CARSON CITY — Business owners and low-wage workers jammed hearing rooms in both ends of the state Wednesday to face off over a bill to raise Nevada’s minimum wage.
Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services had a substantial year-to-year increase in the number of service calls in 2016, according to the department’s annual report.
Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Feb. 20 – Feb. 24:
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 $13 million.
The Nevada Department of Transportation will undertake $8.7 million in highway improvements in Nye County, according to a press release.
Beatty resident Kristy Turner said that her family of four was sound asleep early Friday morning, Feb. 10, when the barking of their dog, Calypso, woke them up.
Turns out, Mother was right. There are lots of reasons to start your day with a proper breakfast. By proper, I mean breakfasts that don’t have frosting. Breakfast starts the day with essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals that improve strength, endurance and brain function. People who eat a healthy breakfast reduce hunger throughout the day, which helps them make better food choices at other meals.
The Las Vegas Area Council’s annual Mountain Man Rendezvous returned to David Spicer’s ranch in Beatty again last weekend, with around 2,000 Boy Scouts and leaders participating in a wide variety of mountain man and Native American themed activities. The weather was cool and damp, but, as one staff member put it, “It’s mountain man. Mountain men have to cope.”
Lexi Gil will be the one factor that will have to be in rare form for the Hornets to advance in the playoffs. The lead scorer and top player for Beatty has been one of the reasons the Hornets are playing another playoff game.
OVERTON—The Lady Trojans had an off game and that can’t happen in the playoffs. Moapa Valley ran away with the game, winning the Class 3A quarterfinal playoff game 42-24 on Wednesday night.
Jacob Oseguera scored 35 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Hornets past Word of Life, 57-51, on Wednesday in Beatty.
Senior Lexi Gil’s 28 points helped the Lady Hornets easily defeat Word of Life, 65-28, in the Class 1A Southern Region quarterfinal game on Wednesday at Beatty.
A look at the future: During the quarterfinal playoff game between the Lady Trojans and Moapa Valley on Wednesday night, Trojans coach Bob Hopkins found his team too far behind in points (they lost 42-24) and so he played as many junior varsity players as he could.
The owner of a south end fitness club is lamenting the closure of the facility.
CARSON CITY — It’s too late for Valentine’s Day, but you can shop for next year’s gift at the state treasurer office’s second annual online auction of unclaimed property.
The Nevada Highway Patrol issued a scam alert Wednesday warning of fraudulent callers soliciting donations and making threats on the behalf of state trooper organizations.
The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.
It’s that time of year again when the asses run wild at the high school for the annual donkey basketball game and we are not talking about the students.
An impromptu family reunion took place this week in Pahrump for the birthday of resident Carmen McFarland, who turned 104 years old this month.
If I am to believe the deluge of calls to my cell phone this week I have some real problems that need to be addressed.
If you’re a conservative like me, your knee-jerk reaction to any suggestion of changing our presidential elections to a national popular vote isn’t just no, but … “Heck (or stronger), no!” After all, Al Gore and Hillary Clinton both won the popular vote but lost the elections under the current system, right?
A dear friend, Misty, sent me a photocopy of a letter to the editor from Susan Wonderly, director of the Pahrump Community Library.
Thank you to all the great people in the Pahrump Valley Cruisers. You made the car shows you put on each year great. Doing a car show is an enormous undertaking for the staff and the many volunteers. All of you worked very hard each and every year to make the car shows fun for the car owners and townspeople who came to enjoy them.
As you know, I ran for the Assembly here in District 36; I won Nye County. So I feel I must speak on behalf of the thousands of people who voted for me. As you know, I ran on TAXES and WATER. This year’s Legislature has approximately 25 water bills it will be voting on. Many opportunities to take the very water we rely on to live. Many of these bad water bills have come from the Nye County Water District … Gee, no surprise there.
There’s good news from the new “Future of the First Amendment” survey released earlier this month: High school students nationwide show greater support for First Amendment freedoms that at any time since the survey began more than 10 years ago.
Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area should be considered a must-see place by every outdoor person in Southern Nevada. Handily located at the southern tip of Nevada, the park was established in 1996, directly on the Colorado River south of Laughlin’s Casino Drive.
Amid concerns for the future of the Amargosa Opera House, friends and business associates of Marta Becket, the 92-year-old legendary dancer and artist who died on Jan. 30, say they are working to rectify bookkeeping errors that put the corporation’s nonprofit status in jeopardy.