Churchill County News

Searchers and volunteers have been looking for a little boy in Lyon County, who went missing Saturday afternoon on the west side of Lahontan Reservoir.

A fire of undetermined nature at the Kennemetal plant 10 miles north of Fallon has closed U.S. Highway 95 in both directions until further notice.

The month of June was a very busy one for the Churchill County FFA. It started out with the first chapter meeting with the new officer team.

The Fallon Police Department in a concerted effort with the Churchill County District Attorney's Office arrested and charged five more individuals on Thursday for their role in a shooting that sent one man to the hospital on June 16.

A former Fallon softball coach placed on probation for supplying alcohol for her teen-aged daughter's party in January 2008 is facing additional charges in Justice Court for violating terms of her probation.

A state prosecutor wants the probation yanked for a former Fallon softball coach convicted on charges related to supplying alcohol and encouraging drinking at a teen party she hosted where a girl said she had sex with multiple boys.

The premium book for the Churchill Country Fair is now available at the Churchill County Extension office, museum, library, Chamber of Commerce, convention center, Lahontan Valley Environmental Alliance office and various nurseries and flower shops in Fallon.

As officials work to lessen Northern Nevada's record 11.2 percent unemployment rate, there's a big difference how job creation works with local tax money and federal stimulus money.

The Churchill County Museum Association presents its Summer Lecture Series Wednesdays in July at 7:30 p.m. at the museum: July 1: How Soup and Sin Saved the Silver State - Listen as Mella Harmon, from Kautz Environmental Consultants in Reno, presents her topic on how the state of Nevada saw its way through the Great Depression.

While the cities and school districts in Reno and Las Vegas are laying off several employees due to the struggling economy, Churchill County and Fallon are trying to retain its workers to maintain the same level of service residents expect and want.

The Churchill County Sheriff's Office confirms a 16-year-old died in a motorcycle event on Sunday afternoon.

Churchill County opposes the state's tentative decision to issue Bango Oil a temporary discharge permit to spread effluent on its property.

An 18 year-old Fallon man was arrested Thursday evening for shooting another Fallon man last week.

In May, Nevada's unemployment rate reached its highest level since the state began keeping records in 1976.

Nevada counties received more than $23 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes payments with Lyon County receiving $2,023,135 in its bank account.

The summer reading program at the Churchill County Library, 553 S. Maine St., has started and will run through Aug.

A record $23 million-plus in federal payments is heading to Nevada counties this year to help offset losses in property taxes due to nontaxable federal lands within their boundaries.

Seven additional teachers had their jobs saved by the school board on Wednesday night, but the restoration is coming at a cost to parents and others in the community.

Access to the Churchill County Fairgrounds for people with disabilities will soon be improved.

His number is 187. ** The Ladies of the Baptist Aid are pleased with the results of the Strawberry Festival given last Saturday.