Commission names new chair, fills town board vacancies

The Nye County Commission re-organized its leadership by electing a new chairperson at its first meeting of 2015 held on Jan. 5.

Nye sheriff, DA off to busy start

Nye County’s newly elected sheriff and district attorney updated residents on their accomplishments during their first weeks on the job at a meeting of the Pahrump Valley Republican Women on Monday night.

As small business optimism rises, worries decrease in Pahrump

Owning a small business in Pahrump can be challenging. But, according to the fourth quarter 2014 Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, small business owners nationwide are feeling a renewed sense of confidence as they head into 2015.

The right coach with the right stuff is out there

With January, comes the bowl games, the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl. Did you know there were 38 bowl games? It’s just a lot of football and so football is on my mind.

Lady Trojans looking for answers in tough loss

The Lady Trojans were left stunned at the end of their game with Western as they lost the in last second of the game. The team lost 43-42 at Western on Thursday.

Basketball: Lady Hornets down Indian Springs in first league game

On Saturday the Lady Hornets destroyed the Thunderbirds 52-19 at home. Beatty (4-0 overall, 2-0 Division IV Southern) outscored Indian Springs (0-11, 0-2) in the first half 30-12.

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Letter to the Editor

What happened to the real Christmas?

Local woman succumbs to wrong-way crash injuries

The woman who Nevada Highway Patrol investigators believe caused a head-on collision last Wednesday has died.

Kellogg Park moves closer to bidding parts of first phase

Discussions continue on developing the proposed 80-acre Kellogg Park slated for the south end of town with plans for the first bids to be issued by June.

Kiwanis group works to feed homeless youth

The Nye County School District is seeing more students every day who arrive on their area campuses without having breakfast and not bringing anything for lunch.

California Lottery

Two tickets matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto, with a payout of $3.5 million each. The next jackpot will be at least $7 million.

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Crime Corner, Jan. 14

Man charged with home invasion

Man survives four nights in the desert near Beatty

Four young women working on art projects at the Red Barn at Rhyolite got an unexpected shock early last Wednesday afternoon, when a disheveled man came hobbling out of the desert with his arms in the air crying, “Help me! Water! I need water!”

Those gentle Muslims

This piece ran in this space eleven years ago. I am offering it again because of the attack on “Charlie Hedbo” in Paris last week.

Shift to GOP control in Carson City could boost voter ID bill

The last couple of times Barbara Cegavske backed bills in the Nevada Legislature to require voters to show photo identification to cast ballots, the proposed legislation didn’t make it out of committee.

Could relinquished rights conserve water?

Relinquishment of water rights may help to contribute to the preservation of the resource that a desert community can not live without.