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Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Aug. 14- Aug. 18:
Thanks to a popular annual back-to-school event, Nye County School District teachers and students will have access to supplies crucial for their studies, as Valley Electric Association’s (VEA) “Fill the Bucket” campaign returned on Saturday, Aug. 5.
Standing in front of the quilt commemorating nuclear weapons and uranium mine workers from across the country, Janet Hansen was able to find a few familiar names.
Confession time: I’m not a happy camper. I really don’t enjoy camping. Roughing it, sleeping in a sleeping bag in a tent in the wild. No thanks. It’s a little too quiet for me. I consider it camping if my hotel room faces the trees. But it seems like everyone’s going camping and that got me thinking about the one camp tradition I can get behind: s’mores!
The owner of a new Mexican grill was expecting to get things set up during a soft opening and prepare for an official opening day in early August.
Beatty and Amargosa schools kicked off the new year under new leadership this year, and with several new faculty members.
The inaugural Purple Heart Day was observed in Nye County this week as local veterans and public officials converged on the veterans section of Chief Tecopa Cemetery on Monday. The event was approved by Nye County Commissioners in a proclamation on Aug 1., affirming Aug 7, Purple Heart Day in Nye County.
Purple Heart Day is celebrated on Aug.7 nationwide, and now in Nye County.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office announced it plans to be out in force Monday as children return to schools to start the 2017-18 academic year.
August is a great month for hunting and fishing. If you drew an early big game tag for antelope, elk, deer or a special archery tag, it’s time to get packing for a possible hunt of a lifetime. If you’re like the rest of us, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. More on that in our next column.
When a veteran is named “Fearless,” it could either be a satirical reference or it could mean that it’s someone who is, in reality, a very tough individual.
They say in sports that you don’t get many second chances. Tell that to a 66-year-old Badwater racer, who took matters into his own hands, when he returned to finish the race after failing the first time earlier in July.
A longtime Nye County Sheriff’s Office deputy is literally moving on to greener pastures.