List: Nye County school menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Nov. 12– Nov. 16

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 $21 million.

Pahrump Valley’s path to football state final runs through Fallon

One of the best parts about postseason football is the chance for teams that don’t know each other well to cross paths with everything on the line. When the styles are very different, that just adds to the intrigue.

Lee Canyon’s Share the Warmth coat drive underway

Lee Canyon, Southern Nevada’s premier winter and summer outdoor adventure destination, launched Spread the Warmth, a winter coat drive benefiting Project 150, a local nonprofit that assists more than 6,000 disadvantaged high school students in the Clark County School District.

Olson records ace at Lakeview’s No. 9 hole

Marvin Olson of Pahrump hit a hole-in-one Oct. 26 at Lakeview Executive Golf Course, certified by Jean Kocvara of the Lakeview pro shop.

Nye goes red, Nevada goes blue

After a long evening of torturous delay following a historic mid-term election turnout, the results were finally in and the blue wave promised by Nevada Democrats became a definitive reality. Republicans failed in several key state and federal races, gaining only minimal victories in the statewide 2018 general election. In Nye County, however, the result was the exact opposite, with the GOP sweeping the board and taking every available county post.

Honor Flight whisks Nevadans off to D.C.

This fall was certainly an exciting one for Pahrump Valley veteran Leroy Hofer, who was one of 30 Nevada veterans selected to participate in the September 2018 Southern Nevada Honor Flight.

 
New robotics competition season gets underway in Pahrump

Several youth from Pahrump and other areas in Southern Nevada met for the first meet-play event of the 2018 season of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge program—where children, ages 12-18, learn how to design, build and program robots, among other things. The program also includes a competition between teams across Nevada, which could lead to local youth entering a world championship.

Trump cites Reid in call for ending birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump summoned two unusual allies in his call to limit birthright citizenship: Harry Reid and Barack Obama. On Tuesday, Axios reported that Trump wants to use an executive order to stop giving birthright citizenship to children born here to illegal alien mothers.

Thomas Knapp: Presidents shouldn’t be so important

President Donald Trump’s announced visit to Pittsburgh in the wake of America’s latest mass shooting — 11 synagogue congregants dead at the hand of an anti-Semite fanatic — received a cool reception.

Report: Tonopah Test Range maps not updated for years

Google Maps didn’t update the Tonopah Test Range for over eight years, according to the report published by Motherboard.

BLM removes Nevada sage grouse habitat from oil, gas lease auction

Environmentalists are celebrating a court ruling that removed more than a million acres of federal land in Western states from an upcoming oil and gas auction in greater sage grouse habitat, including about 330,000 acres in Nevada.

California lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Saturday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $20 million.

2 Inyo County post offices burglarized

Two post office locations in Inyo County, California, which is adjacent to Nye County, were burgled in early November.

Beatty’s Granados finishes 3rd in state championship

Jose Granados had very high expectations for his first cross-country season after winning two Class 1A state track and field titles last spring. But even he couldn’t be upset with himself after finishing third Saturday in the Class 2A/1A state championship meet at Veterans Memorial Park in Boulder City.

Pahrump Valley girls claim regional soccer crown

The game summary shows that Makayla Gent scored the only goal Saturday when the Pahrump Valley girls soccer team defeated Western 1-0 to win the Class 3A Southern Region championship at the Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex in Las Vegas.

Medical group opens first Nye County location

A Southern Nevada-based health care company that is new to the Nye County area held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting event at its new primary care clinic at the end of October.

Thomas Knapp: Trump goes postal but in a good way

On Oct. 17, President Donald Trump announced plans to withdraw the United States from the Universal Postal Union, a 144-year-old international agreement which coordinates postal policies between 192 member nations.

Letter to editor

Veteran responds to Air Force range article

Joel Schlosberg: Can’t stop the bookstore

Amazon.com’s plans to establish a pay minimum of $15 an hour for all its domestic workers (Day One: The Amazon Blog, Oct. 2) come across as the real-life version of Mr. Burns from “The Simpsons” turning his nuclear power plant into a community garden.

Huge voter turnout in Nevada delays election results

The 2018 election cycle is finally over and many will be breathing sighs of relief, including political hopefuls who scored a win and voters who were more than ready to see the conclusion of all the election madness.

Hundreds turnout for Republican GOTV rally in Pahrump

Little American flags clutched in fists and campaign signs at the ready for the moment when they would be hoisted high into the air; “Make America Great Again” caps riding the brows of dozens and red, white and blue splashed across the attire of the crowd; a political fervor electrifying the atmosphere; the signs appeared auspicious for a final push in the Pahrump Valley to turn out Republican voters this general election.

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