Beatty board hears plans for pot expansion

The Beatty Town Advisory Board meeting of July 22 started off with a presentation by Cris Wren, vice president of operations of Planet 13, on expansion plans for the company’s facility just off the Las Vegas Strip.

Former Nevada assemblyman was assaulted in Nye County

Former three-term Nevada District 36 Assemblyman Ed Goedhart is still recovering from an assault that occurred at a bar in Amargosa Valley last month.

Tom Rysinski: Politicians again prove they know nothing about sports

Almost invariably, politicians sound foolish when they wander into sports. They seldom know the context of the issues and certainly don’t know much about the background of the situations, and they just seem out of touch when they chime in.

Tim Burke: No Nevada summer vacation for political hopefuls

It’s well into the middle of summer and for many Americans that means enjoying our long summer days for a few more weeks until the Labor Day holiday and the return of cooler fall weather.

Yucca Mountain forum is coming to Pahrump

The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository project is undeniably one of the most contentious local topics of the past decade, seeing a series of fits and starts as politicians continually battle over whether or not the country’s tens of thousands of tons of nuclear waste will ever be stored at the site.

Best in the Desert announces 2020 schedule

Best in the Desert announced the dates and locations of its 2020 race series this week, with Vegas to Reno slated for Aug. 12-15.

Kickoff times announced for UNLV home games

The UNLV football team’s last season at Sam Boyd Stadium features six home games, with kickoff times for all six announced by the university’s athletic department.

Pahrump Valley football team returns home from Utah camp

Joe Clayton is entering his seventh season as the head football coach at Pahrump Valley High School, and in each of those seven seasons the Trojans spent a week of their summer at a football camp hosted by Southern Utah University in Cedar City.

The Oasis at Death Valley offers free electric vehicle charging

Thanks to a partnership with the National Park Foundation, National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and BMW of North America, six electric vehicle (EV) charging stations have been installed at The Oasis at Death Valley to serve visitors to Death Valley National Park, the park announced.

California Lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in the Saturday, July 20 drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $64 million.

Recent quake impacts Devils Hole

The 7.1 magnitude earthquake on July 5 impacted Devils Hole, the National Park Service reported on its web page.

GriefShare starting fifth year of healing in Pahrump

Pahrump resident Pete Giordano always says it feels like just a short time ago that he started the local chapter of GriefShare but the group is in fact now entering its fifth year and its impact on the community has been far-reaching and undeniable.

Back to School drives to aid Nye County students

In less than three weeks, Nye County students are set to head back to their classrooms for another year of learning and one of the most important parts of readying for the school year is rounding up all the supplies necessary to take on the looming academic challenges.

Dennis Myers: Speechmaking errors are difficult to hide

During the July 4 celebration on the D.C. mall, an event at which presidents previously sat in the audience and let the performers have the limelight, Donald Trump stepped up and made a political speech in which he attacked Democrats for showing restraint in military spending.

Renewable energy system, energy efficiency loan guarantees available

Farmers, rural small businesses and agricultural producers are being encouraged to apply for financing in a key U.S. Department of Agriculture program that provides loan guarantees to help rural small businesses lower their energy costs.

Pahrump restaurant to see expanded hours

Carmelo’s Bistro is launching new hours and other new food choices starting on Friday.

Summer heat bringing concern for people, pets

Roughly a month after the start of summer, the president of Pahrump’s Desert Haven Animal Society is offering advice to area pet owners about the brutal heat in Southern Nevada, and how it poses a lethal threat to domesticated animals.

Apollo astronauts conducted desert survival in Nevada

What may have been a storied bootprint from the first man to walk on the moon 50 years ago was preceded five years before the historic landing.

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