Hawthorne News

Submitted By WNC FALLON--Western Nevada College invites senior citizens to a free five-week Health and Wellness class, in partnership with the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension.

Published Tue, Jun 23, 2009 Updated 26 minutes ago See one of the bankruptcy filings Sun coverage Headlines from the Vegas gaming industry Several Northern Nevada casino companies controlled by businessman Harold Holder Sr.

Although its plans aren't definite at this point, a media company that operates the local radio station--Rural Nevada Media, LLC--has been awarded the bid for one of the translator frequencies at Singatse Peak in Lyon County.

Editor, This letter is in response to a letter authored by Mrs. Sandra Essenpreis and published May 09, 2009, titled 'Your Views: A Precedent That Should Not Be Set.' On behalf of the Walker River Paiute Tribe, I would like to respond to the issues raised by Mrs.

A California man was killed Wednesday in a two-car accident near the northern tip of Walker Lake on Highway 95.

Submitted By Kris Homan Lyon County Fair Board Member It's Spring time in Lyon County, which means it's time to get those fruits, veggies, flowers, and plants in the ground.

John Willson said no one ever enjoyed being a police officer more than his late father, Richard, and when he died on the job in 1994, he was doing what he'd always dreamed of doing.

CC Communications Junior High Invitational Track Meet set for Thursday. Future high school track athletes will show their abilities on Thursday as Churchill County Junior High School conducts its annual invitational track meet.

Submitted Article About 50 volunteers who wielded rakes and shovels and cleaned up trash by the bagfuls during a workday sponsored by the Coalition for Public Access and the Bridgeport District of the Humbolt-Toiyobe Forest Service last Saturday, April 18.

On the wind-swept desert of northern Nevada, spring in one tiny town has been welcomed for years with a festival to a celebrated group of visitors _ migrating loons.

Two drivers died in a head-on collision in Mineral County near Hawthorne early Thursday morning.

Public safety personnel are investigating a two-vehicle head-on collision that claimed the lives of both drivers Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 95 in Mineral County.

Most of the administrative Draft Environmental Impact Statement chapters for the Walker River Project have been sent to the 11 cooperating agencies for their review and comments; and the next step in the Draft EIS process will be to evaluate and incorporate those comments and to resolve conflicts between comments.

Economic development officials in Nevada say the process to select an operator for the Hawthorne Army Depot could open the door for Northern Nevada businesses to win subcontracting business.

State legislators representing Nye County can say goodbye to plans to redraw the 5th Judicial District's boundaries, tighten residency requirements to run for office and keep the county's share of geothermal and oil royalties.

Twelve million dollars of federal stimulus funds will be used to discover sources of geothermal energy for new power plants in Hawthorne and Fallon that could create hundreds of jobs, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced Wednesday in Reno.

Painter Ulilla Ward planned to be there. Out of Beatty, Bruce Avery won $196 for taking top saddle bronc rising honors at the Stardust Horseman's Park.

The Nevada town of Hawthorne, is steeped in history, and one project that will restore the memories of the area's military past is the restoration of the 1940's-era USO building.

The battle over road closures to outdoor recreation in our area is heating up again, and this time an environmental heavyweight has entered the fray.

30, 2008 file photo, search team members, from left, Lew Toulmin, Dick Sale, Deb Atwood and Robert Hyman update maps at a base camp just west of Hawthorne, Nev., displaying exact areas where searchers had been ...