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Two Nye County Sheriff’s Office deputies and one sergeant have been placed on administrative leave pending the results of an internal affairs investigation.

With his long white beard and jolly manner, not only does Beatty, Nevada resident Fred Summers look like Santa Claus, but he has also played the role of ol’ St. Nick for the past 10 years in the community roughly 70 miles north of Pahrump.

Motor vehicle collisions dominated the majority of service calls for area first responders as of late.

Though much of the public focus has recently been centered squarely on the Nevada Assembly District 36 appointment, there is another vacant office Nye County Commissioners need to fill, that of Nye County treasurer.

The Pahrump Valley and Tonopah high school football teams recently met, but not on the football field.

While there may have been more than a dozen candidates to put their name forward for appointment to Dennis Hof’s Nevada Assembly District 36 seat, it was clear from the start of the Nye County Commission’s Dec. 5 meeting that in the public’s eye, there were only two real contenders.

A study that will help shape the future of rural transit in Nevada is wrapping up.

In recognition of the recent International Fraud Awareness Week, Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske is raising investor awareness of the risks associated with investments in promissory notes.