Multiple suspects charged in Nevada bear-poaching investigation

Nevada Department of Wildlife game wardens recently wrapped up a complicated year-long investigation into the poaching of a large, male black bear in the spring of 2017, resulting in formal charges being filed, the department announced.

Nye County Republicans clash at debate in Pahrump

The 2018 Nye County GOP Debate took place last weekend, giving candidates from four different partisan offices the chance to engage the community and share their perspectives on a variety of topics ahead of the primary election.

List: Nye County Schools menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of April 16 – April 20:

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 $26 million.

Tecopa and Shoshone bid farewell to a native son

On the day after Christmas, 1925, at the edge of the little hamlet of Shoshone, within whistling distance of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad and close to the warm-water spring that kept the town alive, a healthy baby boy opened his eyes to the desert for the very first time.

Volunteer ambulance service seeing recovery in N. Nye

Over the past two and a half years, since the closing of the Nye Regional Medical Center in Tonopah, there has been a concerted effort to stabilize health care in that region.

Feds halt business opportunity scheme, one with Nevada ties

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a business opportunity scheme, including one in Nevada, with falsely claiming that people who buy the defendants’ expensive “Amazing Wealth System” will learn “secrets for making money on Amazon” and likely earn thousands of dollars a month.

Tim Burke: Will Nevada have a ‘Red vs. Blue’ battle?

The recent decisions by some local governments in California to not follow that state’s sanctuary laws is another signal of the growing divide between that state’s liberal government leadership and the more conservative areas of the state. The California secession movement is gaining momentum, at least in the areas outside of the liberal urban centers.

Thomas Knapp: Uncertainty is root of market craziness

For months after his inauguration, President Donald Trump bragged that he was single-handedly producing an economic boom, citing a rising stock market as evidence.

Nevada’s Dean Heller speaks on Mueller, Facebook, Speaker Ryan

President Donald Trump might have mulled over firing special counsel Robert Mueller, who is overseeing the Russia investigation, in the last several days, or months, but not everyone in his party is in support of that action.

Nye County officials step in on Patch of Heaven struggle

Nye County residents Victor and Annette Fuentes have been embroiled in a longstanding battle over water with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and now, Nye County officials are stepping in to request federal assistance for the couple.

U.S. Senators question Energy secretary on Yucca Mountain budget

A Senate panel, which rejected a similar request to revive the nuclear waste repository near Las Vegas last year, continued Wednesday to urge the Trump administration to move more aggressively to fund interim storage facilities.

On-the-job training big part of Beatty baseball

The ball was hit to Fabian Perez’s left. He raced over and got in front of it, but it got away from him a bit. Unfazed, the Beatty shortstop gathered in the ball and fired it to first base for the out and what was undoubtedly the defensive play of the game.

Youth shoots himself at Walmart in Pahrump

There are few details emerging about a self-inflicted shooting inside the men’s restroom at the Walmart on Highway 160 on Wednesday evening.

Big Game Draw deadline nears in Nevada

The deadline for this year’s big game tag draw is Monday, April 16 by 11 p.m., the Nevada Department of Wildlife said.

Pahrump Valley’s Hardy wins third bull riding event of season

Tye Hardy won his third bull riding competition of the season to highlight the efforts of the Pahrump Valley rodeo team April 7-8 during the Nevada High School Rodeo Association’s Fallon event.

Pahrump Valley softball rolls to 14-0 win over Mojave

About the only thing Pahrump Valley softball coach Eli Armendariz was concerned with going into Sunset League play was the possibility his players would take the field and expect the opponent to simply roll over for them.

Thunderbirds pilot remembered in Pahrump

The American and Nevada flags are shown flying at half-staff in Pahrump, a tribute to an Air Force Thunderbirds pilot killed when his jet crashed April 4 on the Nevada Test and Training Range.

Victor Joecks: It’s easy to vote illegally in Nevada

It’s easy to vote illegally in Nevada. All a non-citizen has to do is go the DMV and ask. The DMV uses the same form whether you’re getting a driver’s license, ID card or driver’s authorization card. DACs are for those, like illegal aliens, who can’t meet the proof of identity requirements for the other cards. At the bottom is a voter registration form.

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