Stories from Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Nina B. Spencer, 89, a former Nevada resident, passed away Sunday July 28, 2013, at the New Mexico State Veteran's Home in Truth or Consequences, N.M. Nina will be laid to rest at Fort Bayard National Cemetery in Fort Bayard next to her husband, Oris Spencer...

Izack and Stacy Whitworth, of Sylvania, Ga., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Clara Elizabeth Whitworth. Clara Elizabeth Whitworth was born at 1p.m., Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Candler Hospital, Savannah, Ga. She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 19 and 1/2 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail The Vernon County Ambulance District plans to increase its readiness to handle disasters by holding another Community Emergency Response Team course later this year. Instructor Mike Hueston said the idea for a second class was in response to the number of people who visited the CERT team's booth during Bushwhacker Days...

Nevada Daily Mail The first Salsa Showdown contest drew local salsa lovers and aficionados alike to the Farmers' Market on Saturday. The entries proved some like it hot -- some sort of hot -- and some not so hot. At least one entrant likes it all three ways...