ARLINGTON, Va. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration released preliminary data for 2012 that indicate the lowest fatality and injury rates in the history of U.S. mining.
RENO (AP) - Nevada's state historian is criticizing the federal government's plans to demolish the last of what remains of a historic mining mill built near Virginia City nearly a century ago.
RENO - Steve Kellers, of Reno, has won the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioner's 2012 Wayne E. Kirch Conservation Award.
LOVELOCK - I have talked to many people this last week who have already started their vegetable garden. Planting a vegetable garden is an American pastime that is rapidly regaining popularity. Some people grow their own for economic savings and others for environmental reasons.
RENO - Families who have owned and operated their farm or ranch for 100 years or more are encouraged to submit an application to receive a Nevada Centennial Farm and Ranch Award.
LAS VEGAS - Nevada drivers are experiencing relief at the pump, as gas prices continue their journey downward for the fourth consecutive week, according to the latest AAA Nevada monthly gas survey.
LOVELOCK - The Country Quilters' Quilt Show on April 13 was well attended.
LOVELOCK - The Pershing County High School Art Show is on display at the Pershing County Library.
LOVELOCK - Did you know that the average carrot travels over 1,800 miles before landing on your dinner plate, or that about 93 percent of your food dollar pays processors, packagers, distributors, wholesalers and truck drivers?
LOVELOCK - Sydney Jensen was Student of the Week at Pershing County Middle School for the week of April 8 - 11.
LOVELOCK - Spring has arrived and I see many people working in their lawns. So, what should you be doing to your lawn and landscape to prepare for the upcoming growing season?
LOVELOCK - Humboldt County commissioners completed the paperwork necessary to accept a nearly $1 million federal grant on behalf of the three counties, Lander, Humboldt, and Pershing, which receive drug court services through the Sixth Judicial District.
WINNEMUCCA - Northern Nevada's cultural diversity was celebrated Saturday night with food and entertainment at a fundraiser for the Frontier Community Coalition.
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.
LOVELOCK - Pershing County High School senior Victoria Mapson represented PCHS at the Nevada Music Educators Association's (NMEA) All-State Choir concert held April 19 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Mapson was one of 245 of Nevada's top high school singers at the event.