Moratorium on impact fees lifted

It began as a scheme to attract businesses and thus jobs to Pahrump Valley. But now that development is beginning to pick up, county officials figure a moratorium on impact fees isn’t affecting decisions by businesses to locate here.

Bid to remake campus into juvenile facility fails

The Nye County School District Board of Trustees voted against a proposed non-secure juvenile detention facility at the former Mt. Charleston Elementary School.

Oil companies apply to drill in Railroad Valley

Two companies recently filed for permits to drill for oil in Railroad Valley, one of the few oil fields in Nevada.

Students compete to raise money for cancer fight

A friendly competition between two local elementary schools helped students raise more than $1,100 for the American Cancer Society in October.

September taxable sales rise at slower pace

Taxable sales in Nye County continued double-digit increases in September over 2012 figures, but at slower pace than the most recent months.

Good Eats: DVH dietician sounds off on trans-fats

The Food and Drug Administration announced earlier this month it would open a 60-day comment period on measures to further reduce trans-fat in all processed foods after making a preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils, the primary dietary source of artificial trans-fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized as safe” or (GRAS) for use in food.

Clueless in the Kitchen: Tips for a terrific turkey

The Butterball brand also provides the following Thanksgiving cooking tips and advice on their website at www.butterball.com.

HealthCare Partners delivers turkeys to Senior Center meal

Those attending the Pahrump Senior Center’s annual Thanksgiving meal today will be treated to turkey and pumpkin pie thanks to HealthCare Partners of Nevada who donated the traditional holiday staples for the event.

Shoshone pupfish habitat to expand, open for public viewing

SHOSHONE, Calif. — Even with heavy cakes of mud on her shoes, Susan Sorrells moves lightly through the tangled brush, making her way to the secret place where the pupfish swim.

Last Ishani Ridge customers get water

Most everyone takes for granted they can turn on the tap and get water from their well or local utility company.

Wichman wants input on public lands transfer

Nye County Commissioner Lorinda Wichman, who represents a vast area of Nye County north of Pahrump, complained she hasn’t received any comments from county residents for the Nevada Land Management Task Force, which is studying how public lands controlled by the federal government could be transferred to the state.

Labor market picture fails to improve

An estimated 11.2 percent of Nye County workers were unemployed in October, according to the latest estimates from the Nevada Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), a slight uptick from September, but over one percentage point less than October 2012.

Build the body with weights; the size will drop

With the holiday season upon us, people are concerned about putting on the extra pounds from all the turkeys, hams and yams being gobbled down in the name of merry-making and good cheer. The average American is set to consume 4,000 calories in this one Thanksgiving feast and most would undoubtedly be looking for a way to lose it all in the following weeks to come to get ready for Christmas.

New coach heads Lady Muckers b-ball program

Russell Olin is the new head coach of the Lady Muckers Basketball Varsity team, but is not new to the Muckers basketball program.

The metamorphosis of mealtimes

You can just about taste it now.

Beatty volleyball player reaches for new heights

Maggie Cathcart is a three sport athlete from Beatty who this past season has blossomed into a great defensive volleyball player. In addition to volleyball, she plays basketball and baseball.

DA’s Report

• Randal Halterman was charged on Nov. 1 with assault with a deadly weapon, domestic battery with use of a deadly weapon, and interception, interruption or delay of message sent over telephone line.

Letters to the Editor

Local physicist says DOE lying about nuclear waste

The fine print of a ‘vast majority’

WASHINGTON — The vast majority of Americans listening to the vast majority of words coming out of Jay Carney’s mouth would find it a vastly confusing user experience.

Youngest history in Goldfield: Birth of an antique store

GOLDFIELD — It’s a question most travelers ask themselves sooner or later when they reach a new destination whether it’s in the heart of the big city or way out in the middle of Nevada: What would it be like to live here?

The JFK we had

What he was, he was:

FROM THE EDITOR: Society needs to come to terms with failed drug war

t was sometime during the mid-1990s. The Mexican Peso was suffering a steep devaluation. It was about the time Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gotari was on his way out of office in 1994.

NCSD psychologist gets 10 years to life sentence

A former Nye County School District psychologist who was arrested on charges of producing child pornography earlier this year was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison this week in District Court.

Police say jail inmate raped another

An inmate at the Nye County Detention Center is being held on a new criminal charge after police say he allegedly sexually assaulted another inmate.

Judge sentences man to prison in golf course police chase

A man that led sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase through Mountain Falls in May was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison this week for breaking into two homes while trying to elude police.

Local senior quad racer wins championship

Quad racer Mike Hrubetz will be turning 60 within the next month and just won his first championship in quad racing.

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