CARSON CITY (AP) - A March uptick in Nevada's unemployment rate to 9.7 percent marked the first time in 20 months the state has logged a month-to-month increase, state officials reported Friday.
Rebecca Gray, the new owner of Winnemucca Kaia F.I.T., feels very blessed to be a part of such a great team of inspired, driven women, working together to help each other achieve their common goals, while building strong bodies and powerful minds.
WINNEMUCCA - St. Paul's Catholic Church of Winnemucca will hold a Wine, Cocktail and Chocolate Extravaganza on Friday, May 3, at the Humboldt County Museum.
WINNEMUCCA - The Utah Repertory Dance Theatre will visit Winnemucca and Elko April 29 through May 4 as part of the "Sense of Place" touring initiative, coordinated by the Nevada Arts Council, and supported by Barrick Gold of North America.
PARADISE VALLEY - The Santa Rosa Basque Club in Paradise Valley held its annual Mus Tournament March 23 at Stonehouse Country Inn.
WINNEMUCCA - The High Desert Divas, the Winnemucca chapter of the Red Hat Society, held their annual food drive for the Winnemucca Food Bank this past Saturday at McDonald's and collected 245 pounds of food, according to Zerella Buttars, the food bank's director.
PAHRUMP - Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki and other officials from the Nevada Commission on Tourism (NCOT) recognized the state's tourism leaders recently at the annual VolunTourism Awards ceremony at the 23rd annual Rural Roundup tourism conference.
CARSON CITY - Funds are now available to help rural small businesses and agricultural producers. improve energy efficiency or install renewable energy systems.
WINNEMUCCA - Junior Eman Eizenga brought a Day of Silence, a nationwide event, to Lowry High School on Friday to bring awareness to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) bullying.
ELKO - The Nevada Conservation Corps, a program of AmeriCorps, is accepting applications for seasonal volunteers to work outdoors in eastern Nevada. Successful applicants will receive a $3,500 living allowance for the summer, paid semimonthly; and upon completion of service a $1,468 education award that can be used to pay student loans or tuition to a Title IV accredited college.
WINNEMUCCA - Farmers Markets are becoming a nationwide phenomenon.
WINNEMUCCA - The Pleasant Senior Center welcomes back country singer Mary Kaye for a May 1 midday performance. Kaye will begin her concert at 12:45 p.m., immediately after lunch is served at the center, and the performance will last about one hour.
WINNEMUCCA - Last week I invited Lindsey out to help weed the raised beds. About half of them had a couple inches of bark and sawdust on them, which I'd spread around the tomatoes and squash. The rest were mulch-free. Other than the mulch, the beds had been treated exactly the same the years before; that is, they were top-dressed with an inch or two of manure.
WINNEMUCCA - Winnemucca Domestic Violence Services and AmeriCorps members of Northern Nevada have teamed up to have a "Party in the Park" on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Vesco Park in celebration of National Crime Victims Rights Week and Global Youth Service Day.
WINNEMUCCA - All Humboldt County residents are invited to take part in this area's first annual volunteer day of service.