FALLON PLANT CLOSURE AFFECTS SCORES OF WORKERS
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- Commercial Metals Co. is closing its Fallon plant, and scores of employees will lose their jobs.
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COLD TEMPERATURES COME TO N. NEVADA, SNOW FALLS IN SIERRA
Forecasters said a strong cold front-the second storm system of a two-part series- could drop snow on the valley floors of northwestern Nevada Wednesday, but the region was "shadowed out..."
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NO ONE HURT IN FIRE AT NEVADA GEOTHERMAL PLAN
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- Investigators in Churchill County say a malfunction caused the fire that posed the threat of an...
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NEVADA JUDGE WON'T ACCEPT "MAYBE PLEA"
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- "Maybe" doesn't cut it in one Nevada judge's courtroom.
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STUDENT JOURNALIST FACES FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE 
An article set to be published Friday morning in the Churchill County High School newspaper is causing quite a stir.
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COYOTE-HUNTING TOURNAMENT IN NEVADA DEFENDED, PROTESTED 
A coyote hunting tournament in northern Nevada caused a debate between animal rights activists and ranchers this weekend...
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YEAR IN JAIL FOR NEVADA JUDGE'S SON IN TEEN SEX CASE
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- The son of a Fallon judge has been sentenced to a year in jail for having...
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SWANS FLOCK TO NEVADA ON ANNUAL MIGRATION
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- It may be difficult to find 10 lords a-leaping or 11 pipers piping, but it's easy...
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FREEZING FOG CAUSES HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN NO. NEVADA
The National Weather Service in Reno issued a freezing fog warning for parts of northern Nevada early Friday morning.
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OFFICIALS: H1N1 FOUND AT FALLON NAS
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- Officials at Naval Air Station Fallon are reporting several cases of swine flu, and say they're...
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FALLON MAN GETS 2 TO 10 YEARS FOR JUNE SHOOTING
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A 19-year-old Fallon man has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison in connection...
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FALLON TEEN PLEADS NO CONTEST IN PARTY CASE
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A Fallon teenager who was accused of assaulting a girl at a party hosted by a...
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CAT RESCUE GROUP HOLDING FUNDRAISERS TO HELP STRAYS
Feline Rescue of Northern Nevada-- a non-profit organization dedicated to finding homes for strays and special-needs cats-is looking for help...
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FALLON WOMAN SENTENCED FOR SPITTING ON OFFICERS
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A Fallon woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for spitting on two police...
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SCHOOL CUSTODIAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER
Fallon police arrested a man Thursday employed as a custodian with the Churchill County School District for allegedly failing to...
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GIRL DIES AFTER FALLING OFF HORSE AT NEVADA RODEO 
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Authorities in Nevada say a 6-year-old girl has died after falling off her horse at a...
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FALLON WOMAN BATTLES ILLNESS AND RED TAPE 
Forty-six-year-old Karen Spriggs has received more than her share of bad news lately. Last year her son Joshua died in a motorcycle accident. Then on June 27 of this year doctors informed Karen they'd found advanced stages of cancer in her lungs and liver. Her prognosis is...
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FIRE FIGHTERS CONTAIN WILD LAND BLAZE NE OF FALLON 
Fire crews gained 100 percent containment Monday on a wildfire that had grown to more than 10,000 acres, or nearly 16 square miles, in the Clan Alpine Range of Nevada....
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NEVADA COUNTY TO STUDY OFFENSIVE ODOR
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- Churchill County commissoners have approved funding for a study into the source of a nasty odor...
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GILBERT RETURNS TO RING FOR RURAL RUMBLE
Former Nevada boxer Joey Gilbert is planning to return to the ring in August headlining the Rural Rumble boxing event in Fallon...
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EX-FALLON YOUTH COACH IN SEX, PORN CASE GETS LIFE
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A 54-year-old former Fallon youth league baseball coach has been sentenced to life in prison for...
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4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS, EVENTS PLANNED ACROSS THE SIERRA 
No matter where you're planning to celebrate America's independence, there are plenty of events planned for this 4th of July and the extended holiday weekend.
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CHURCHILL COUNTY OPPOSES COMPANY'S EFFLUENT PLAN
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- Churchill County officials have opposed the state's tentative decision to issue an oil refining plant a...
