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Republican Congressman Cresent Hardy made a stop in Pahrump on Tuesday where he toured the town’s soon-to-be-open VA facility and met with veterans and health care stakeholders.

As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton race toward the presidential finish line, their parties are battling to determine whether two of Southern Nevada’s congressional districts turn from red to blue.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court handed low-wage earners a mixed bag of wins and losses in three opinions issued Thursday interpreting the state’s minimum wage law enshrined in the Constitution.

Utilities, Inc. of Central Nevada consolidated four of its subsidiary companies into one, allowing the company to realize efficiencies of its operations, officials said in a press release.

The Nevada Association of Counties is coming to Pahrump in November.

The Department of Energy’s new interest in a using a consent-based siting approach for nuclear waste storage and disposal facilities doesn’t change Nevada’s opposition to Yucca Mountain, state officials said in a report.

A proposed medical marijuana cultivation and production facility in Beatty cleared another hurdle with the Nye County Water District Governing Board approving its water impact plan.

The defense attorney for the paraprofessional teacher’s aide charged with numerous sex crimes against children fought unsuccessfully for a bail reduction during a recent hearing.

As temperatures have begun to cool in Pahrump as of late, local fire crews are seeing less brush and structure fires, but service calls for motor vehicle collisions remain steady.

Development of the Beatty Town Square Park is finally showing progress however, the town doesn’t seem ready to spend $2,500 for Christmas decorations to place in it this year.