Accused killer admits crime, takes plea deal

A man accused of the January murder of his neighbor entered an Alford plea of guilty to a single charge of voluntary manslaughter this week in District Court.

Ex-NCSD aide gets prison in student sex case

A former Nye County School District substitute administrative aide was sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison this week after she admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old student multiple times in 2012.

WWII pilot gets military honors 70 years later

That day, Jan. 18, 1945, is a moment in time that Pahrump resident Jill Walker-Guitard will never forget.

Life sentence handed down in 2011 slaying

The man convicted of the murder and attempted murder of two individuals at a home on Donner Street in 2011 was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday by the same jury that convicted him.

FAA airport grant, fireworks contract debated

The Pahrump town board finally got to revisit some items tabled during its last meeting earlier this month.

County considers land swap for assisted living facility

A three-story, assisted living and independent senior housing facility that was described as a good project in the wrong location at 780 W. Gamebird Road, may still take shape on six acres of county-owned land on Calvada Boulevard, just west of Dandelion Street.

Pave the way with a food donation; bar gets temporary liquor license

ABC Road Builders has been doing business in Pahrump for four years. The diversified company has offices in Nevada, Utah and California where it services residential, commercial and government accounts.

Community Calendar

Pahrump Valley Horsemen’s Association — 7 p.m., Wulfy’s, 702-205-5437.

Letters to the Editor

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Presidents get new political budget

During the cold war, the U.S. government assembled a huge propaganda structure in its messianic efforts to combat communism behind the “iron curtain.” Voice Of America and Radio Free Europe were the best known of these tools.

Government has no business setting wages for private businesses

President Obama recently declared that “no one who works full-time in America should have to live in poverty.” His proposed solution is to “give” 15 million American workers a raise by increasing the federal government’s “minimum wage.”

Soccer player down but not out

Junior Brittany Klenzcar is one of the defensive leaders for the Lady Trojans soccer team this year, but she has four more weeks before she can play again. She injured her knee experimenting with some softball during the spring and may have injured the meniscus in her knee. She had surgery four weeks ago and has several weeks before she can join the team. Klenzcar hopes to join the team for the start of conference play on Sept 17.

Lady Trojans scrimmage Division I state champs

The Trojans girls soccer team ramped up its training in a scrimmage with last year’s Division I state champion Arbor View Aggies last Friday morning. The girls hung in there with the champs and came out 3-2 with Arbor View on top.

Renovated gym open at Tonopah

The old Tonopah Middle School gym was unusable according to middle school football coach Dan Eason.

BLM shooting area gets a cleaning

Just three miles past Windrock Country Store on Bell Vista Road lies the Bureau of Land Management shooting range and thousands of people use the area for free target practice.

County’s Yucca lawyer goes on warpath

WASHINGTON — The legal war over Yucca Mountain resumed with force on Friday with a demand that the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission recuse herself or be disqualified from the agency’s about-to-resume work on the proposed nuclear waste repository.