Winnemucca Blog

Associated Press:
A leaking truckload of corrosive fluid forced the evacuation Tuesday of an Interstate 80 rest stop near Winnemucca, the Nevada Highway Patrol said. No injuries were reported.
NHP Trooper Chuck Allen said about 25 to 30 gallons of ferric chloride spilled from a trailer transporting about 3,500 gallons of the material from Tacoma, Wash., to […]

BusinessWire:
Great Basin Bank announced the appointment of Stephanie Demos Bauman as Branch Manager of their branch in Winnemucca, Nevada. Ross said, “Bauman was hired because her customer service skills are an outstanding example of how we want to treat our customers, and she is the kind of staff member we want to represent Great Basin […]

Associated Press:
When Congress targeted Nevada as the nation’s nuclear waste dumping ground, the state didn’t have the political power to say no.
Twenty years later, the most ardent foe of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump is about to become U.S. Senate majority leader. Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s new job, which gives him control […]

The Infidel Bloggers Alliance has named Winnemucca-native US Army Pfc. Jessica Lynn Nicholson “Infidel Babe of the Week”:
Pfc. Jessica Lynn Nicholson, 21, a 1st Armored Division soldier with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Division Engineers, found out how true that adage is recently when she was working at a security checkpoint […]

CCN Matthews:
Evolving Gold Corporation reports today that Meridian Gold Inc. has begun an initial round of reverse circulation drilling at the Winnemucca Mountain property in Nevada. Meridian Gold Inc. has obtained permits for construction of 21 drill sites over the epithermal gold vein system.

AP:
For the third month in a row, Nevada motorists enjoyed a double-digit drop in prices at the gas pumps this month but the cost already has started to rebound as next week’s Thanksgiving holiday approaches.
“In the past week, gas prices have started to inch upward,” said Michael Geeser, spokesman for AAA Nevada in Las Vegas.
Photo […]

KESQ 3:
A 22-year-old man has been killed in a single-vehicle rollover accident on a state highway about seven miles west of Winnemucca.
Cody Thomas Louk of Winnemucca was traveling westbound on State Route 289 near Rose Creek when the accident occurred about six o’clock Sunday morning.

Associated Press:
Six people, including two children and their mother, were killed in three separate accidents on Northern Nevada highways over the weekend, authorities said.
All involved single-vehicle rollovers and were blamed in part on driver inattention, the Nevada Highway Patrol said Monday.

Nevada Appeal:
The total human West Nile cases in Nevada has reached 17, which is one less than last week because of a duplicate reporting out of Washoe. Carson City has had two cases. Last year, there weren’t any reported for Carson City.
Humboldt County is the highest with eight human cases, only two months into the […]

Reno Gazette-Journal :
Gracie is graduating from apple sauce to apples.
However, blueberries have become her favorite whole food.
The North American black bear, who arrived at Animal Ark Wildlife Sanctuary & Nature Center three months ago, has almost tripled in size.
She also has a dog as a cage companion.
The orphan bear is now 5 1/2 months […]