Nevada

Maggie O'Neill

Today, Peavine Mountain boasts a subtle new look.

A 6.5-mile component of a 36-mile route, dubbed the Halo Trail for the way it's envisioned to encircle Peavine, is done.

SILVER SPRINGS--Lyon County Sheriff's Office Acting-Lieutenant Abel Ortiz reported the local substation has received numerous complaints in both Silver Springs and Stagecoach about ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) and dirt bikes riding in those areas, and as a result, the LSCO's Street Enforcement Team (SET) will soon be out to monitor the public roads.

Ortiz made the announcement at last Monday's Silver Springs Advisory Board meeting, saying residents in both communities have complained about the speed at which the ATVs and dirt bikes travel down local roads, and the noise and dust they create.

Sheila Gardner

A couple received suspended jail sentences Wednesday and was ordered to pay restitution after they pleaded guilty to theft and battery in an altercation last year near their property on Stockyard Road in the Pine Nut Mountains.

East Fork Justice Pro Tem Paul Gilbert sentenced Linda Prehoda, 61, to 30 days suspended, and Leroy Rupert, 67, to 60 days suspended after the 75-year-old victim said they poked him with a piece of rebar and destroyed his helmet and cell phone.

A couple accused of battery and theft of property turned themselves in Tuesday, five months after an altercation on property in the Pine Nut Mountains.

Leroy Rupert, 67, and Linda Prehoda, 61, were accused of poking a man with a piece of rebar and taking his gear after they came upon him and a friend riding all-terrain vehicles near their property on Stockyard Road.

Stephanie Tavares

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was sued Thursday for allegedly dragging its feet on whether to put 93 species, including dozens in Nevada, on the Endangered Species list.

Four lawsuits, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, could have significant implications for developers, off-roaders and the Southern Nevada Water Authority.

Cy Ryan

CARSON CITY — Major changes are being planned for the 1.6-million-acre Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Nevada over the next 15 years.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved final plans for the area and three other smaller refuges in Southern Nevada.

Matthew Renda

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Washoe County commissioners plan to discuss and could adopt an amended nuisance ordinance during their first meeting of the year Tuesday in Reno.

The ordinance mandates residents provide certain standards of property maintenance. Ordinance requirements include proper trash disposal; mandated repairs to derelict properties; eliminating overgrowth of weeds, junk vehicles, wildlife attractive waste; public road obstruction and off-road vehicle restrictions.

WASHOE COUNTY COMMISSION

10 a.m. Tuesday, Commission chambers