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Halloween Happenings and Area Events

Trunk or Treats, Halloween parties and bowling tournaments

Take a trek out to TecopaFest!

Event organizers are promising an amazing day in the desert at TecopaFest! 2024. Here’s what’s planned.

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Brockman takes over at PVHS in fall

Students returning to two Pahrump area schools Aug. 11 will be greeted by two new administrators.

Water board priorities: Importation, revenue increases

After funding years of completed or ongoing studies since its creation in 2009, members of the Nye County Water District board were urged to present their priorities as preparation for an action plan.

Health fair marks slide into new school year

Desert View Hospital’s Meagan Kowalski considered Saturday’s Back to School Health Fair as the “biggest turnout thus far.”

Oil leases auctioned amid fracking protest in Reno

RENO — Quarterly auctions of oil and gas leases are normally routine affairs, but the auction last Thursday drew protests of fracking at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management office from residents just across the Lander County line.

VEA announces five new administrative hires

Valley Electric Association, Inc announced it recently hired five new staff members, with many of them filling high-ranking positions.

Crime Corner

COPS: 18-year-old takes police on high-speed chase in county vehicle

Kennel owner faults animal control in permit denial

A commercial kennel owner who said animal control failed to respond to requests to reinspect his property, persuaded county commissioners Tuesday to remand his case back to the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission.

DA’s Report

• Christopher Raymond Biddy was charged on July 3 with grand larceny of a motor vehicle.

Nye County voter rolls jump by 1,000

The number of registered Republicans and non-partisans continued to increase, while the registered Democrats continued to decrease in Nye County, according to statistics from the clerk’s office at the close of registration for the June 10 primary election Tuesday.

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