DAN SCHINHOFEN: By the numbers: It just isn’t so scary

First thing to do is put aside all you have heard about COVID -19 (now SARS 2) and try to just look at the actual numbers. I have included links to data so you can check it yourself.

Virtual career fair scheduled to outline Army opportunities

United States Army Recruiting is hosting a virtual career fair Thursday, Dec. 10, to educate interested individuals about full-time and part-time careers available in 150 specialties.

California Lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in the Saturday, Dec. 5 drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $13 million.

Sisolak taps Dilger to head Agency for Nuclear Projects

Gov. Steve Sisolak on Monday announced the appointment of Fred Dilger as the executive director for the Agency for Nuclear Projects.

Initial allocation of COVID vaccines for state announced

The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services received official notice from the Department of Defense and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the state’s December COVID-19 vaccine allocation.

Trump pressures Georgia Republicans in bid to overturn results

President Donald Trump continued to claim he won the Nov. 3 election even as Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger re-certified the race for President-elect Joe Biden and argued that “disinformation” on the integrity of the election should be condemned.

Letters to the Editor

Pahrump family provides free cookies with light show

Complaints rise about entering, exiting local businesses

Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services Chief Scott Lewis addressed concerns from members of the community regarding restricted access to area retailers in town amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Sisolak directive eases hiring of emergency substitute teachers

Gov. Steve Sisolak on Nov. 30 signed an emergency regulation making it easier for Nevada’s school districts and charter schools to hire critically needed substitute teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conservationists file appeal to stop solar project near Pahrump

The Nevada conservation group, Basin and Range Watch, along with Western Watersheds Project, filed an appeal to the recently approved Yellow Pine Solar Project with the BLM Southern Nevada District Office.

Joint venture aims to bring capital to rural health care

Stroudwater Associates, the nation’s leading source of strategic, operational, and financial strategy for rural, community and county-district owned hospitals, announced a joint venture with Greater Commercial Lending, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Greater Nevada Credit Union, to help rural health care businesses access USDA guaranteed loans.

State unemployment claims fall to lowest level since March

For the week ending Nov. 28, initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 6,442, down 1,679 claims, or 20.7%, compared to the previous week’s total of 8,121 claims, according to finalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

As COVID cases spike again, nursing homes seek federal aid

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities that provide care to approximately 5 million people each year, released an updated report on Dec. 1 showing nursing homes in the U.S. have experienced the worst outbreak of weekly new cases since last spring because of the community spread among the general population, surpassing previous peaks since the Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services started tracking cases in nursing homes.

Attorneys general agree to settlement with Nationstar

Fifty-one attorneys general and other federal and state agencies reached an $86.3 million settlement with Nationstar Mortgage, the country’s fourth-largest mortgage servicer.

VIDEO: Two stranded hikers rescued

Two hikers were rescued after becoming stranded in the area of Shadow Mountain on the valley’s far northwest end of town, according to the Nye County Sheriff’s Office.

Driver dies in rollover crash

A Pahrump woman is dead following a single-vehicle rollover crash early Sunday evening, Dec. 6th.