Divas: What’s all the fuss about Hatch chilies?

Have you seen the big roasters outside grocery stores? And the giddy, salivating people who can’t wait to get their fresh roasted box of steamy, smoky green chiles?

Pahrump graduate serves aboard ballistic missile sub

BANGOR, Washington – A 2004 Pahrump Valley High School graduate and Pahrump native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of a crew working aboard one of the world’s most advanced ballistic missile submarines, the USS Henry M. Jackson.

This week in sports

Pahrump Valley Speedway news:

Muth: To understand the Trump revolt, better call Saul (Alinsky)

Last week I went to see Dinesh D’Souza’s “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party.” And after learning a few things about the infamous Saul Alinsky I hadn’t heard before, I finally went to the bookstore and bought “Rules for Radicals.”

District Attorney’s report, Aug. 12

The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.

County joins chorus asking BLM for race permit

Nye County officials penned a letter to the Ely District office of the Bureau of Land Management asking to support a travel path for off-road racing that goes through the Basin and Range National Monument.

Yeeha! The Rocky Mountain rodeo returns

Dust off the hat and put on the boots because the rodeo is coming to town.

Outsider takes both nights of Jim Marsh Classic

TONOPAH — An outsider upset the hometown racers at the Jim Marsh Classic. Northern Nevada racer, Cory Sample of Winnemucca won the Modified Class for the two-day event. Sample walked away $2,000 richer.

Moose Lodge donates school supplies

Members of the Pahrump Moose Lodge presented the Nye County School District with scores of back-to-school supplies for the new semester on that started Monday. Each year the lodge donates the much-needed supplies for students in the Pahrump attendance area.

State nuclear official outlines possible Yucca scenarios

LAS VEGAS — As the U.S. Congress goes back in session in September, Nevada officials are gearing up for next turn in the Yucca Mountain saga.

Goicoechea returns to hear from well owners

Nevada Sen. Pete Goicoechea returned to Pahrump on Tuesday to hear from domestic well owners ahead of the Legislative Commission Subcommittee to Study Water’s final session.

Jacobs: No quick fix to ambulance issue

I recently spoke with Nye County Commissioner Lorinda Wichman about whether the county can help fund Life Guard International/Flying ICU so that it could maintain its 24/7 operation in Tonopah, including ground paramedic services.

Pair arrested in Tonopah with 27 pounds of pot in car

TONOPAH – A man and a woman were arrested last week after the Nye County Sheriff’s Office discovered a large amount of marijuana while conducting a routine traffic stop.

Without support, ambulance service in Tonopah ‘in danger of collapse’

Editor’s note: This is part of a continuing series of stories in the Tonopah Times-Bonanza &Goldfield News, looking at challenges facing rural medicine in the region with the closure last year of Tonopah’s hospital.

Highway 372 roundabouts set for October groundbreaking

After almost two years of planning and talks about a pair of roundabouts being constructed at two intersections of Highway 372, the construction phase of the contested project is set to begin in October.

Letters to the editor

A letter to all American citizens

California Lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Saturday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $24 million.

Unemployment rate in Nye County jumps to 8.5 percent in June

The unemployment rate in Nye County jumped in June, coming in at 8.5 percent, according to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Minor hiccups on first day back

The first day of the 2016-17 school year went off fairly smoothly for the Nye County School District, with just a few minor hiccups, in an otherwise routine day.

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