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Despite being largely preventable, heart attacks, strokes, heart failure and other related conditions caused 2.2 million hospitalizations in 2016, resulting in $32.7 billion in costs and 415,000 deaths, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

Little American flags clutched in fists and campaign signs at the ready for the moment when they would be hoisted high into the air; “Make America Great Again” caps riding the brows of dozens and red, white and blue splashed across the attire of the crowd; a political fervor electrifying the atmosphere; the signs appeared auspicious for a final push in the Pahrump Valley to turn out Republican voters this general election.

The 2018 election cycle is finally over and many will be breathing sighs of relief, including political hopefuls who scored a win and voters who were more than ready to see the conclusion of all the election madness.

A Southern Nevada-based health care company that is new to the Nye County area held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting event at its new primary care clinic at the end of October.

The Nye County Sheriff’s Office now has a new method to dispose of confiscated illegal drugs.

Two post office locations in Inyo County, California, which is adjacent to Nye County, were burgled in early November.

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 $20 million.

Environmentalists are celebrating a court ruling that removed more than a million acres of federal land in Western states from an upcoming oil and gas auction in greater sage grouse habitat, including about 330,000 acres in Nevada.

A Pahrump resident is on a path to being on the cover of a national magazine.

The Nevada Department of Public Safety, State Fire Marshal Division, reminds residents that when setting clocks back one hour for the end of Daylight Saving Time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, it is also a good time to change batteries in smoke alarms.