Sanders calls out volunteers to pick the harvest

Anyone driving along East Kellogg this week may have spotted unusual activity among the vineyards at Sanders Family Winery.

No surprise in the new high school athletic administrator appointment

No one was surprised when Chris Brockman, Pahrump Valley High School principal appointed Jason Odegard to the position of athletic administrator. Odegard is a new assistant principal at the high school.

Trojans looking sharp after scrimmage with Durango

The Trojans are ready for the first game of the season on Friday night at 7 p.m. after a strong scrimmage with the Durango Trailblazers last Saturday.

New junior varsity soccer coach played for Trojans

The Trojans will have a new junior varsity boys soccer coach for this year, Wes Icard. Icard played for Pahrump Valley Trojans and graduated in 2005. He played for Chris Johnson, who coached at Pahrump from 2004 until 2008.

Renter’s insurance comes in handy for local man

Local resident Vic Barnes was preparing to do his Monday afternoon workout this week when all of a sudden he looked out the window and saw a large dust devil approaching his property at the far west end of town.

Longtime juvenile judge resigns

A long-serving juvenile court master and former Pahrump justice of the peace resigned her position after 35 years of service to the county last week after the District Court urged her to take a drastic pay cut.

Court motion says cop may have planted child porn

A former Nye County public defender filed a scathing motion in District Court Friday, accusing a controversial detective of possibly planting evidence in a pending child pornography case.

Three dozen dogs seized from residence

Nye County authorities served a search warrant Tuesday at the home of a local attorney, confiscating some three dozen animals that had become a nuisance to nearby residents.

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Crescent Dunes solar project targeting December to ‘go live’

If ever there was a project making history in Nevada, it would have to be SolarReserve’s massive Crescent Dunes Solar Plant which is nearing completion outside of Tonopah.

New wireless business offers monthly plans, no contracts

Some people just can’t sit still. They are always running one business while starting a project that leads to another business, and when there is spare time, they find a way to purchase yet another business. Those people are called entrepreneurs and Joe Opatik has maximized his opportunities over the years.

GOP candidate still walks, talks like a Democrat

“In a piece of campaign literature,” writes columnist Steve Sebelius, “state Senate District 9 candidate Becky Harris declares she’s ‘not your typical Republican.’

Centrist media does public no service

Over the years during debates about whether the press is liberal or conservative, I’ve always maintained that the question is irrelevant because neither answer is correct. The press is establishment, oriented to centrism and authority, whoever happens to be holding office.