Officials work toward smooth town transfer

According to most accounts, Nye County officials are prepared to assume the duties of town officials if the Nevada Supreme Court upholds last November’s ballot question reverting the independent town board into an advisory body.

State engineer seeks to ease water fears

State engineer Jason King sought to reassure a crowd Wednesday night at the inaugural meeting of a Pahrump groundwater management committee it may be some years before impacts from a water management plan affect the public.

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 $17 million.

School Menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Feb. 10 – Feb. 14

What does it mean, data breaches and credit compromises?

The newspapers are full of it. Television is full of it. Your mail box is full of it. The red flags are waving hoping that consumers will be fearful enough to fork over money to buy protection.

Senior News

Pahrump Senior Center

Republicans’ fact-free zone

WASHINGTON — Sen. Marco Rubio was a day late and $8 billion short.

The Russians are at it again

The Winter Olympics are set to start in Sochi, but who is going to watch? The Olympics will be aired on NBC and the opening ceremonies will start on Feb. 7 with events starting on Feb. 8.

Police: Man admits sex with underage girl

A 24-year-old man was arrested last week for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl after police received a report the victim had written about the relationship in her journal.

Lady Trojans must beat Cheyenne

The Pahrump Trojans girls basketball team had a tough week at home last week as they battled Faith Lutheran Wednesday and Clark Thursday, the breast cancer awareness game, losing both games.

Marshall attracts crowd to campaign kickoff fundraiser

Over 200 people packed the Mountain Falls banquet room Saturday night as Assistant Sheriff Rick Marshall kicked off his campaign in a big way for the sheriff’s position.

User fees for area parks OK’d

Pahrump Town Board members voted to approve two resolutions relating to fee structures for use of area parks by local youth organizations.

2 sent to hospital in Sunday rollover

Two people were sent to the hospital this weekend after a vehicle rolled over in the area of Homestead Road and Elderberry Street Sunday evening.

TROJANS REPEAT! Undefeated in conference for second year in a row

It was billed as the two undefeated teams in the Sunset League going head-to-head. The Trojans and the Clark Chargers went at each other for the league title and top seeds in the regional tournament on Valentine’s Day.

Beatty boys down Round Mountain

After dropping three games in a row to Tonopah, Spring Mountain and Sandy Valley, the Hornets men’s basketball team turned things around and came on top of the Round Mountain Knights 51-49 in a must-win game.

Mortgage company sells Nevada Treasure RV Resort

Nevada Treasure RV Resort, the luxury recreational vehicle park located at Leslie Street and North Highway 160, has been acquired by American Spectrum Realty Inc., a real estate investment, management and leasing company, which acquired Nevada Treasure as part of a real estate portfolio valued at $84.8 million. The total includes the assumption of $17.2 million of debt from three limited partnerships including D&A Semi-Annual Mortgage Fund, owners of the park.

IN PROFILE: Craig Smith

BUSINESS: Owner El Vaquero, formerly Heath’s Laff Factory

Program readies new business owners for pitfalls

Though no magic pill exists that will determine how a small business will succeed, there is still the time-tested method of utilizing common sense when venturing into the unknowns of the business world.

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 $16 million.

Support Meetings

Gamblers Anonymous

Random observations from the 2014 campaign trail

The myth that conservatives who want increased immigration enforcement are just anti-Hispanic has now been proved a lie. Indeed, the #1 target for deportation in the United States today isn’t Mexican, but Canadian: Justin Bieber!

Wagner’s career became object lesson

When Sue Wagner was born in Maine in 1940, the now-disdained term “New England liberal” did not exist. In fact, it would have been considered a contradiction in terms. Her native state was known for being rock-ribbed Republican and for being a bellwether, fostering a now seldom-used saying – “As goes Maine, so goes the nation.”

Phone scammers target VEA customers

Valley Electric Association is warning residents of a scam targeting cooperative members.

Probe urged after claims against brothel owner surface

TONOPAH — A show cause hearing on the revocation of the license for Angel’s Ladies Brothel in Beatty was postponed by the Nye County Licensing and Liquor Board Tuesday after District Attorney Brian Kunzi said he wanted to study a letter from owner Mack Moore.

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