Humboldt County News

The comment period for the removal of 2,500 wild horses north of Gerlach in Washoe and Humboldt counties has been extended until Sunday.

The Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee in Nevada wants health-care reform passed and signed by the end of the year.

Golden Predator Royalty & Development Corp. is pleased to announce results for the first 6 drill holes from the 13 hole Reverse Circulation drill program at its Adelaide Project located in Humboldt County, Nevada commenced in October, 2009.

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

Rural Nevada has benefited the most from federal highway stimulus dollars so far, receiving 63 percent of Federal Highway Administration funding for roads and other transportation projects, according to an Associated Press analysis of reporting records.

Authorities in Humboldt County are investigating a train derailment that occurred about 12:15 a.m., near Battle Mountain.

As many as 40 train cars derailed in rural Humboldt County early Monday morning, according to Union Pacific.

Just shy of completing the third year of her first term, Carson City School Board President Barbara Howe tearfully announced Tuesday that the next board meeting would be her last.

Officials at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho say Nevadans have nothing to fear about a plan to expand the base's airspace deeper into the Silver State.

The 2009 chukar hunting season, which opens Saturday, is expected to be good for most of Nevada, with some areas providing excellent hunting.

Humboldt County residents have been hearing more and more about a proposal to ship millions of tons of waste from the Bay Area to the desert west of Winnemucca.

Burning Man festival site may become dump for Calif. trash Submitted by SHNS on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 14:25 In the dusty Nevada desert, about 30 miles east of the playa where Bay Area artists and hipsters gather annually to build a temporary city at the Burning Man festival, a San Francisco garbage company wants to build a dump for Bay Area trash.

For decades now, Nevadans have been working hard to send one message to the rest of the nation: Nevada is not a dumping ground.

RENO a ' A plan from a waste management firm to dump millions of tons of California trash in a proposed landfill near Winnemucca is drawing protests from Nevada residents.

A plan from a waste management firm to dump millions of tons of California trash in a landfill near Winnemucca is drawing protests from Nevada residents.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today urged Gov. Jim Gibbons to intervene in a San Francisco-based companya s plans to ship 1 million tons of California trash annually to a new landfill in Winnemucca, calling it a threat to the statea s dignity.

Tami Vetter, left, and Lianne Iroz have formed Nevadans Against Garbage, which is fighting a proposed dump near Winnemucca.

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Quite a bit of federal stimulus money designed to spur construction projects, promised by the Obama administration to spur the stalled economy, has been delivered to the Nevada Department of Transportation.

Quite a bit of federal stimulus money designed to spur construction projects, promised by the Obama administration to spur the stalled economy, has been delivered to the Nevada Department of Transportation.