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Area first responders endure busy weekend

Numerous fires throughout the valley made for a busy weekend for members of Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue.

BLM officials pushed education public lands shooting

On one of his recent shifts, Shane Nalen, supervisory ranger at the Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District, ran into a man who was shooting up a TV at the shooting range off Bell Vista Avenue.

Annual grape stomp returns this weekend

Pahrump Valley Winery owners Bill and Gretchen Lokken are pleased this weekend’s annual Grape Stomp contest will occur under sunny skies and mild temperatures, unlike last year when rain put a damper on the final day of the event.

School bus carrying 32 high school students hit

No injuries were reported after a car collided with a Nye County School District bus at the intersection of Calvada and Pahrump Valley boulevards just before 1 p.m. on Tuesday. The bus was carrying 32 Pahrump Valley High soccer players en route to a game in Las Vegas. The bus sustained minor damage to the crossing arm. The female driver of the car was cited. The crash is the second in two days involving a school bus. Monday’s noninjury incident involved an empty bus on Red Rock Drive.

Photo exhibit brings splendor of Nevada to Capitol Hill

Some of the Silver State’s most spectacular landscapes went on display Monday in Washington, D.C., as a weeklong photo exhibit called “Home Means Nevada” debuted in the rotunda of the Senate Russell Building.

Nevada’s undocumented immigrants declined from 2009-2014

Nevada’s undocumented immigrant population dropped from 2009 through 2014, though the proportion of residents without legal status to remain in the U.S. remained highest in the nation, at 7.2 percent of the total state population, the Pew Research Center reported Tuesday.

Test range expansion would total more than 300K acres

The Air Force is seeking to expand the use of the Nevada Test and Training Range by more than 300,000 acres of public land, a plan that is raising concerns in the conservationist community.

District Attorney’s report, Sept. 23

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

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