Pershing County News

Lovelock sits astride Interstate 80. Its hospital, Pershing General is the only medical care between Reno and Winnemucca, a literal lifeline to anyone injured on the roadway or anyone in this small community with a medical emergency.

Four years ago today, the spillways at Rye Patch Dam gushed water, the reservoir above it was full, the river below a broad deep current.

In the Silver State, the Nevada Department of Transportation received a total of $201 million dollars in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money, and like all states getting stimulus funds; the department was faced with the 'strings attached' challenges before appropriating the funds to specific projects.

A man is in custody after an early morning robbery led to law enforcement on a two-county vehicle chase.

The winds that plagued our region on Tuesday should ease today, as the Pacific Northwest low moves off to the east.

Harvest Gold is seeking a joint-venture partner to explore the Company's Rosebud property in Pershing County, Nevada.

For 9-year-old Marcos Rodregez, the stretch of summer temperatures is perfect for kicking around the soccer ball.

By CHRISTY LATTIN LVN Community News Editor A bill allowing irrigation districts to carry debts up to $500,000 and to assess residents up to $5 per acre of land was recently signed into law by the governor last.

Lyon County Sheriff's Office is one of nine Nevada county law enforcement agencies to receive a portion of $935,300 in grant funds awarded to the Nevada Department of Public Safety.

Submitted Article Lovelock, NV--Members of Fernley's 'Fine Swine' 4-H Swine Club made a strong showing at Pershing County's Invitational Livestock Judging on Saturday, March 28.

Joshua Sebold Staff Writer 4/1/2009 Nazira Cross, aka Nazira Ugalde, has been charged with murder and a special circumstance enhancement alleging that a murder was carried out for financial gain.

U.S. Census figures released Thursday show Lyon County catching up to Carson City.

In honor of Women's History Month, the Nevada Women's History Project has prepared a series of biographies of Nevada women.

Washoe County Sheriffa s Deputies are on the scene of a single-vehicle rollover accident that happened shortly after 12 noon Interstate 80 in Pershing County, about 10 miles west of Lovelock.

A woman was killed and her child was injured, after her vehicle rolled in Pershing County, Monday.

A bill giving the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District the ability to raise their assessment to $5 was heard by the Assembly Government Affairs Committee Wednesday, but no action was taken.

Political activist and community volunteer, Louise Aloys Smith was the first woman elected Nevada Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore in 1951.

Fri, Feb 27, 2009 The Nevada Transportation Departmenta s plans for its share of money from the federal stimulus bill are embarrassing.

Washoe County would get just over $62 million for roads in federal stimulus money, according to a preliminary Nevada Department of Transportation list.

When he was a boy in Lovelock in the 1930s, Clifton Young recalls, the sheriff would keep an eye on the hobos who came to town on trains.