“There’s a correlation between those who play the lottery and income,” Nevada economist Thomas Cargill said in 2005. “You know, the lottery is a regressive tax on people who are not very good at math. I saw that on a bumper sticker in California.”
CARSON CITY — Republicans blindsided Democrats on a Senate committee Friday when they amended an overtime bill to raise Nevada’s minimum wage to $9 an hour.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Senate on Monday passed legislation prohibiting domestic violence abusers from possessing guns and making it easier for gun owners in other states to carry a concealed weapon in Nevada.
Nye County may be preparing for a legal fight over state legislation currently making its way through Carson City.
Some wells tested by federal officials returned higher-than-normal levels of nitrates exceeding safe drinking water standards.
Three water bills that could have significant impact on water users in Nye County and statewide if passed are scheduled to be brought before Nevada legislative committees this week.
The Nye County Water District adopted a non-binding resolution on March 23 requiring new commercial or industrial businesses located within the boundaries of the Pahrump Basin to file a water mitigation and conservation plan prior to development.
WASHINGTON — A call for Nevada to begin talks with the federal government over Yucca Mountain re-awakened strong feelings on Sunday over the prospects of burying high-level nuclear waste in the state.
A Pahrump man was arrested Friday on several charges including forgery and burglary, according to Nye County Sheriff’s Office.
A Tonopah man has been arrested for sexual assault following an investigation into a case involving a 3-year-old girl.
WASHINGTON — Nevada should open an “honest discussion” with the federal government over burying nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain to determine if citizens might want it and what benefits the state might obtain for hosting it, according to Rep. Cresent Hardy.
Police arrested an Amargosa Valley man on various alleged drug charges after a short, high-speed chase in that community.
Death Valley National Park re-opened Zabriskie Point on March 10 after closing five months ago for upgrades.
Nye County Commissioner Butch Borasky asked that non-unionized personnel take a 10-percent salary cut to help address the county’s revenue shortfall problems, at a meeting of the commission on March 17.
Bowling News: At the Nugget Bowl: Results of the Scotch Doubles Tournament sponsored by Rod Paulson, Inc.
Officials for Pahrump’s Relay For Life are holding a first of its kind event tomorrow.
This is the second part of an interview with former brothel worker Nevada Rose. She got her first job at a Nevada brothel when she was in her early twenties and worked for about ten years, from the 1970s into the 1980s. Among the brothels she worked in was Bobbie Duncan’s Buckeye Bar in Tonopah. I interviewed her in the summer of 2014.
CARSON CITY — Agonizingly long lines at state DMV offices could get even longer if several measures in the legislative hopper see approval this session, a panel of lawmakers was told Thursday.
The Red Rock Audubon Society has formed a junior club in Pahrump geared toward engaging and educating children ages 7 to 15 about birds and conservation of wildlife habitat.
The nation’s largest owner of daily newspapers just got bigger.
After Bob Krause retired from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in 2005, he and his wife Marna decided they wanted to travel. They had no desire to slow down or stop working completely.
Nye County Commissioner Donna Cox will have her county salary garnished to settle a judgment assessed against her stemming from a lawsuit she filed against the the county in 2009.
Tired of smoking going on in and around areas with children present, a group of local teens decided to “kick butts,” Wednesday.
Medical care in Pahrump received a boost this week as Desert View Hospital announced two new additions to the healthcare community.
