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PCMS Honor Roll —

The following is the first quarter honor roll for Pershing County Middle School.

PCHS Honor Roll —

PCHS Honor Roll —

2024’s Halloween in Lovelock was for the dogs

Six competitors competed in this year’s fourth annual 4-H “Growl-O-Ween” dog costume contest held Oct. 5, on Lovelock’s Main Street. Contestants paraded their dog in front of the judges Sarah Renfroe and Mikayla Nelson and gave explanations of the dog’s costume and abilities as well as entertainment for all.

Lovelock Paiute Tribe will receive federal funds to hire, train officers

U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced nearly one million dollars in federal funding for law enforcement agencies across Nevada to help them hire more officers, purchase essential equipment, and invest in officer mental health.

New Lovelock fitness court opens this week

LOVELOCK — Renown Health, City of Lovelock and National Fitness Campaign (NFC) today announced a partnership to bring an outdoor Fitness Court® to Amherst Park. The Fitness Court, located at Amherst Avenue, Lovelock, opened on Oct. 1 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

NDOT completes project to replace aging Lovelock-area bridge

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Department of Transportation has completed a project to replace an aging bridge on State Route 396/Upper Valley Road north of Lovelock. The bridge, located where State Route 396/Upper Valley Road transitions into a frontage road and travels over Union Pacific Railroad tracks, was originally constructed in 1931. Before being replaced, travel over the aging bridge had been prohibited for heavy commercial vehicles over recent years.

What's inside the new Pershing lands bill?

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced a lands bill for Pershing County on Tuesday, that would privatize public land for economic development — including mining — while adding conservation protections to other parcels in the area. Like past Nevada lands bills, it has support from a wide coalition of interest groups, from local officials to the Nevada Mining Association to Friends of Nevada Wilderness — with opposition from some environmentalists, including the Center for Biological Diversity.

LVFD sponsors Frontier Days bike races this weekend

This Sunday, Elmhurst Avenue will close to traffic so the Frontier Days crowd can race, pull and carry for fun and cash prizes. They almost make it look easy. Elmhurst’s trees provide shade for the spectators. Vendors sell cold drinks.

Pershing County commissioners host spirited discussion

At last Wednesday's Pershing County commissioner's meeting, several Lovelock residents clashed with Gabriel Bourne from the Walker River Tribe and April Wilson from the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe. Bourne and Wilson raised concerns about the museum's ghost tours. They believe the tours conflict with Tribal artifacts on loan to the museum. "We are here on own behalf, not representing the Tribe or speaking for Lovelock," said Bourne. "We feel offended by what is going on at the museum. It's gone too far."

Lovelock's Frontier Days 2024 celebrates "helping hands"

Like an old friend, Frontier Days returns to Lovelock Aug. 2 - 4. The weekend centers around food, games and live music. Several contests offer cash prizes. On Saturday morning, Grand Marshals Jeff Kearns and Misty Moepono-Wood will lead the parade from the community center to the courthouse park. They both live up to this year's theme of "helping hands."

Children’s parade lights up Lovelock’s Fourth of July

On July 4, the Cattlewomen hosted one of Lovelock’s most beloved summer events - the annual children’s parade. About three dozen children celebrated American independence with parents walking alongside the youngest of them. In their childhood, some of the parents marched the same route as their little ones.

Commissioners nix Burning Man's compensation package

Last Thursday, the Pershing County commissioners rejected Burning Man's five-year compensation package of $400,000 per year for law enforcement in Black Rock City this summer. Commissioners Larry Rackley, Joe Crim and Shayla Hudson led the meeting, with Hudson participating via Zoom. After the commissioners reached their unanimous decision, the few dozen attendees clapped and cheered.

Safe Haven welcomes snow leopard to wildlife sanctuary

Safe Haven Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the liveliest places in Pershing County but it's about to get livelier, with the addition of Shree, a four-year-old female snow leopard. The apex predator arrived at the Imlay, NV, sanctuary last weekend from the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois.

Amherst Park in Lovelock receives monetary infusion for improvements

T-Mobile came to Temptations Restaurant in Lovelock to award a $50,000 grant to Lovelock for the renovation of Amherst Park. They partnered with Smart Growth America and Main Street America to select the recipients of the Hometown Grant. Lovelock’s application stood out among many.

PCHS graduates 33

Last Saturday evening, 33 Pershing County High School students stood together for the last time as classmates. They are now proud members of the Pershing County High School’s 107th graduating class — the Class of 2024. Conner Fecht and Jessica Gonzalez were co-valedictorians. Fecht will attend Eastern Oregon University for a Bachelor's in Nursing. Gonzalez will study premed at the University of Nevada-Reno. Each of them wrote and delivered a commencement speech.

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