School district disciplinary actions down from last year

Discipline incidents among Nye County School District (NCSD) students are higher in the southern portion of the county than in the north according to recently released information from the 2012-13 school year.

Muckers must get through Panthers to repeat state title

The Lady Muckers volleyball team beat Indian Springs in three straight, 25-20, 25-18 and 25-18. Tonopah now is preparing for the toughest foe of the season, the Pahranagat Valley Panthers, led by Panthers Coach Ginger Whipple.

The Muckers fail to regroup in fourth quarter

The Tonopah Muckers football team had too many problems with Indian Springs and lost 35-20. The Muckers have one game remaining and are 4-1 in league play.

Trojans soccer in must-win situation against Faith

Trojans Coach Don Boulden has changed men’s soccer at Pahrump Valley High School for the better. He is the third head coach in three years, but the difference is he is turned this team around from a 3-10 team to a 6-6 in league team.

Trojans football misses going to playoffs by just a few points

The Trojans football team played their hearts out for the last remaining playoff spot against the Mojave Rattlers, but just could not get their offensive game off the ground and lost 47-0.

Beatty loses homecoming to Sandy Valley

It was homecoming and Sandy Valley was coming into town. Usually this meant a win for the Beatty football team, but not this year.

Trojans breathe easier with last three wins

The final games of the season are ticking away and the Lady Trojans volleyball team finds themselves sitting pretty much right where they were about this time last year. The Trojans have won their last three games improving to an impressive 7-2 in league play.

California Lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $23 million.

Pumpkin Days raises $25,000 for disability group

The Pahrump Disability Outreach program raised about $25,000 this weekend at the fourth annual Pumpkin Days event to support children with disabilities and their families in the local community.

Mom struggles caring for baby burned in iron incident

Although he is all smiles and full of energy today, one five-month-old little boy’s outward appearance belies the trauma he recently suffered after his mother’s then-boyfriend left him unattended next to a hot iron.

Rotary raises money, gives away $10,000

Like a slugger striking out in the bottom of the ninth inning in front of the home crowd, anticipation turned to disappointment moments after the winner of the Pahrump Rotary Club’s $10,000 cash giveaway was announced on Saturday.

Salesman in chief pitches Obamacare

Not since the Ginsu knife cut through an aluminum can and still sliced a tomato has America seen a pitch quite like the one President Obama delivered in the Rose Garden on Monday.

Virginia’s other choice

When William F. Buckley, running as the Conservative Party’s candidate for mayor of New York in 1965, was asked what he would do if he won, he replied: “Demand a recount.” Robert Sarvis, Libertarian Party candidate for governor of Virginia, will not need to do this.

County population continues upward climb

The population of Pahrump and Nye County continues to climb, with one year of slow but steady growth, according to third quarter figures released by the Nye County Planning Department this week.

Training has participants up to their ears in mud

There’s a good reason why emergency organizations from around Nevada came to Pahrump for large animal rescue training. In this country, hundreds of thousands of large animals are in peril annually from storms, overturned livestock trailers and trucks, fires and heavy rains.

Senior News

Pahrump Senior Center

DA’s Report

• Paul Alvin Laverty was charged on Oct. 1 with offer, attempt or commission of unauthorized act(s) relating to controlled substance, first offense.

California Lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $15 million.

School Menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of October 28 – Nov.1:

Final order altered in Creech AFB complaint

The Nevada Public Utilities Commission altered the language in the final order dismissing a complaint filed by NV Energy over a Valley Electric Association contract to supply power to Creech Air Force Base.

Death Valley tribe appeals vote on new constitution

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Timbisha Shoshone tribal leaders filed two administrative appeals Monday to stop a vote on a proposed new constitution scheduled for Nov. 4. Leaders claim the proposed constitution would revoke the existing constitution adopted by the Tribe in 1986 and establish many non-Timbisha as new tribal members.

UICN presents Willow Creek plan

Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada has scheduled a consumer session at 6 p.m. next Wednesday at county commissioner’s chambers to detail their plans to clean up the former Willow Creek Golf Course, but UICN Regional Director Wendy Barnett also wants to hear visions local residents may have for the property.

A conversation with a witch helps dispel myth

Janie is a witch. She takes her religion, Wicca, very seriously and has agreed to talk with the Pahrump Valley Times during this Halloween season to dispel some myths about her beliefs in hopes of giving people a better understanding of what witchcraft is and what it is not. Janie agreed to this Q&A as long as we did not reveal her last name. She asked me to use her witch name, Saeden. She has been a witch for the past six years of her life and practices Wicca with her husband. The two live in Las Vegas.

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