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CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court handed low-wage earners a mixed bag of wins and losses in three opinions issued Thursday interpreting the state’s minimum wage law enshrined in the Constitution.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association announced yesterday, late in the afternoon that it had disqualified Pahrump Valley’s girls soccer team from tournament activity and forfeited all of the Trojans games.
Utilities, Inc. of Central Nevada consolidated four of its subsidiary companies into one, allowing the company to realize efficiencies of its operations, officials said in a press release.
The Nevada Association of Counties is coming to Pahrump in November.
In 2003, George W. Bush pronounced Nevada’s name as Ne-vaw-dah instead of Ne-vadd-uh. It sparked some news coverage in the Silver State and state archives administrator Guy Louis Rocha was called by a reporter for a comment and was quoted on the topic.
The Department of Energy’s new interest in a using a consent-based siting approach for nuclear waste storage and disposal facilities doesn’t change Nevada’s opposition to Yucca Mountain, state officials said in a report.
The Lady Trojans soundly defeated the Chaparral Cowboys at home last night in three sets, 25-8, 25-16 and 25-18 in the first round of the 3A Southern Region playoffs.
Bryce Odegard came in first place (16 minutes, 9.7 seconds) out of 64 runners on Friday to help his team with a second-place finish at the 3A Southern Region meet. This means the Trojans boys will be going to state as a team.
The Trojans defense was no match for Jacob Leavitt, who was a one-man show for Moapa Valley, rushing for 197 yards. His four touchdown runs helped Moapa Valley defeat Pahrump Valley 40-14 in the first round of the 3A Southern Region football playoffs.
The Trojans boys soccer team played their senior game on Thursday against Western, losing 6-0.
An event honoring area veterans returns to the Bob Ruud Community Center on Friday, Nov. 12 at 10 a.m.
Longtime Pahrump retailer, Pahrump Rentals and Do It Best Hardware recently expanded its business to include art supplies.
The unemployment rate in Nye County fell to 7.1 percent in September, marking the lowest point the county has seen since November 2007’s seven percent.
Rosemary Clarke Middle School Principal Tim Wombaker announced what could be described as an alarming statistic concerning bullying and harassment at his campus.
Upward of $10,000 was raised during the Nye County Celebrity Auction at the Pahrump Nugget Events Center on Friday, Oct. 21.
Motorists should watch out for wild horses and burros along roadways due to the coming end of daylight saving time bringing earlier darkness and lower visibility to Southern Nevada, the Bureau of Land Management’s Southern Nevada District Office advised in a news release Friday.
The filling of seats on the Beatty Town Advisory Board will be decided by an informal election scheduled for 5:30 p.m. before the regular board meeting on Nov. 14.
Development of the Beatty Town Square Park is finally showing progress however, the town doesn’t seem ready to spend $2,500 for Christmas decorations to place in it this year.
As temperatures have begun to cool in Pahrump as of late, local fire crews are seeing less brush and structure fires, but service calls for motor vehicle collisions remain steady.
The defense attorney for the paraprofessional teacher’s aide charged with numerous sex crimes against children fought unsuccessfully for a bail reduction during a recent hearing.
A proposed medical marijuana cultivation and production facility in Beatty cleared another hurdle with the Nye County Water District Governing Board approving its water impact plan.