Goldfield travel center slated for spring opening

GOLDFIELD — Esmeralda County offered a sneak peek of Goldfield’s first travel/visitors center, a project that’s been more than 10 years in the making.

Beatty football to play at Spring Mountain in playoffs tonight

Beatty football went head-to-head against one of the best eight-man football teams in the country last week and found out why Pahranagat Valley (9-0 overall, 7-0 1A Southern) is ranked eighth in the nation according to a MaxPreps poll.

Hee: The anger has to go somewhere

I rarely get riled up over sports. OK, I lied, but that happens mostly with NFL football and college football. For high school, I think I control myself well (My wife is snickering somewhere).

Mona Bell’s grave a Rhyolite tale born of legend

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part article about a legend in the ghost town of Rhyolite. The first part ran in the Oct. 28 edition.

This week in sports • Nov. 4

Photos by Horace Langford Jr. / Pahrump Valley Times

Nye voter turnout could reach 75 percent

With less than a week to go until the Nov. 8 General Election, Nye County’s top election official is projecting a heavy voter turnout.

Four projects selected for development grant consideration

Officials selected four projects for a Community Development Block Grant with the expectation that funding will be available for more than the two projects that previously were planned.

State Supreme Court rulings mixed for minimum-wage workers

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.

In Profile: Peter George

Peter George

NIAA forces Trojans girls soccer team to forfeit entire season

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. consolidates four companies into Great Basin Water Co.

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.

Myers: Does Nevada’s pronunciation matter?

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.

State opposition to Yucca remains firm

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.

Trojans boys cross-country state bound, Odegard wins region

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.

Trojans fall at Moapa in 3A playoffs

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.

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