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FALLON TEEN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO PARTY SEX CHARGE
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A Fallon teenager accused of assaulting a girl at a party hosted by a former girls...
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PROSECUTORS SAY TCID OFFICIAL WAS AWARE OF WATER FRAUD
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say the project manager at the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District conceded he knew that water...
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FALLON FARMERS GIVEN MORE WATER
FALLON (AP) -- Fallon-area farmers' water allocations have been raised for this season. The Truckee-Carson Irrigation District board this week...
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2 NEW FACES ON FALLON CITY COUNCIL
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Voters in Fallon elected two new members to the City Council after the incumbents were forced...
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NAVY OFFICER KILLED IN NV PLANE CRASH HONORED 
FALLON (AP) -- A Navy officer killed along with three of his daughters in a May 22 small plane crash in Fallon was remembered as a gentleman...
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FALLON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD SEX CHARGES
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A Fallon man has pleaded guilty to more than a dozen charges involving child sexual assault...
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CANTELOPE FEST COULD BE CANCELLED
The perennial Fallon Cantaloupe Festival -- one of the summer's big festivals may be cancelled this year...
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SERVICE SET FOR FALLON NAVY OFFICER, DAUGHTERS
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A memorial service is planned Saturday at Naval Air Station Fallon for the base executive officer and his three daughters killed...
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FALLON PLANE CRASH KILLS NAVY OFFICER, 3 DAUGHTERS
A plane crash about a mile east of the Fallon airport runway Friday night left a Navy officer and three of his daughters dead...
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CLUES SOUGHT IN NEVADA CRASH THAT KILLS DECORATED NAVY PILOT, 3 
RENO (AP) -- Federal investigators say they haven't ruled out anything as the cause of a small plane crash in northern...
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LOVELOCK MAN AMONG THE CREW MEMBERS ABOARD FATAL NAVY HELICOPTER CRASH
Navy officials have identified the crew members who were aboard an HH-60 Seahawk helicopter that crashed Tuesday...
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FALLON SEXUAL ASSAULT SUSPECT ON RUN FOR 10 YEARS, PLEADS GUILTY
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A sexual assault suspect and illegal immigrant who fled Churchill County more than a decade ago...
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CHECK OUT NEVADA GOV. GIBBONS' "NEVADA ROAD TO RECOVERY TOUR"
Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons continues his “Nevada Road to Recovery Tour" through the end of the month.
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FALLON FUTURE FABULOUS, CHURCHILL COUNTY SEAT FOLKS FORECAST
Fallon, NV - From Ragtown to TopGun, the fortunes of Fallon were and are tied in part to transients. But folks in Fallon don't settle for that. Instead, they settle and build. They build for the future. They say the next 100 years in this city of 8,500 will be as good or better than the first 100 that just ended...
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NO CHARGES IN FALLON MISSING GUNS CASE
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FALLON MAN WITH 21 FELONY CONVICTIONS SENTENCED
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A Fallon man with 19 prior felony convictions has been sentenced to at least 10 years...
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FALLON BASEBALL UMPIRE PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG CHARGES
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A former umpire in Fallon's youth baseball league has pleaded guilty to reduced drug charges.
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NEVADA'S RURAL TOURISM CONFERENCE BEGINS IN FALLON WEDNESDAY
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- Leaders of Nevada's rural tourism industry are gathering at a conference this week to share ideas about ways to survive the sour economy, including sustaining special events and utilizing Native American history to lure visitors to their towns...
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MAN DIES IN WRECK NEAR FALLON
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- The Nevada Highway Patrol says a man was killed when he lost control of his speeding...
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OPPONENTS, RESIDENTS PROTEST FALLON OIL EXPANSION
Fallon residents and opponents to an oil plant expansion protested Wednesday - January 28....
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COPELAND NEW PUBLISHER OF FALLON NEWSPAPER
FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- Pete Copeland has been named the publisher of the Lahontan Valley News. He replaces Keven Todd...
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FALLON MAN DIES IN TREE CUTTING ACCIDENT
WELLINGTON, Nev. (AP) -- Lyon County authorities say a Fallon man was killed while attempting to cut down a large...
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