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 $21 million.

Valley Electric awarded federal broadband grant

Valley Electric Association was awarded Friday a $527,326 Federal Communications Commission grant to provide fiber-optic cable under the Connect America Broadband Project, for part of its service territory.

Safety concerns lead to area burro collection

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will collect burros in the Pahrump Valley community near the Johnnie Herd Management Area, the agency announced last week.

Business Profile: Allan Parker

BUSINESS: Counselor for the Nevada Small Business Development Center

Land bill for college campus close to passing

WASHINGTON — After years and a few attempts, Congress appears on the verge of passing a bill granting 285 acres of land for a Pahrump campus of Great Basin College on the southeast end of town, near Carpenter Canyon Road and Highway 160.

Head of NIAA will leave Nevada for new position

Ed Bonine will be leaving the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association after eight years as director. According to the NIAA, Bonine has been offered a position with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. The NIAA will start the process of filling the position on January 14 and 15, which is the regular winter meeting.

Horn granted permission to leave state for holidays

The former Nye County sheriff’s sergeant arrested on numerous drug and theft charges will get to spend the Christmas holiday season with out-of-state family members.

Kunzi not a finalist for court appointment

Outgoing Nye County District Attorney Brian Kunzi is not on the short list of candidates for the new Nevada Court of Appeals.

Utility appealing county’s decision on pond project

Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada is appealing Nye County’s decision to require a conditional use permit to do improvements to the ponds at the old Willow Creek Golf Course.

Trojans take third at Boulder City Duals

The Trojans varsity wrestling team started the season in great style at the Boulder City High School Duals on Saturday.

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Letters to the Editor

Does saving energy mean saving money?

John Hambrick: From the doghouse to the penthouse

In 2013 he was sentenced to the “Bad Boy” room in the Nevada Legislature. Next year he’ll have the best office in the building, including his own private washroom and a dozen political handmaidens at his beck and call.

Whoopsie: Police vehicle rear-ended

Some days just don’t end well.

Feds, state join whistleblower lawsuit out of Pahrump

The United States and the state of Nevada have joined in a whistleblower case out of Pahrump that accuses a for-profit hospice and related entities of submitting millions of dollars in false claims to Medicare and Medicaid.

Crime Corner

Two men jailed for sexual assault

Man charged with murder in toddler’s recent death

A man was arrested Friday and charged with murder in connection with the death of a 13-month-old child in October.

Lower revenues, higher school enrollment equals budget woes

CARSON CITY — State lawmakers heard some bad budget news Monday that will add to the difficulties facing Gov. Brian Sandoval in submitting a balanced spending plan to the Legislature for the coming two years.

Retired racer talks about the early years of racing

Don Brymer never raced at the Pahrump Valley Speedway. In fact he hasn’t been in a racecar since 2004. He is retired racer who lives quietly in Pahrump who will turn 80 next month and just wanted to share his many racing memories.

Christmas Lights

The Pahrump Valley Times is looking for area residents who do more than hang some lights outside to celebrate the holidays.

Annual ‘Breakfast with Santa’ set for Saturday

The Pahrump Valley Lions Club is inviting all children to age 12 for a free breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Pahrump Valley Auto Plaza. Those over 12 and up can enjoy breakfast with the children for $5 per person.

IN THE FIELD: Hunting dogscan be more than man’s best friend

Early humans were hunters, gatherers and scavengers as was their rival, the ancestral dog. Some remain so today, as do modern wolves and other wild canine species.

What the ‘less fortunate’ want you to know

You know those conversations in your head you wish you could say to people’s faces? You’re about to hear one.

Music at the Nugget and fundraisers abound

The public shouldn’t have any problem finding something to do this weekend. The calendar is full.

County fills Beatty advisory board, other appointed seats

Richard “Dick” Gardner, Kelly Carroll and Crystal Taylor were reappointed to two-year terms on the Beatty town advisory board by Nye County Commissioners Tuesday.

BLM hoping to extend comment period, says many misunderstand process

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has yet to schedule a public hearing in Pahrump on revisions to the resource management plan, but the BLM is looking into extending the comment period, set to expire Jan. 7, said Rudy Evenson, the bureau’s deputy chief of communications for the state of Nevada.

Beatty seeking a mountain biking boom

A rancher in the Beatty area has formed a nonprofit organization with the vision of turning the Oasis Valley into a state and national mountain biking destination.

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