.

Anxious to help create economic development opportunities that will in turn benefit the District financially, the Lyon County School Trustees voted Jan.

I don't care what it says on the calendar. Last week was the first real hint of winter we saw.

Local high school students and members of the Boys and Girls Club are already taking advantage of what a brand new Community Computing Center has to offer, and now the center -- a partnership between the Lyon County School District and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Mason Valley -- is extending an open invitation to the public to do the same.

Lyon County Manager Jeff Page reiterated the county's support of the City of Yerington's federal land acquisition legislation project in response to a question asked during last Wednesday's Lyon County Town Hall meeting here.

A Community Computing Center similar to those created in other areas of Lyon County is planned for Dayton, but the Lyon County School District is seeking help from the Dayton community to make it a reality sooner rather than later.

On January 19, at their meeting in Yerington, the Lyon County Commissioners voted for a redistricting plan to meet Nevada's legal population requirements for a one man, one vote representative form of government--that's the premise on which America's Constitution is based.

Recognizing that certain steps should be taken to ensure governments can still operate after natural disasters/emergencies, the Lyon County Commissioners heard a presentation last week on a 'Continuity of Government' Readiness Analysis Project Report, including some recommended changes in.

The proposed agreements between Lyon County and the City of Yerington regarding the under-construction Lyon County Justice Complex should come before the Lyon County Commissioners next month.

On Friday, the state Board of Personnel announced the finalists to replace longtime state schools chief Keith Rheault, who is retiring in April.

After a lengthy discussion, the Lyon County Board of Commissioners voted last Thursday that all change orders on the Lyon County Justice Complex come before the board for approval and directed a continuance of agenda items for requested change orders on that agenda, seeking more information.

The Lyon County Republican Presidential Caucus will be held on Saturday, February 4, in various locations around the county as indicated below.

Lincoln Mining Corporation , TSX-V: LMG is pleased to announce that it has received a positive preliminary economic assessment on the proposed open-pit mining and heap leach operation at its Pine Grove Gold Project located in the Pine Grove Hills approximately 20 miles south of Yerington, Nevada.

After not making a decision at their Jan. 5 meeting, the Lyon County Commissioners are scheduled to consider three change order requests regarding the Lyon County jail/justice complex construction project at Thursday's meeting in Yerington.

The Fernley Republican Women will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at the Fernley High School Library at 6:30 p.m. Assemblyman Tom Grady will be the guest speaker and will speak on the challenges and accomplishments of the previous legislative session and on current legislative issues.

Mound House Food Pantry Distribution: If you are in need of help putting food on the table and live in Mound House attend the 10:15 a.m. food distribution at the Well of Worship Food Pantry.

The February 16 regular meeting of the Lyon County Board of Commissioners will be held at the Dayton Community Center instead of the Commissioners' meeting chambers at the Lyon County Administrative Complex in Yerington.