Minor League champions celebrate in style

Some teams go to Disneyland when they win a championship, but in Pahrump the “mouse’s house” is a bit far away and a bit out of the price range, so parents got together and did the next best thing.

P-Town Little League celebrates the end of the season

The closing ceremonies for the P-Town Little League were on Thursday evening, providing a time to celebrate the league champions and hand out awards and also reflect on the season.

Nevada set for promotion on TV, movies

The Nevada Commission on Tourism will collaborate with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development’s Nevada Film Office to promote the state through a medium that already has a sizable audience — television and the big screen.

California Lottery

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 $42 million.

Ray Hagar: Female lobbyists can’t afford to raise sexual harassment issue

One would think sexual harassment may be part of the culture at the Nevada Legislature, after speaking with Elisa Cafferata, the longtime Planned Parenthood lobbyist and granddaughter of Nevada’s first female member of Congress, former U.S. Rep. Barbara Vucanovich, R-Reno.

Letter to the editor

It’s not paranoia when they’re really out to get you

Dennis Myers: Nevada justices protect themselves

Constitutional scholars Eleanore Bushnell and Don Driggs once wrote that Nevada has an unusual number of ways to remove judges from office – “recall, impeachment, legislative removal, and removal by the Commission on Judicial Discipline. The number of methods contrast sharply with the federal system, wherein a judge may be removed only through the impeachment process.”

Lights bring new life to Petrack Park in Pahrump

Being new to Nye County, I’m trying to get up to speed on all that its communities have to offer, including recreation.

GAO outlines $330M ‘roadmap’ to restart Yucca Mountain licensing

Restarting the licensing process to determine whether a nuclear waste repository could be built at Yucca Mountain would cost in excess of $330 million, the nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress reported Friday.

Memorial Day observance in Pahrump holds special meaning

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for military men and women who have died in service of the United States.

Authors bringing expertise to teens in Pahrump

Any young person between the ages of 13 and 18 who can show up with a pen or pencil in hand is welcome to study creative writing with critically acclaimed authors Claire Vaye Watkins and Derek Palacio at Pahrump’s Mojave School this summer.

Junior Trojans football clinic attracts large number

The second annual Junior Trojan Youth Football Camp, sponsored by Pahrump Youth Sports was on Saturday and Sunday. It was a free camp for all youth football players ages 5-14 years old and nearly 100 youth football players came out for the clinic.

Tonopah high jumper wins state title

Tonopah High School’s Tyler Kirkland had his eyes set on breaking former high jump and state champion Spencer Littlefield’s 2013 record of 6 feet, 4 inches and becoming this year’s Nevada state champion.

Trojans come close to winning state

The Trojans boys track team came close to winning the Class 3A Nevada Track and Field Championships at Foothill High School on May 19-20.

Girls and boys track medal at state

Tonopah’s girls team took third at the Class 3A Nevada Track and Field Championships at Foothill High School in Henderson May 19-20 with 77 points.

Chuck Muth: The mind-blowing arrogance of government school bureaucrats

The Final Battle approaches as the 2017 Nevada Legislature mercifully draws to an inglorious conclusion. It’s a battle over a half-loaf of bread that never should have been necessary in the first place. But when your state is led by “America’s Worst Governor,” stuff happens.

Dan Simmons: the Marines have landed

As we celebrate and honor our veterans this Memorial Day weekend and give a heartfelt, “Thank you for your service” to those who have returned and a “God bless” to those who didn’t.

International Film Festival is set for Nugget in Pahrump

The High Desert International Film Festival is certainly living up to its moniker, as organizers received film submissions from 12 countries this year.

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