For those clamoring for some football action, the long drought is over. Football is back. The NFL preseason started last week and high school football in the valley is gearing up to start with the first game scheduled against Bonanza on Aug. 29 at home at 7 p.m.
TONOPAH — Nye County acquired the historic Belmont courthouse after action by the Nevada Legislature last year, now the county will acquire the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Manhattan.
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office charged Nye County Assistant Sheriff Rick Marshall with a single misdemeanor count of injury to property Wednesday.
Though it’s always better for law enforcement to chase down suspected criminals, one local resident said she just reacted when her pickup truck was stolen from her yard Monday afternoon.
Mike Hickey normally only hosts the Sunday jam session at the HUBB with Dean West and Wild Bill, but tonight he will be performing solo with songs from Jimmy Buffet, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Merle Haggard and George Strait.
Look what I made! This is what happens if I’m left alone in the kitchen too long.
Andre “Butch” Harper has been in the news more often and in more cities across the country than even he can count. He is on a mission which began in earnest when he was 39 years old and has never stopped. He gives credit for his inspiration to four children that are not his own.
Desert View Hospital (DVH) CEO Kelly Adams believes greater efficiency inside the emergency room means shorter wait times, increased productivity and overall patient satisfaction.
The House opened proceedings Wednesday with a chaplain’s prayer that lawmakers be granted “a double portion of wisdom and understanding.”
Judith Nies doesn’t leave the environmental optimists and desert daydreamers among us much room for hope in her new book, “Unreal City: Las Vegas, Black Mesa and the Fate of the West.”
Bowling News: Mike Hildebrand bowled a perfect game, 300 on Aug 4, at the Nugget Bowling Center.
TONOPAH — Residents of Nye County will soon be paying a 25-cent per month surcharge on their land line and cell phones, after recommendations of a 911 Advisory Committee were adopted by county commissioners Tuesday.
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Saturday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $8 million.
This may not be a popular column topic, but it’s something that needs to be said. Please don’t shoot the messenger.
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office charged Nye County Assistant Sheriff Rick Marshall with a single misdemeanor count of injury to property Wednesday.
The “GREAT Games” were held in Pahrump at J.G. Johnson Elementary School last week. Each year for the last 17 years GREAT Games has entertained the youth of the valley. During the summer months two Nye County deputies go out and take their anti-gang message on the road. During the games hundreds of kids play, have fun and learn alternative ways to gangs, drugs and violence.
TONOPAH — Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo Tuesday charged the county commission was violating the separation of powers principle in approving a zero-based budgeting concept requiring closer approval of his spending.
If you want to know how to protect your home from a break-in, consult a burglar. If you want to know how to stop influence peddling and corruption in government, consult America’s most notorious lobbyist.
As part of my job, I am on a lot of political party mailing lists, Republican, Democratic, American Independent, Libertarian. In the case of the American Independents and the Libertarians, they are usually issue messages.
While driving along Highway 160 on Monday, Pahrump Town Board Vice Chair Bill Dolan said his frustrations were flowing like all of the rainwater, mud and debris from the foothills surrounding the valley floor.
A Nye County Sheriff’s patrol sergeant pleaded not guilty to multiple drug and theft charges in District Court on Friday.
A Housing Helpdesk to assist homeowners and prospective home buyers is scheduled at 9 a.m. Saturday at the NyE Communities Coalition, 1020 E. Wilson Rd.
Pahrump has some serious horseshoe players in the valley. Players play at Petrack Park. The park has six pits that actually have some shade on them, which makes it the only pit in the state with shade. The Pahrump horseshoe players are growing in numbers and just had a National tourney at the park on July 12.
It’s that time of year again when Nye County School District Transportation Supervisor Cameron McRae’s schedule becomes beyond hectic.
