Victor Joecks: A clarifying question on energy choice initiative

Talk is cheap. Leaving NV Energy isn’t. Large corporations have spent over $100 million to ditch NV Energy’s monopoly. Pass for Question 3, and you’ll have the same opportunity — with one major difference. It won’t cost you a dime.

Music and Art in the Park returns

A popular community event returns to Petrack Park on Saturday, Oct. 13.

California lottery

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.

Annual Grape Stomp showcases local winery

Other than Sunday’s gusty conditions, Pahrump Valley Winery owner Bill Loken described the annual Grape Stomp over the weekend, as “absolutely terrific.”

Sisolak lays out plan to fix Nevada health care

“Without a doubt, it’s one of our more pressing needs that we have in the state of Nevada,” Sisolak said after touring the Community Health Alliance and taking questions from health care providers and other stakeholders.

Nevada health insurance rates barely changing, on or off exchange

Nevadans buying health insurance on and outside the state marketplace will pay nearly the same prices they paid last year, the state Division of Insurance announced Tuesday.

List: Nye County school menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Oct. 15– Oct. 19

Nevada Youth learn to ‘code their world’

As part of the 76th annual National 4-H Week, the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension 4-H Program is playing host to 4-H National Youth Science Day events throughout the month at several locations across the state.

Holiday decor for Beatty park approved

Beatty Town Advisory Board treasurer Erika Gerling was practically giddy when she discovered that the lighted garlands she wanted for the Robert A. and Florence Revert Town Square were actually the less expensive choice of the ones being considered.

Nevada part of effort seeking to stop illegal robocalls, spoofing

Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt, along with a bipartisan coalition of 34 attorneys general, this week called on the Federal Communications Commission to create new rules to allow telephone service providers to block more illegal robocalls being made to unsuspecting consumers in Nevada and across the country.

Nevada steps up efforts against technological crimes

The Nevada Attorney General’s Technological Crime Advisory Board, in partnership with Braintrust Marketing and Communications, unveiled a series of videos to raise awareness about technological crimes occurring around the state this month.

Lawsuit: Mistaken identity leads to arrest; Nye named

A longtime Las Vegas Strip and cruise ship entertainer is suing both Nye and Lyon counties after an unexplained series of events following his arrest back in late 2016.

Pahrump Valley volleyball falls to archrival Mojave

The top two volleyball teams in the Class 3A Sunset League have a spirited rivalry, and after Pahrump Valley defeated Mojave in five sets on Sept. 13 in North Las Vegas, the Rattlers figured to be fired up for the rematch.

Martinez-Fontana scores twice but Pahrump Valley falls to Mojave

Pahrump Valley’s boys soccer team boasts an undefeated home record. But that gaudy 6-0-1 mark on the smooth artificial surface of Trojan Field doesn’t mean much after a long bus trip.

Remote Area Medical provides $222,600 in services in Pahrump

Remote Area Medical made its third trip to the Pahrump Valley this year, once again taking over the NyE Communities Coalition campus to host three days of free medical services for any and all who needed them.

 
Rural homelessness issue comes to a head in Pahrump

Nye County sheriff’s deputies order residents of longtime encampment for homeless to leave, but county and city have no place for them to go. Community members aim to fill the void and come up with some long-term solutions.

Pahrump Warriors top Faith Lutheran in 13U football

Maurice Murray, Jose Mendoza and Zachary Wilkerson each scored touchdowns as the Pahrump Valley Warriors defeated the Faith Lutheran Crusaders 20-6 in a National Youth Sports Nevada 13U football game Saturday at Faith Lutheran High School.

Tim Burke: Politics are putting the #MeToo movement at risk

The recent actions by the Democratic party’s senators to try and stop the appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court by using the allegation of sexual assault has put the real message of the # MeToo movement in jeopardy.

Nevadans engaged in and supportive of arts

Three-quarters of Nevada adults attended a cultural event in the past year and an equal percentage believe the arts improve the quality of life in their communities, according to the poll “Americans Speak Out About the Arts in 2018.”

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