Steve Ranson

Nevada National Guard members marked Flag Day at Hawthorne Army Ammunition Depot, where the ceremony highlighted the flag's history, the Army's founding and the community's military heritage.

The Fallon City Council approved June 18 a special election for voters to cast their ballots for the Ward 1 City Council race.Because of a glitch between the Churchill County Clerk’s/Treasurer’s office and the Nevada Secretary of State that was recognized before the primary election, the city will ask Ward 1 (or precinct 1) voters to cast their ballots for one of three candidates trying to succeed Kelli Frost, who’s termed out.

A merchant mariner’s life during World War II was both adventurous, yet dangerous as hundreds of unarmed cargo ships crisscrossed the oceans to bring supplies to the troops.Whether ships headed to Europe or to the western Pacific, their missions focused on carrying precious cargo to reinforce the fighting effort either against Japan or Germany and their allies.

Merchant mariners sailed the high seas during the nation's wars

The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association inducted 11 peoples on June 18 into its Hall of Fame.The 32nd annual Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony was conducted at the Boys & Girl Clubs of Truckee Meadows in Reno. The inductees were first nominated, and then a committee selected the individuals for the Hall of Fame.

Former President Gerald Ford looked at the Fourth of July 1976 to heal the country from the Nixon Watergate fiasco and to look forward and honor the United States. The American Freedom Train kicked off the year-long celebration on April 1, 1975, with a 23-month, 25,388-mile tour of the 48 states which didn’t include Alaska or Hawaii.

Two announced candidates for sheriff were busy campaigning over the weekend and participated in the annual Fourth of July parade handing out information and shaking hands with residents.

Discover upcoming veteran events, fraud prevention, housing assistance, and more in Reno's KKOH Radio's Veterans Voice and Nevada's veteran community.

City voters will go to the polls this month to re-vote for a Fallon City Council Ward 1 representative for the next four years.Early voting is Friday from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Churchill County Administration Complex on 155 N. Taylor St. Election Day is on Tuesday from 7 a.m.-7 p.m., also at the county building.

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