Divas on a Dime: Easy cheesy upgrade for your Thanksgiving appetizers

When I was a kid, my favorite part of Thanksgiving was the appetizers my mom put on the table before dinner. I remember all of us kiddies on cloud nine, eating all the tempting little bites with olives stuck on every fingertip. But the centerpiece of the appetizer tray was always Mom’s amazing cheese balls. It’s a simple base recipe that you can dress up or leave plain for creative yet traditional appetizers on this most food-centric of all holidays.

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 $23 million.

Home Depot grant benefits Freedom Reins Ranch in Pahrump

The Pahrump Valley is well-known as a horse community and the love for these intelligent creatures is a common theme among the populous.

Expert studies sex and stigma in Nevada’s legal brothels

Sarah Blithe, an associate professor of communication studies in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno, checked her email on her phone while at the Virginia City Camel Races event years ago and read a new call for research about “hidden organizations” put out by Management Communication Quarterly.

 
Victor Joecks: Why Nevada Republicans should fund the Green Party

Third-parties are so counterproductive that the top priority for Republican donors should be funding a Green Party in Nevada. Green Party candidates would likely draw at least 2 percent from Democrat candidates. That’s a winning margin in close races, and the impacts can be felt all the way down the ballot.

Letters to editor

GEAR UP thanks supporters for great career fair

Another Pahrump marijuana establishment nears opening

Nevada Natural Medicines LLC went before the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission this week for a request to have land that was previously zoned for marijuana rezoned for such use, a necessary housekeeping item in order for the company to meet its state-provided deadline for operation.

Shoshone celebrates old West Days

This year’s Shoshone Old West Days ran Nov. 2-Nov. 4. Festivities included music, dancing, food, crafts, a deep-pit mesquite barbecue, lectures, walks, and more, organizers said in announcing the event on social media.

Pahrump Valley Obedience and Rally Trials wrap up

Petrack Park was awash in pets and owners as the Pahrump Valley Obedience Club of Nevada hosted its 11th annual Three All-Breed Obedience and Rally Trials.

1 transported after Nevada Highway 160 crash in Pahrump

At least one person was transported to Desert View Hospital following a two-vehicle collision along southbound Highway 160 and Wilson Road late Wednesday morning.

Car enters duck pond in Pahrump, driver flees

Area first responders found themselves responding to a head-scratching situation earlier this month.

Former Pahrump Valley athletes continue careers in college

They play soccer, baseball, golf and run cross-country. They play in Division I and Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the National Junior College Athletic Association. They are as close as Arizona and as far as Illinois. Some already have seen some success, while others wait for their opportunities.

Becker wins golf tournament in Pahrump

The Lakeview 2018 Men’s Club Championship was held on Nov. 1 and Nov. 8 at the Lakeview Executive Golf Course.

Tonopah routs Eureka to reach Nevada state 1A final

Eureka High School’s football team waltzed through the Class 1A East League schedule at 5-0, allowing just 56 points.

List: Nye County school menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Nov. 19 – Nov. 23

Swastika found in front of Pahrump home

The morning of Wednesday, Nov. 14 appeared to be just another day as two-year Pahrump resident Rebecca McCullough pulled out of her driveway to take her young children to school.

California residents seek refuge from wildfires with family in Nye County

Sharon Robinson-Schwartz, 70, of Oroville, Calif. was visiting her daughter in Tonopah in early November when the Camp Fire, the most destructive fire in California state history, broke out in the town of Paradise, though the blaze is also affecting several surrounding areas as well. Robinson-Schwartz’s home sits just blocks outside the mandatory evacuation zone.

College and career fair sweeps through Pahrump

Students from across Nye County swept through Pahrump this fall to learn about the future opportunities in the workforce and through universities in the state and beyond during a college and career fair at Pahrump Valley High School.

Wildfire near Carvers in Nevada’s Nye County

Firefighters this week continued battling a wildland fire in northern Nye County, a blaze that had grown to 120 acres.

Tails of Nye County celebrates grand opening

On a bright and crisp November morning with the sun beaming brightly in the sky and a sense of celebration in the air, a throng of local animal lovers gathered.

Nevada targets ‘most wanted’

The Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS), Investigations Division, and the Nevada Threat Analysis Center (NTAC), working in partnership with participating law enforcement agencies, have launched a new website, www.NevadaMostWanted.org