So much for the state’s rules on driving distractions as we seem to be building them into the newer cars by design.
Last week we discussed the state ballot measure that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Nevada. We have mixed views on that issue, but there are three other important state ballot questions we oppose.
Three weeks ago Donald Trump was miserably behind Hillary Clinton.
As temperatures cool, November is as a good time as any to visit Death Valley National Park.
A new analysis of a 103-year-old weather observation is throwing cold water on Death Valley National Park’s claim to the world record for heat.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka “ObamaCare,” was intended to dramatically increase the number of Americans with health coverage while “bending the cost curve” (that is, reducing the expected increases in price over time).
TONOPAH – Facing persistent enemy threats that include ISIS, Air Force representatives during a Tonopah visit pushed for a plan to expand the Nevada Test and Training Range by more than 300,000 acres of public land.
For many with longtime Tonopah ties, the solar energy celebration at SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes plant was a chance to show all that is possible in the community.
A fire ignited in a 40-foot motorhome along U.S. Highway 6 about 20 miles east of Tonopah, destroying the vehicle carrying a retired couple, who escaped injuries in the Halloween night blaze.
Pahrump Valley residents can expect a pleasant week ahead, as mostly calm, sunny conditions and slightly above-average temperatures are forecast.
I am sick of the mudslinging …We have a very serious issue in Nye County and that is WATER. I ran against James Oscarson because he is an establishment in the governor’s pocket kind of candidate. He lies!!!! He raised our taxes and swore he would not.
Over the last few years, I have had the privilege of working with James Oscarson, growing not only Spring Mountain Motorsports but Pahrump and Nevada as a whole.
Discussions of legalizing the use of marijuana often revolve around the contention that pot functions as a “gateway drug” — a substance that can lead individuals to abuse “harder” substances like cocaine or heroin.
Nevada voters are being asked to approve a measure that would exempt oxygen machines, hospital beds, wheelchairs and other medical equipment prescribed by a health provider from state sales tax.
Nye County commissioners approved filling a new position in the sheriff’s department, eliminating the vacant admin tech/grant administrator in the process.
Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Nov. 7 – Nov. 11:
The Nye County Water District Governing Board approved a professional services agreement with Kathy Gilmore, who will perform the duties of a quality assurance officer.
The Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) lifted the emergency fire restriction area-wide shooting closure and replaced it with a temporary emergency one-year shooting closure just for Lovell Canyon.
It’s finally feeling like Autumn! Thus, it’s time to enlist the crock pot to make cozy meals like this Italian-inspired Chicken Cacciatore. This freezer to crockpot meal couldn’t be easier. You can prepare it in advance and place it in the freezer. When you need an easy dinner, defrost it in the fridge the day before you want to serve it then cook, low and slow, in the crock pot.
The road to state ended for one Nye County team. The Lady Trojans, the Sunset League champions and no. 1 seed, fell to second-seed Boulder City of the Sunrise League in five sets, 25-20, 25-22, 20-25, 23-25 and 15-11 at the 3A Southern Region playoffs in Boulder City.
An arraignment hearing for the woman arrested on voter fraud charges was again delayed until Dec. 2 after she tested positive for prescription drugs for the second time.
Officials at Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services have ended the area’s burn moratorium, paving the way for residents to begin burning weeds and other forms of vegetation this month.
Something Positive Inc., is a nonprofit organization in Pahrump providing support to indigent families around the community, a need that increases during the holiday season.
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 $49 million.
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 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.
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).
Intense debates about a Nevada ballot measure that would expand background checks for firearms buyers has shifted to nuanced questions about what it would require and how it is written.