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.
LOVELOCK - The long-awaited remodeling of the Pershing County Senior Center kitchen is complete. The center served its first lunch on May 20, a little more than a month since its closure on April 15.
LOVELOCK - As the I.D.E.S. Society of Lovelock prepares to hold its 79th Annual Festa this Saturday and Sunday, May 25-26, several of the children involved are great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren of the Portuguese families that organized the first Portuguese Festa in May 1935.
CARSON CITY - The Nevada Division of Insurance has launced a new website at doi.nv.gov. The website provides Nevada consumers with comprehensive information about insurance and healthcare reform in Nevada. Members of the insurance industry will also find a wealth of information about doing business in Nevada.
LOVELOCK - Pastor Scott Davis and wife, Andrea, from Bethel Baptist Church, are hosting family game nights throughout the summer.
LOVELOCK - The Pershing County 4-H & FFA Livestock members appreciate the businesses, ranchers, farmers, 4-H leaders and many others who gave freely of their services, financial support and time to make the 70th Annual Livestock Show and Sale a success.
LOVELOCK - The tomato is the most popular of all home-grown foods in the United States. Nevada is no exception. A survey by the National Garden Association found 93 percent of the American gardeners surveyed grew tomatoes.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration's Veteran Pledge Initiative is a commitment by its top national, regional and community lenders to collectively increase their lending activity to veterans by 5 percent per year for the next five years.
FALLON - The entire family can hook a good time at the kids carp derby on Saturday, June 1, from 8 a.m. to noon at Lahontan Reservoir near Fallon.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Association of Counties announced the selection of Pat Irwin from Pershing County as one of the 24 county leaders from across the U.S. to participate in the 10th annual County Leadership Institute, a four-day program offered in partnership with Cambridge Leadership Associates.
Dennler named Class of 2013 Valedictorian, Condi named Class of 2013 Salutatorian
DEBRA REID • The Lovelock Review-MinerGirl Scout Daisies, including Kaylah Hanley, 7, and Miya Gallagher, 6, collect trash at the Lovelock City Park last week. Six girls are learning to be good citizens while earning merit badges by performing various community and personal improvement projects.
LOVELOCK - County officials recently approved a plan that could save space at the landfill and reduce air pollution at no cost to Pershing County.
MUMENA, Zambia - Sometimes I lay awake listening to the rustle and squeaking on my grass-thatch roof. I've gotten used to the sound so much that it's become a routine that oddly gives me comfort.
CARSON CITY (AP) - Nevada's unemployment rate ticked down a notch in April to 9.6 percent as the state saw a gain of 5,600 nonfarm jobs from the month before, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported.