Desert View Hospital issues annual community report

Officials at Desert View Hospital are touting their accomplishments over the past year as they look forward to 2015.

California Lottery

One ticket matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto, with a payout of $70 million. The next jackpot will be at least $7 million.

Sports Corner

The Pahrump Valley 500 Club, a bowling club at the Pahrump Valley Nugget, donated $345 to the Nye County Animal Shelter on Dec. 13.

Letter to the Editor

Thank you to the deputies of the Nye County Sheriff’s Office

PILGRIMAGE: Visiting the Holy Land is not just a vacation

Pahrump residents Regina Joerger and husband Val Scherer recently took the trip of a lifetime to the Holy Land where they visited Petra Jordan, Jerusalem, and Galilee in Israel in September.

Senior News

Pahrump Senior Center

Wrestling: Trojans crush Cheyenne

The Trojans were at home against Cheyenne and won easily 57-22. The team is currently undefeated in league at 3-0. Trojans Coach Craig Rieger said prior to the match that he never overlooks an opponent and that he was afraid that some of his wrestlers would be rusty because they missed some or all of the practices over the holiday.

Prosecutors decline to file charges on principal

Even though the Nye County District Attorney’s office declined to file domestic battery charges against Floyd Elementary Principal Von Sheppard, he still remains behind bars on a parole and probation hold out of Jefferson County, Colorado.

Cliven Bundy and Nye County vs. BLM

Clark County rancher Cliven Bundy, accused of allowing his cattle to illegally graze federal lands, is fueling the anti-BLM fire in Pahrump by garnering support from his Nye County neighbors to oppose the federal authority.

Crime Corner, Jan. 9

Man jailed for obstructing police officer

When in doubt, roast a chicken

In a world filled with recipes it’s every cook’s dilemma — what to make?

Funeral home operator gets into brothel business

Mack Moore was born in a mobile home in Kinashaw, Oklahoma. Before finishing high school he took a job working on the railroad. He eventually found himself living in Oregon where, “for quite a few years” he worked as a timber faller, a forest worker who cuts the trees and bucks them into logs.

A friendly political rap for Nevada newcomers

The bill drafts are flying in Carson City, where for the past 150 years legislators have been deeply concerned about the future of our neediest children.

No health threat from Mountain Falls spill

State officials, responding to inquiries about a treated liquid waste spill at Mountain Falls Golf Club in mid-December, said they will take no action against property owners.

School Menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Jan. 12 – Jan. 16