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Key Nevada politicians support resolution against Yucca Mountain

Key Nevada officials threw their support behind the Assembly resolution that opposes Yucca Mountain, while Nye County Commission Chairman Dan Schinhofen urged officials not to pass the measure in its current form.

Bad ideas, like bad pennies, keep coming back

Senate Bill 298 at this year’s Nevada Legislature would require welfare recipients to undergo drug tests. This does not, unfortunately, mean that Elon Musk and Mark Davis would have to take drug tests. It should, but it doesn’t.

Risk, reward, regulation and space tourism

Writing at Quartz, Tim Fernholz notes that early space tourists “won’t benefit from the tight regulation we’ve come to expect in everything from air transport to private automobiles.” Although the Federal Aviation Administration enjoys approval authority over launches, the Commercial Space Act limits government interference in post-launch space flight.

The ‘17 Silver State Chili Cook-Off

Organizer Ron Frazier said upward of 9,000 tastings took place during the International Chili Society’s (ICS), Silver State Chili Cook-off on Saturday in Petrack Park in Pahrump.

A portion of Highway 372 to be closed for race

For the safety of the participants in the Baker to Vegas relay passing through Pahrump, Nevada Highway 372 will be closed for an approximate two-mile stretch part of this weekend.

Alleged luring incident results in arrest

A Pahrump woman was arrested Thursday after she was accused of allegedly trying to lure children into her vehicle at Ian Deutch Memorial Park, authorities said.

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