IN PROFILE: Michael Kincade

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Letter to the Editor

Do Nye County finances need a public oversight committee?

How the Trojans wrestlers finished first

Trojans wrestling won the Southern Nevada Division I-A Regional Championship last Friday and Saturday, in nearly 15 hours of action and passion-packed wrestling matches.

Harry Reid to staff: Full speed ahead for 2016 campaign

WASHINGTON — Moving to end speculation about his political future, Sen. Harry Reid delivered a message to his staff on Tuesday that he is moving full speed ahead to run for re-election in 2016.

Committee demands data on water levels

The Nye County groundwater committee continues to move forward with crafting a priority list of water conservation methods, though they question the detailing of a plan.

Debunking the biggest funding myth in Nevada

So there’s Big Foot. The Loch Ness Monster. Leprechauns. Mermaids. And, of course, the Space Aliens being hidden at the top secret Area 51 military complex in Nevada’s outback.

DA’s Report

• Mary Ann Barney

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 $14 million. The next jackpot will be at least $7 million.

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PUPFISH KEEP ON SWIMMING: Devil’s Hole Pupfish teetering on edge of extinction

Millions of dollars have been spent to study and preserve an ancient fish that lives on the brink of extinction. Money continues to be spent with no expressed quantifiable goal, although biologists and aquaculturists are amassing data that they hope will have broad implications.

State Champions will be made this weekend

The Trojans finished league undefeated and league champs, and now the hard work begins. The Trojans travel to Boulder City High School for the Division I-A Southern Nevada Championships today. Action starts at 4 p.m. This meet determines which wrestlers will be sent to state.

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 $14 million.

School Menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Feb. 9 – Feb. 13

Senior News

Pahrump Senior Center

PVHS Science Bowl team goes head-to-head in regional competition

Calling the event a high school version of “Jeopardy” would be an accurate description according to Pahrump Valley High School Math Teacher Jim Paxton.

Test scores disappoint district officials

Poor proficiency testing took center stage during a Nye County School District Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday night.

Here’s how to raise a vegetable-loving kid

I haven’t mastered the art of parenting. Not even close. But I say with pride my kids love their veggies.

NDOT crews witness rollover accident

Alcohol may be the cause of a late morning single-vehicle rollover accident along Highway 160 on Wednesday.

Senate chairman pushes for Yucca

WASHINGTON — The new chairman of a Senate energy panel on Thursday announced he plans to focus on nuclear energy this year, including a bid to end an impasse on nuclear waste created when the Yucca Mountain repository was terminated.

Seven wild burros adopted out

Traffic-stopping wild burros wandering the Pahrump Valley and corralled by the Bureau of Land Management in December, have found new homes.

Crime corner, Feb. 6

Man jailed for domestic battery

Trojans basketball needs a community boost

Yes, the Trojans dropped another game to Western, both teams did. The Lady Trojans (2-17 overall, 0-12 Sunset League) lost to the Warriors (5-8, 3-8) 38-34. The Trojans boys (0-15, 0-12) followed with a disappointing 51-35 loss.

It’s clutch time for the Lady Hornets

For the Lady Hornets basketball team, the season is winding down and it’s crunch time for them. The Lady Hornets (5-3 overall, 3-3 Division IV Southern) needed to beat Lund (3-6, 3-3) last week and didn’t. They lost 32-27.

Shadow Mountain Community Players: Good eats with a twist of mystery

The Shadow Mountain Community Players (SMCP) opens its season with the dinner play “The Hollow” by Agatha Christie. The play is being held at the New Hope Fellowship on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21. The dinner is Mexican style. Doors open with the dinner served at 6 p.m. The play begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $17.50 per person.

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