Who engages the community about philanthropic opportunities at Western Nevada College? Why do WNC students have more than a half million dollars in scholarships available to them last year and in 2021? Why is WNC.
Even as the state prepares for the inauguration of Joe Biden and the protests planned for this coming week, the state of Nevada is just 15 days from the start of the 2021 Legislature on.
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Belinda McConnell, left, and her husband Mike McConnell ski together down Lost Boulder, a blue run off of Flagstaff Mountain at Deer Valley Resort, on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021.
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Clayton Peak is seen in the distance behind Belinda and Mike McConnell as they pose for a photo near the top of Homeward Bound, a green run at Deer Valley Resort, on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021.
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Belinda McConnell, left, and her husband Mike McConnell ski together down Lost Boulder, a blue run off of Flagstaff Mountain at Deer Valley Resort, on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021.
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Ron Rash is stepping down from his role as the Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers executive director in March because of health reasons. Fortunately, he will leave the organization in capable hands.
Rebecca Schild, the current associate director, will take the reins March 15. Schild has her doctorate in environmental studies from the University of Colorado Boulder and 15 years of experience as an outdoor and environmental educator.
Schild’s enthusiasm shines through when discussing her new role.
“The good vibes that I get from everybody about RFOV is encouraging,” she said Friday.
Nearly everyone she talks to appreciates the nonprofit’s role or is at least aware of what it does. “We’re like a good neighbor,” she said.
War clouds began building in fall 1990. Iraq’s army, under orders from its strongman President Saddam Hussein, rolled across the border into Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990. Hussein made the unsubstantiated claim Iraq’s neighbor to.