The Wall Street Journal published an essay by author Radley Balko last week that caught my attention and I thought I’d share some of it here.
A settlement reached earlier this year between the sheriff’s office and a former inmate have led to changes in the county inmate mail policy.
A man who claims he owns one of three hangars at Tonopah’s tiny airport will be in District Court Monday in an effort to keep Nye County from taking possession of the property.
A longtime local hangout was sold this week.
Tuesday’s Pahrump Town Board meeting set an unofficial record as being the shortest regular meeting of the year so far.
Between April and May of this year, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office brought in more than $50,000 in application fees for concealed weapons permits, yet none of those funds stayed with the department.
BEATTY — It happens every year. Residents and visitors to the Beatty area start seeing a lot of identical cars, some covered with strange squiggly patterns (to frustrate automotive paparazzi), and for a few weeks every summer Beatty becomes sort of a little Germany.
• Lucas Benford was charged on July 18 with offer, attempt, or commission of unauthorized act(s) relating to controlled substance, first offense.
Police took one man into custody over the weekend after he allegedly tried to run from them following a report of domestic battery at a home on the south-end of town.
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — The morning’s breakfast trade at the Waffle Iron Restaurant had slowed, and the waitress politely answered the stranger’s question as she refilled his coffee cup.
In a recent MuthsTruths.com blog post, I wrote that conservatives in Nevada should put a slate of conservative GOP candidates together to challenge Gov. Brian Sandoval (R&R-Partners) and the establishment slate of moderate Republican candidates he’s assembling for the six constitutional offices next year. That elicited this overwrought email from a longtime Republican activist in Las Vegas …
High car counts, swift cars and bad weather characterized this year’s second annual Sam Stringer Memorial Race.
Barrel racing coach Robin Roberts is a newcomer to Pahrump.
The Trojans have finally earned some respect as a championship team. The girls soccer team won back-to-back state championships for the past two years.
Most people have heard of Habitat for Humanity (HFH), but not many know about Bike and Build, an organization of young volunteers who turn their summer over to biking from East to West, stopping at HFH and other community building efforts to help construct affordable homes for the less fortunate.
• Derek Jordan, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Off 160 Coffee House, 1330 S. Highway 160, 764-1197.
Sanders Winery will kick off the weekend with a show by Tommy Thompson in a return performce Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
The Nevada Commission on Tourism is running a popularity contest to define what it calls “Nevada Treasures” where the public can, through a process of elimination; vote on their favorite things about Nevada.
Medicare covers a variety of health care services you can receive at home. These include, intermittent skilled nursing care, physical therapy, speech-language pathology services and occupational therapy.
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge will host a “Discover the Dark, Dark Meadow” guided hike at 8 p.m. Aug. 3 in the refuge. Pre-registration is required.
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension is helping producers of Cottage Foods understand the legislation passed during the recent session, which allows home farmers to sell what they grow or make.
VFW donation dinner — 5-7 p.m., VFW Post 10054, Homestead Road, $6. Open to the public.
Pahrump Chapter 15 of Disabled American Veterans (DAV) meetings will resume the third Tuesday of the month in August and monthly thereafter and will be held in a new meeting place at the Nye Coalition facility (Oasis Outreach Center.)
One ticket matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto, with a payout of $36 million. The next jackpot will be at least $7 million.
Both local American Legion teams concluded the summer season this week. The long season started in late May.
Marty Rodick from KSHP, 1400 AM, will host his Los Angeles Dodgers postgame show on July 27 at 6 p.m. The broadcast will be live from Stockman’s Steakhouse at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino, 681 South Highway 160. During this event there will be a drawing for prizes.
1. Jordon Shelton, 2. Michael McLaughlin, 3. Matt Gillam, 4. Larry Leach, 5. Wild Bill Delahunte, 6. Dakota Day, 7. Jamaree Earl, 8. Melissa Otteson, 9. Troy Maher (Broke Down)
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The legend of the Rhyolite grave of Mona Bell
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Here’s when MediWaste is expected to discuss its contentious plans
1 dead, 1 arrested after fatal stabbing at Pahrump park
‘You’re just the suit’: Residents spar with mining exec at tense town hall