RENO - The Nevada Office of Veterans Services Mobile Outreach Vehicle will visit Pershing County next week as part of its continuing effort to reach out to veterans in rural areas of the state.
LOVELOCK - The next meeting of the Pershing County High School Alumni Association is Wednesday, April 25, at 5:15 p.m. at the City Hall office.
LOVELOCK - Port of Subs, a fast-food restaurant chain, may open a new sandwich shop at the Golden Gate truck stop now under construction near downtown Lovelock.
LOVELOCK - Artwork from Pershing County High School students is currently on exhibit at the Pershing County Library. The art exhibit is organized by PCHS art teacher Debby Zoback every year.
LOVELOCK - It's springtime and you know what that means, the Pershing County Senior Center's annual Birdhouse Raffle.
LOVELOCK - American Legion Post #6 Scholarship applications are now available for area high school seniors.
LOVELOCK - The Pershing County High School Drama class will perform "Dead Giveaway," written by Pat Cook, on Friday, May 4, at the high school auditorium. Show starts at 7 p.m. Adults $3 and students $2.
LOVELOCK - The members of the Pershing County Swine Club are gearing up for their annual show.
LOVELOCK - It's that time of year again - the sometimes dreaded time spent preparing and filing tax returns before the April 15 deadline. Yet for some, it's also tax refund season and time to decide how to use the refund headed your way.
LOVELOCK - Churches in Pershing County are gearing up for two National Day of Prayer events that will take place in Pershing County.
The following are the ribbon winners from the 2012 Pershing County High School Art Show at the Pershing County Library:
LOVELOCK - In case you hadn't heard or seen on the news, last week the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease was detected in a dairy cow from a farm in Tulare, Calif. Federal officials said Thursday that they now know the latest cow found in the U.S. with mad-cow disease was 10 years and seven months old, giving investigators new pieces of the puzzle as they try to trace back the animal's origins.
LOVELOCK - Renowned watercolorist Jerry Stitt A.W.S./N.W.S. will be the guest teacher at a watercolor workshop presented by the Star Peak Arts Retreat Center of Imlay. The workshop will take place May 11 - 13 in Unionville at the Old Pioneer Garden Inn Bed and Breakfast.
LOVELOCK - The Pershing County Library held its third annual El día de los niños (The Day of the Children) celebration on April 27. The afternoon was filled with singing, dancing, crafts and snacks; all to celebrate children.
The Pershing County Library hosted a Family Game Night on May 2. The event, sponsored by the Frontier Community Coalition, was started to encourage parents to spend time with their children, said library staff member Pam Munk. Family Game Night will continue every other Wednesday evening until the end of June. She said she would like to carry on the game night past that date but didn't know if there would be funding for the event after June. "We are funded until the end of June," Munk said. "We would like to keep on with Family Game Night, but we'll have to see if we get more funding." The next game night will take place on May 16. Munk said that bingo will be played and that the library has prizes to give away to the winners.Photos by Alicia Craig, the Lovelock Review-Miner