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Nye County selects new manager

Former planning director Brett Waggoner was selected for the position.

Pahrump Justice Court has a new substitute judge

As Michele Fiore, a suspended Pahrump justice of the peace, has yet to return to the courtroom after being convicted by a federal grand jury, the county has been out a judge. But after a Board of County Commissioners meeting the board appointed an experienced judge to fill in for now.

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Nye clerk blames ACLU for delaying hand counts

Election officials had planned to count more than 13,000 mail-in ballots before the polls closed in Nye County, but “lost 14 days” because of stop-and-go court orders.

Man arrested for stealing vapes allegedly sold them at skate park

Tyler Jackson is suspected of robbing vapes from an area convenience store and selling them at the skate park is under arrest, according to the Nye County Sheriff’s Office.

PHOTOS: Pahrump Balloon Fest

For the first time in its history, the Balloon Festival was organized by the Dubin family, in partnership with Doug Campbell of Balloons Over Pahrump.

‘Major overhaul’: Where the Nevada GOP went wrong

The Nevada Republican Party did not have a “red wave.” Why? Election deniers on the ticket and division within the party, in part.

UPDATED: Here’s how Nye County voted in the 2022 election

More than 61 percent of registered voters turned out in Nye County to cast ballots in the 2022 midterm elections, according to data from the county clerk’s office. Data shows 14,215 (about 42 percent) of the county’s 20,883 voters who particated in this election cast mail ballots, while 4,161 voters (about 12.3 percent) voted early at polling stations in Duckwater, Pahrump and Tonopah. The remaining 2,507 voters (about 7.4 percent) went to the polls to cast their ballots on Election Day.

Lawsuit will aim to protect rare Nevada fish

Once found at several locations in Fish Lake Valley in Esmeralda County, the Fish Lake Valley tui chub now survives only in a single isolated spring at a privately owned ranch.

Supreme Court rejects another Nye hand counting lawsuit

The Nevada Supreme Court turned away the ACLU of Nevada, which sought to stop the post-election hand counting of Nye County ballots.

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Pahrump Justice Court has a new substitute judge

As Michele Fiore, a suspended Pahrump justice of the peace, has yet to return to the courtroom after being convicted by a federal grand jury, the county has been out a judge. But after a Board of County Commissioners meeting the board appointed an experienced judge to fill in for now.