Winnemucca News

Every year at this time, Marcia de Braga answers her home phone by saying "rodeo office" instead of "hello" or "de Braga residence." That's because her Stillwater home, and especially her kitchen, becomes the place where all the paperwork for the annual Silver State International Rodeo is gathered and processed.

Former NevadaPrep.com owner Chuck Hildebrand has regained consciousness in a Milwaukee hospital, according to a source in that city.

Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims , by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins provides a first person account of the injustices suffered by the Paiute Indians, from their first meeting with white men through their removal from their ancestral lands in Nevada to other locations in the western United States.

Jun 23, 2009 1 Silver Club owner files bankruptcy Silver Club owner files bankruptcy The owner of the closed Silver Club in downtown Sparks has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and a company spokesman said Tuesday that the hotel/casinoa s only chance of permanently reopening is to be... Silver Club owner files bankruptcy Silver Club owner files ...

This July we are driving from Carson City to, perhaps, Twin Falls in a day, taking Hwys 80 and 93.

He was cloaked in a PETA-approved faux fur coat and matching hat and, in a reference that maybe three people on hand understood, joked that he looked a lot like Omar Sharif in a oeDr.

Five Northern Nevada rural casinos controlled by Harold Holder Sr. will not close even though the companies have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, a Holder spokesman said Tuesday.

A planned landfill in a rural area of northern Nevada could be the largest in the state and filled with trash from northern California.

Lovelock sits astride Interstate 80. Its hospital, Pershing General is the only medical care between Reno and Winnemucca, a literal lifeline to anyone injured on the roadway or anyone in this small community with a medical emergency.

Nevada writers are looking out for kids' interests with three new books to appeal to the youngest bookworms.

Jackson Langford, left, 10, as Mark Twain and Theo Thomas, 10, as Kit Carson walk down a red carpet specially laid for the arrival of "famous Nevadans" portrayed by fourth graders Friday at the private Alexander Dawson School in Summerlin.

Chelsea Hubner will compete in barrel racing for Fallon at the Nevada State High School Rodeo Finals in Winnemucca this weekend.

Juice jobs just ain't what they used to be. There was a time in Las Vegas when an elected official had his pick of lucrative "consulting" gigs with, shall we say, flexible schedules and work-from-home opportunities.

A freshman cowgirl continued her recent winning ways to highlight the Yerington/Smith Valley Rodeo Club performance at the final regular rodeos of the 20080-09 season in Eureka.

Fallon City Police Arie Wolf, 29, unemployed, was arrested May 31 on a warrant claiming failure to appear.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife plans to stock a popular northern Nevada fishery with trout for the first time in three years.

Boot Barn, the largest specialty retailer for western and work boots, clothes and accessories in the United States is hosting a grand opening celebration at their Winnemucca store at 1460 W. Winnemucca Blvd.

If you find yourself in Winnemucca the weekend of June 5-7 and need something cool to do swing by the Flying A Garage.

SAINT MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER NUNEZ: To Karina of Sparks, a son, May 20, 2009.

It was a big place and a big deal. One local historian would like to know a lot more about it.