CARSON CITY - State Treasurer Kate Marshall said Tuesday that the addition of $15 million to the Gov. Guinn Millennium Scholarship program (GGMS) during the 2013 legislative session will keep the program financially stable through at least the 2017-2018 school year.
LOVELOCK - How Lovelock has changed over the years apparently is in the eye of the beholder.
LOVELOCK - The Mustang Stampede 5K run was well attended last Saturday, June 8. Organizers with the newly formed non-profit group, Grads Giving Back, say they were pleased with the community support and with the number of runners that participated in the 5K run.
CARSON CITY - Joe Locurto has joined the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as program coordinator of the State Conservation Districts Program.
MILL CITY - It was very early in the morning of Feb. 17, 1901. George Abbay, the engineer of the Central Pacific's eastbound Flyer, had steam up and was trying to make up time. He had his speed up to 50 miles per hour when mother nature changed his plans. Very abruptly!
WINNEMUCCA - James Stanley Fahlgren, 44, of Reno, was arrested last week at the Winnemucca post office on suspicion of forgery and burglary after a lengthy investigation by the Winnemucca Police Department involving stolen money orders and other mail.
LOVELOCK - The Pershing County Chamber of Commerce is planning special events throughout the summer.
LAS VEGAS - As summer driving season approaches, Nevada motorists are experiencing relatively less pain at the pump, with almost all metro areas registering slight increases from the last month's gas prices, according to the AAA Nevada monthly gas survey.
LOVELOCK - The following Pershing County High School students were named to the fourth quarter honor roll.
LOVELOCK - This is the second article in a series dealing with drought management plans. As noted in the first article, this information comes from the "Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch Planning Guide," developed by the University of Nebraska - Lincoln National Drought Mitigation Center, which is available online at: www.drought.unl.edu/ranchplan.
FALLON - Despite the Internet, cellphones, email and modern communications, every year whole regions find themselves in the dark.
LAS VEGAS - Women are 37 percent more likely to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than men and now account for more than half of all deaths attributed to COPD in our nation.
CARSON CITY - The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange has launched NevadaHealthLink.com, the consumer website for information and the purchase of health insurance.
LOVELOCK - Pershing County High School senior Nico Rodriguez spent a week at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., from June 1-6.
LOVELOCK - The 96th Annual Pershing County High School Alumni Association meeting of the general membership was held June 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Pershing County Community Center.