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Motorists in the northwest Las Vegas Valley can now travel a little faster along a portion of the 215 Beltway.

The Nevada Department of Transportation acquired approximately $32 million in additional federal highway spending authority which has been made available for state road projects through the Federal Highway Administration fiscal year-end redistribution of funds.

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 $8 million.

Beware local motorists, a portion of Highway 160 between Dandelion Street and Oxbow Avenue will be closed for the annual Pahrump Fall Festival Parade on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., according to a Nevada Department of Transportation, (NDOT) news release.

Nevada’s 4th U.S. House District Rep. Ruben Kihuen decided last December he would not seek re-election after a House Ethics Committee investigation began into allegations he sexually harassed two women.

Crews are going to be “blasting” starting Monday along Highway 160, in the mountain pass area, that connects Pahrump to Las Vegas, as part of a nearly two-year-long widening project. Motorists planning to travel through the area could experience long delays, periodically.

The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.

Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced this week that his office submitted two bills prioritizing victims’ rights for consideration in the upcoming Legislative session.

Nye County Interim Treasurer Pam Webster has decided to step down from her post, citing medical issues in her family.

There was something of an outcry from several members of the Pahrump public on Tuesday during the latest Nye County Commission meeting, centering on the situation with the valley’s homeless who were recently trespassed from privately owned land east of the Pahrump Nugget.