WINNEMUCCA - Last month, over 75 volunteers converged on the Lazy P Adventure Farm in Grass Valley to help plant 1.8 acres of pumpkins. In all, the adults and children planted more than 4,700 seeds from eight different varieties of pumpkins.
KINGSTON - The sixth annual Kingston Village Baptist Church Revival was held July 20 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and saw plenty of fellowship mixed with speakers spreading the word of the Lord.
CARSON CITY - Several county commissioners from Nevada assumed leadership positions in the National Association of Counties (NACo) during their 78th annual conference in Fort Worth, Texas, which ended July 22.
WINNEMUCCA - The Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District has issued a multi-year Special Recreation Permit to Black Rock City LLC authorizing the annual Burning Man event through 2016. The Burning Man event will be held on the Black Rock Playa from Aug. 26 - Sept. 2.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain Quilt Guild is putting its finishing touches on the 2013 How the West Was Warmed Quilt Show to be held Aug. 3 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Aug. 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Battle Mountain Civic Center.
RENO - The American Red Cross launched the Team Red Cross App, which allows people to sign up to help, get an overview on basic tasks and receive notifications about Red Cross disaster volunteer opportunities in their community.
WASHINGTON - USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan M. announced that landowners will have an additional 18 calendar days to submit their annual report of acreage to their local FSA county office with the deadline extended from Monday, July 15 to Friday, Aug. 2.
CARSON CITY - Hunters who did not draw a mule deer tag in Nevada's recently completed second draw still have a chance to go hunting this fall. Results of the second draw were provided Friday, July 19, along with information on remaining tags. All remaining tags will be sold on a first come, first served basis, beginning July 26.
SPARKS - The Nevada Department of Agriculture's Animal Disease and Food Safety Laboratory has detected additional cases of West Nile virus in northern Nevada.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Winnemucca Publishing is celebrating its 10th annual Customer Appreciation Month during the month of August.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Lander County commissioners unanimously approved at their July 25 meeting a standard agreement for consulting services between the county and Summit Engineering for $244,000 for GIS services Phase 1, Task 2, of the Minor Road Mapping Project.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - There were 68 Battle Mountain animals examined at the Lander County Sheriff's Office Animal Control's annual rabies clinic, held July 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Battle Mountain Volunteer Fire Department firehouse. There were 67 dogs that left with their tails wagging and one cat was seen as well, said Lander County Animal Control Officer Terri Glazier.
ELKO - The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced recently $33 million in grants for 173 humanities projects, including $500,000 to Great Basin College for the establishment of a Virtual Humanities Center.
ELKO - Great Basin College is hosting an information session on its Paralegal Program, Wednesday, Aug. 7, at 5:30 p.m. in the following GBC locations:
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain Branch of the Elko, Lander and Eureka library system attracted seven to 10 kids during each day of its Dig Into Reading program that was held at the library July 8 - 12.