Dennis Myers: In some cases, bigger is not better

When I was a boy, my parents bought gas at Mel and Johnny’s Richfield station in Reno. The two owners were family friends and they and their wives came to our house for our Christmas party each year.

Robbery suspect arrested by Nye authorities

Nye County Sheriff’s deputies say they have arrested the man suspected of robbing two local businesses on the same evening.

Feds capture at least 85 wild horses near Pahrump

Federal authorities have gathered 85 wild horses and killed four of them during the first five days of their emergency roundup in the mountains west of Las Vegas.

Temporary fix for Homestead, Nevada Highway 160 cone zone

It has been six months since a water main break in the Great Basin Water Company system caused the closure of a southbound lane on Homestead Road at the intersection of Highway 160 and while the utility is still not prepared with an engineering plan to fix the street, the county began work to temporarily reopen the lane on Thursday, May 17.

3 challenge Schinhofen for Nye County commission seat

Nye County Commissioner Dan Schinhofen is in the pursuit of his third term as the representative of District 5 but he will have to stave off three other Republicans in the June 12 primary in order to retain his seat. As there are no Democrats or third party candidates in this race, the commission District 5 election will be determined by the primary.

Runaway steer takes a tour of Pahrump community

There were several hilarious and a few tense moments after a bull somehow escaped its enclosure and began wandering around area neighborhoods .

Hopkins offering basketball camp at Pahrump Valley

Pahrump Valley girls basketball coach Bob Hopkins will be holding a basketball camp for students from third grade through eighth grade next week at the high school.

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 $15 million.

 
Pahrump sways to island beats during music festival

The sounds of the islands and other beats pulsed across Ian Deutch Memorial Park during Mother’s Day weekend with several performers hitting the stage during a music festival coined “One Love.”

Pahrump Valley softball uses 13-run inning to return to states

Big innings are fairly common in high school softball. It’s not unusual to see walks, errors, wild pitches and the occasional hit send a weak team to a quick mercy-rule defeat.

Slight increase in Nevada active registered voters

Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske reports an increase of 12,743 active registered voters statewide during the month of April 2018 as compared to March 2018.

 
Nevada’s Harry Reid has surgery for pancreatic tumor

The longest-serving U.S. senator in Nevada history underwent surgery to remove the tumor and will undergo chemotherapy treatment, according to a statement released by his family on Monday.

President Trump: For whom the Nobel tolls?

Sure things don’t exist in international relations, but we seem to be witnessing an impending settlement of the nearly 70-year-old Korean War. Kim Jong Un recently became the first ruler of North Korea to officially visit the South, where he conferred with president Moon Jae-In.

IRS issues advice for seasonal, part-year workers

The Internal Revenue Service is encouraging taxpayers who work seasonal jobs or are employed part of the year to visit the agency’s withholding calculator on irs.gov and perform a “paycheck checkup.”

Gas prices continue their rise in Nevada and USA

At $2.87, the national gas price average jumped six cents on the week in part due to the White House’s decision to re-impose sanctions on Iran, AAA said this week.

Funding for business centers secured

The U.S. Small Business Administration this week announced the awarding of $6.6 million in funding to 22 organizations to provide training and counseling to current and aspiring veteran small business owners as a Veterans Business Outreach Center.

Authorities search for suspect in Pahrump robberies

The robberies occurred at the Green Valley Grocery on the corner of state Route 372 and Blagg Road and a Maverik gas station on state Route 160.

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