Stories from Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Nevada Daily Mail Hume Board of Education approved three contracts for next year -- Delanya Thompson as head cook, Tracy Reno as assistant cook and Diana Morrison as a classroom aide in kindergarten at its meeting Wednesday. In other business, Superintendent David Quick told the board he is in contact with School Reach, a program to contact parents with schedule changes and school closings with only one phone call. The cost would be $1,500 for three years...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada firefighters are more prepared for natural disaster response thanks to a week-long training on structural collapses. Fire Chief Bill Thornton said the department participated in a 40-hour structural collapse class, which began May 5. The class taught emergency responders how to recognize and minimize hazards associated with buildings that are no longer structurally sound. They were also trained on collapse patterns, reasons for collapses and victim management...

Nevada Daily Mail If you counted the number of farms in Vernon County in 2012, you'd come up short compared to years past. The number of county farms accounted for in the USDA's 2012 Census of Agriculture has decreased since the last count in 2007. The USDA conducts the count every five years, and highlights all things agriculture, including number of farms and acres of farmland, money generated by agriculture sales and changes in farm management. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Three individuals were arrested following an investigation of a felony drug case by Nevada Police. After executing a search warrant at a residence in the 300 block of North Elm on May 14, three Nevada residents were taken into custody on charges stemming from this investigation and all were transported with assistance from the Vernon County Sheriffs' Office...