Senate Bill 298 at this year’s Nevada Legislature would require welfare recipients to undergo drug tests. This does not, unfortunately, mean that Elon Musk and Mark Davis would have to take drug tests. It should, but it doesn’t.
Officials at Desert View Hospital are seeking community input for Thursday’s Community Health Needs Assessment meeting from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the hospital.
The Nevada Legislature is “Open Under New Management.” Democrats are back in control.
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 $21 million.
Nothing like walking into a business to spend your hard-earned money and have the person who is supposed to be helping you act like you are bothering them! Offering good customer service is both the easiest and least expensive improvement that any business can make so why is it so hard to find good customer service anymore? Is it because in our mobile and online world purchasing has become a task devoid of human interaction and therefore no longer personable? Possibly, but there are other reasons also.
There’s both good news and bad news regarding Saturday’s 6th annual Crab Fest, benefitting Pahrump’s Pioneer Territory CASA organization.
The Dillon brothers from Pahrump Valley High School, Jesse and Devlin, will be reunited on the football field and have another three years of football with each other in college.
GEAR UP, Gaining Early Awareness for Undergraduate Programs, is a program designed to provide Pahrump Valley High School sophomores and juniors with the skills to succeed in post-secondary education and career choices.
The Grove medical marijuana dispensary is observing its one-year anniversary on Saturday with a special event open to the community.
Nevada legislators on Wednesday introduced a resolution that expresses opposition to the development of a repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain.
District 36 Assemblyman James Oscarson introduced a bill that address beneficial water use in overallocated basins, critical management areas and in times of drought.
The NyE Communities Coalition is organizing a H.O.P.E. run to benefit drug, alcohol and tobacco prevention programs to children throughout Nye, Esmeralda and Lincoln counties. H.O.P.E. stands for “healthy organizations, people and environments.”
As the Detox Detective, I’m about to deputize you into the exciting world of detoxification. This new focus on healthy, clean living won’t hurt or cost you money. It’s all about choices, and celebrating the benefits that detoxing will introduce to you and your loved ones.
Petrack Park on Saturday will be ground zero for some of the best prepared chili in Nevada, as the 6th annual Silver State Chili Cook-off returns.
A new business in Pahrump is looking to grow, as it offers a blend of Airbnb and guided tours in the area.
On Monday, the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects gave a presentation to state lawmakers that, in short, will continue to push back against the Department of Energy. All this is done by spending state taxpayer money instead of leveraging federal money that is available to finish the science for Yucca Mountain.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today won’t be complete until we sit down to the traditional dinner of corned beef and cabbage. While I love customs, I also love swoon-worthy recipe mash-ups. So, we’re not abandoning tradition, just bending it a little.
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The Lady Trojans softball team beat Moapa Valley 10-9 on Tuesday in a nail-biting eight-inning game that came down to the last out. The Trojans improve to 4-2 preseason and hope to keep on improving on that record.
At least three people were transported to Desert View Hospital following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Calvada Boulevard and Red Rock Drive Wednesday afternoon.
Nye County will get some reimbursement for the money spent on eradication of illegal marijuana under a new grant.
Way to go Western High School, getting a new football coach! Finally — I think that was a great move.
The Hornets baseball team has started preseason and is ready to go. They lost to Indian Springs last week 17-2.
The Trojans are well into their preseason and beat Moapa Valley on Tuesday for their second preseason win, improving to a 2-4 record.
The public tends to move on to other things after an election, but political players never stop. The presidential race in 2016 has been an exception, obviously. We’ve had people still marching in the streets against Donald Trump, and Democrats making the most of it.
