Nevada pot ballot measure too close to call

Nevadans are split when it comes to legalizing recreational marijuana use, according to a poll of 800 likely voters commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

California Lottery • October 5

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 $41 million.

School Menu • Oct. 10 – Oct. 14

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Oct. 10 – Oct. 14:

Driver leads sheriff’s deputies on high-speed pursuit through valley

The driver of a late-model Ford Mustang led Nevada Highway Patrol and Nye County Sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed pursuit around the valley just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, before the chase ended in California. Speeds exceeded 90-to-100-plus mph during the chase through town.

Senior News • Oct. 7

Pahrump Senior Center

Muth: Gov. Sandoval to ESA parents and children: Pound sand!

Investor’s Business Daily dubbed Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval as “America’s Worst Governor” for his $1.4 billion tax hike last year – the largest in state history – which included a new business income tax that 80 percent of Nevada voters had rejected at the polls just six short months earlier.

Divas: A simple, seasonal and sensational soup

Maybe I’ve been inhaling too much pumpkin spice candle, but I felt a change the air this week. I’m choosing slippers over sandals, and long sleeves over t-shirts, and soups over salads.

Day Trips: Corn Creek provides quiet outdoor escape

For a short outing from Pahrump, a trip to Corn Creek at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge is a great choice. Approximately 75 miles from the town you can stroll the short nature trails, visit a perennial stream and spring-fed ponds, see lush vegetation and also do some birding in a quiet outdoor environment. And you can do it all in about half a day.

Likely voters back expanded background checks for firearms

Nevadans strongly support a ballot measure to expand background checks for firearms, according to a poll of 800 likely voters commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Entertainment Guide

Live Music

This week in sports

Youth football – flag football 5-6 years old: All games for flag football are in Las Vegas. Here is the schedule:

CEO: VEA committed to highest level of transparency

An advertisement published in the Pahrump Valley Times on Wednesday incorrectly suggests that management and the Board of Directors of Valley Electric Association (VEA) have not been forthcoming about the sale of the high-voltage transmission system.

Trojans football fans can help hungry students

College students are taught to think out of the box. So when four Pahrump Valley High School students returned from a Gear Up Youth Leadership Summit at the University of Nevada Reno in July, it wasn’t surprising that they brought back with them enthusiasm and new ideas.

New details emerge in deputy sheriff arrest

A Nye County Sheriff’s official was arrested last week after an alleged domestic incident.

Young Eagles Rally returns on Saturday

Young people ages 8-to-17 can experience the joy of flying in an airplane as the Young Eagles Rally returns to the Calvada Meadows Airpark on Saturday.

Education funding not in Legislature’s special session starting Monday

CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval early Thursday reversed course and announced next week’s special legislative session will not include budget tweaks for projected shortfalls in education funding.

Beatty ready to ‘Bring on Spring Mountain!’

Hornets running back Michael Olson ran the ball just eight times last Friday, scoring three touchdowns in the first quarter to help the Hornets clobber Sandy Valley 54-12.

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