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The Nevada Department of Transportation plans to spend $6.8 million on road projects around Nye County for this fiscal year. That does not include the cost of finishing the two roundabout projects on Highway 372, and the widening of Highway 160, both of which were on last year’s budget.

Four people were transported to Desert View Hospital following a two-vehicle head-on collision on Basin Avenue just west of Union Pacific Street on Thursday afternoon.

At least two people were transported to Desert View Hospital following a three-vehicle collision on Homestead Road west of Gamebird Road just before 8 a.m., on Tuesday. Nye County Sheriff’s deputies halted traffic in both directions on Homestead Road while crews worked to clear the scene. Heavy fog and slick road conditions contributed to the collision. The injured parties are expected to recover from their injuries.

The Barrick Bullfrog Mine site is going to have a busy 2017, according to a report from company representatives to the Beatty Town Advisory Board on Monday.

Desert View Hospital and United Healthcare reached an agreement on a new hospital services contract.

The mental health system in Nevada has long been a lightning rod for criticism, with the Silver State consistently ranking at or near the bottom of most national rankings.

Three Pahrump residents, who police said could have ties to an outlaw motorcycle gang, were arrested on multiple weapons and drug violations this week.

Charges are being sought against a Pahrump man after he was connected to a shooting incident that occurred near a school bus stop earlier this month.

Now that the television crews from Spike TV’s “Bar Rescue” are gone, Russ Rodgers, owner of the newly renamed Pat’s Courtyard Bar is now gushing about the new look for his business.

A woman who wants to operate a day care in a residential area of Pahrump received a conditional use permit from Nye County commissioners on Tuesday.