CARSON CITY - Applications for federal historic preservation grants administered by the State Historic Preservation Office will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6.
RENO - Join the half million other Nevada residents who have already signed up to participate in the fourth annual Great Nevada ShakeOut organized by the University of Nevada, Reno's Nevada Seismological Laboratory Thursday, Oct. 17, at 10:17 a.m. and remember to "Drop, Cover, and Hold On."
LAS VEGAS - The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $6 million from the 2013 Crime Victims Fund to the State of Nevada for victim compensation and assistance programs. Victim assistance funds in the amount of $3,954,131 and victim compensation funds in the amount of $2,054,000, have been awarded to the state of Nevada Departments of Health and Human Services and Administration to provide support and services to thousands of victims throughout the state.
RENO - Nevada women over the age of 40 with no personal history of cancer are invited to take a brief survey to assess women's attitudes towards breast cancer screening and reasons why they may or may not have been screened.
CARSON CITY - USDA has approved $186,200 in energy grants to eight rural businesses that will use the funds to enhance energy efficiency, develop alternative energy sources, or conduct a feasibility studies on using alternative energy.
CARSON CITY - Real-time tracking of cold medicine purchases, dog discrimination, employment discrimination, voting rights of the mentally ill and turning on red lights are among 153 new laws taking effect Oct. 1 in Nevada.
MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has funded safety training for the more than 2 million youth working in agricultural production.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention website lists risk factors and warning signs for suicide.
FERNLEY - The Missing In America Project (MIA) brought 15 veterans to the Northern Nevada Veterans Cemetery for burial with full honors on Tuesday, Oct. 1. They are veterans whose remains had, until recently, been unidentified and unclaimed.
There's so much to write about right now that it's hard to choose a topic. I just tested out a Winchester 1250 WS air rifle, went backpacking with my daughter, packed into the backcountry on horses, visited Lake Fork Trophy Lures and fished with them a couple of days and am about to go elk hunting.
RENO - As the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center (DTCC) in Clark County faces funding shortages and still has an overabundance of pet desert tortoises, northern Nevadan's now have an opportunity to adopt one as a pet.
WINNEMUCCA - This is Mr. W.H. Devoe. He was a long-line skinner and proud of it. He'd have picked up his load in the Sierra foothills on the other side of Gerlach.
SPARKS - The Nevada Farm Bureau Federation and the Nevada Department of Agriculture are holding the 2013 Southern Nevada Agriculture Conference Thursday, Nov. 21, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Las Vegas.
WINNEMUCCA - It used to be common knowledge that breast cancer always presented itself as lumps in the breast. While many forms of breast cancer do present that way, and any unusual lumps in the breast should still be reported to a primary care physician as soon as possible, modern medical professionals advise taking a broader approach to self exams.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Newmont announced it was laying off 56 salaried employees in Nevada, according to a press release from Manager of External Relations Rhonda Zuraff.