New congressman Kihuen tours NyE Communities Coalition

In his first visit to Pahrump since winning the election in November, Nevada Congressman Ruben Kihuen learned about the town’s issues.

California Lottery • Feb. 25, 2017

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 $16 million.

Myers: Heller plays the Clinton card

Nineteen years ago this month, President Bill Clinton was trying to lure the United States into a war in Iraq because he claimed, Saddam Hussein was trying to develop weapons of mass destruction. He sent teams of administration officials out around the country to sell his proposed war.

Knapp: The immigration enforcement police state is here

Feb. 7: Muhammad Ali, Jr., returning to the U.S. from a speaking engagement in Jamaica, is detained for two hours at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and questioned about his name and religious beliefs.

County eliminates pet-permit tier system for Pahrump

Nye County commissioners unanimously approved a bill that amends county code to eliminate the tier system for multi-pet permits in Pahrump.

Bill would make Nevada a sanctuary state

CARSON CITY — A bill introduced Monday in the Nevada Senate would prohibit state and local law agencies from conducting immigration enforcement operations.

Pahrump Valley student Sladek accepted to Air Force Academy

Pahrump Valley High will send another student to one of the nation’s military academies. Senior Joey Sladek Jr. was accepted to the United States Air Force Academy on Dec. 3.

Hee: The public needs to embrace this opportunity for recreation center

Right now we have a chance to shape this community and bring it into the 21st century. There are two groups sitting on something just as big as a new fairgrounds for the county and that is a community recreation facility.

Ancell seeks second individual state title

Trojans senior golfer Austen Ancell was last year’s all-region team golfer and the 2015 individual state champion. He came within just three strokes from winning his second title last season.

Boys regional golf format cut to one day

The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association has changed this year’s boys regional golf tournament from two days to one day to avoid a lawsuit.

Death Valley to offer Scotty’s Castle flood recovery tours

People who want to see the damage that was wreaked on Death Valley’s historic Scotty’s Castle by flash flood in October 2015 and the ongoing restoration will soon have an opportunity to do so.

Artists return to Goldwell in Rhyolite

This time no one wandered out of the desert disoriented, exhausted, and dehydrated—just curious tourists looking for directions to the Rhyolite cemetery.

Will Trump administration affect Bundys?

Cliven Bundy’s armed stand against the federal government has landed him in a prison cell, but some of the rancher’s positions on public lands could be enacted into federal law in the new political frontier of President Donald Trump’s Washington.

In Profile: Eric Scott

Eric Scott

Taxable sales increase in Nye County

Nye County reported $52.9 million in taxable sales in December, an increase of 5.8 percent from the same month in 2015, according to a report released Monday by the Nevada Department of Taxation.

Chill doesn’t keep hundreds from balloon festival

There was a strong consensus among vendors at the 4th Annual Pahrump Balloon Festival during the weekend – three days of very cold temperatures.

Report: Nye County residents more likely to die from unnatural causes

Nye County has found itself at the bottom of yet another health study, as the county has the highest mortality rate for non-natural causes of death in the state and is one of the highest in the West.

Jacobs: Shining light on hospital, public’s business

Anyone who couldn’t make it to what was announced as a Feb. 16 public tour of the closed Nye Regional Medical Center in Tonopah didn’t miss anything except for a dustup over who could not attend.

Cortez Masto: Push for Yucca Mountain waste of money

U.S Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said Thursday in Las Vegas that any push to revive the Yucca Mountain Project would be a “waste of time” and taxpayer money.

MarsFest to take place in Death Valley next month

Death Valley National Park will host MarsFest to explore and celebrate the extremes of Earth, officials said in a press release.

School Menu • Feb. 27 – March 3

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Feb. 27 – March 3:

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