The Department of the Interior today announced that 17 local governments in Nevada will receive a total of $31.2 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2023. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT payments help to defray the costs associated with maintaining important community services. Humboldt County will receive $2,184, 255, Lander County $1,190,500 and Pershing County $1,307, 830.
On October 26, 1978, the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office received information that a reporting party discovered a garment bag containing human remains in a remote area near Scossa Road, approximately 13 miles west of Imlay, Nevada.
The following is the second semester honor roll for Pershing County High School.
The following is the fourth quarter honor roll for Pershing County High School.
The following is the second semester honor roll for Pershing County Middle School.
The following is the fourth quarter honor roll for Pershing County Middle School.
The Little League District 3 all-star tournament gets underway this week in Elko with three divisions of action. The 8-10-year-old division starts on Friday with Silverada (Dayton) playing Walker River (Yerington) at 8 a.m. In the other portion of the bracket Winnemucca plays High Desert (Fernley) at 5:30 p.m.
RENO - The pine nut harvest is forecast to be pretty good in central and eastern Nevada this year, and that forecast led to the Bureau of Land Management's annual pine nut auction bringing in $35,125 for 144,500 pounds for potential commercial harvest. Harvest units in the Battle Mountain and Ely districts were sold during the oral auction conducted on Aug. 16 in Ely.
LOVELOCK - Ann Ronald, author of "Friendly Fallout, 1953" will be at the Pershing County Library on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 6 p.m.
LOVELOCK - Big game hunting season is right around the corner, but the weather does not seem to be cooperating. If high temperatures remain for the next few weeks, it may present a problem for those of us that have drawn early season tags. It is important for hunters to understand how to care for their meat after the hunt is over, to insure all of their time and money does not go to waste with improper meat care.
LOVELOCK - The Lovelock-Pershing County Chamber of Commerce is well on its way to resituating itself as a business organization focused on supporting area businesses and promoting Lovelock and Pershing County as great places in which to live and work. The reorganization facilitation is being funded by Coeur Rochester, Inc.
LOVELOCK - The Pershing County Library is hosting an exhibit for local photographers from now until Nov. 2.
LOVELOCK - Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 28, 16 World War II veterans from the 464th Bombardment Group and their families made John Ascuaga's Nugget in Sparks their 31st reunion headquarters. Attendees will be coming from all over the U.S. to attend the five-day reunion. The 464th Bomb Group members will visit historic Virginia City, Lake Tahoe and the Harrah's Automobile Museum during their stay in the Reno-Sparks area.
LOVELOCK - Cool spring temperature this year put most alfalfa producers behind two to three weeks for their first, and correspondingly their second and third cuttings. Now in late September and early October, producers are taking advantage of favorable weeks of drying weather to make what is their last summer cutting.