RENO - As Nevada's first sesquicentennial commemorative silver medallion reaches a near sell-out of the first mintage, additional mintages of the medallion have been approved for further pre-orders.
LOVELOCK - Marianne Papa has been the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Youth Development Program Coordinator for the Pershing County 4-H for 20 years.
SPARKS - The Nevada Department of Agriculture's Division of Food and Nutrition is encouraging parents and children to celebrate National School Lunch Week Oct. 14-18.
CARSON CITY - Western Nevada College President Carol Lucey announced that she is retiring from her post, following more than 14 years at the helm of the college. The announcement followed an earlier notice to the college community in the summer in which Lucey relayed her intention to retire at some point during the 2013-14 academic year.
SULPHER, Nev. - A hundred years ago people took their visiting very seriously. You cleaned up for it. You dressed up for it.
The American Legion Post No. 6 in Lovelock held its Fourth Annual Cow Patty Golf Tournament Sept. 28. Eight teams played the 18-hole course. The Nevada Soy team of Darin Bloyd, Brian Greene, Dan Hill and Fred Shindle took first place. The Duncan family team took second place. Bill Clingan won the closest to the pin contest and Barb Duncan won the woman's longest drive contest. The tournament is held each year to help raise money for the Sean Ward Memorial Scholarship, which has given out over $5,500 in scholarships to local graduates over the last four years.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada lawmaker says he plans to introduce legislation requiring the state to grant pardons to medical marijuana cardholders convicted of the possession or sale of marijuana.
WINNEMUCCA - Free flu shots will be available at a drive-thru clinic on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Winnemucca Events Center on Fairgrounds Road. The drive-thru clinic is provided by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
CARSON CITY - Employment in Nevada is projected to increase by 2 percent or 23,000 jobs in 2013, and the state is expected to gain another 26,000 jobs in 2014 and 30,000 jobs in 2015, according to a report released by the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation's (DETR) Research and Analysis Bureau.
RENO (AP) - Wild horse advocates trying to block shipment of hundreds of mustangs gathered from a national wildlife refuge on the Nevada-Oregon line told a federal judge last week the U.S. government is using a "cloak of secrecy" that prevents them from observing the handling of the animals in violation of the First Amendment.
LOVELOCK - Now is the season that many hunters maybe enjoying the outdoors by hunting upland birds or small game such as rabbits.
SPARKS - The Nevada Department of Agriculture will fund 13 crop projects around the state that promote and enhance specialty crops through education, research, marketing and production.
SPARKS - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a public health alert due to concerns that illness caused by strains of Salmonella Heidelberg are associated with raw chicken products produced by Foster Farms at three facilities in California.
WASHINGTON D.C. -The tax climate of Nevada ranked third this year out of all 50 states, according to a new report by the Tax Foundation.
RENO - This past July in Reno, 31 Mine Rescue Teams from across the United States gathered at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center for the annual National Metal/NonMetal Mine Rescue Competition.