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The Nye County Water District Governing Board approved a professional services agreement with Kathy Gilmore, who will perform the duties of a quality assurance officer.

The Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) lifted the emergency fire restriction area-wide shooting closure and replaced it with a temporary emergency one-year shooting closure just for Lovell Canyon.

An arraignment hearing for the woman arrested on voter fraud charges was again delayed until Dec. 2 after she tested positive for prescription drugs for the second time.

A Pahrump man was arrested last week after allegedly firing a gun to clear out a party in his home.

Officials selected four projects for a Community Development Block Grant with the expectation that funding will be available for more than the two projects that previously were planned.

End-of-year summative 2016 test grades show students in Nye County are behind statewide averages.

With less than a week to go until the Nov. 8 General Election, Nye County’s top election official is projecting a heavy voter turnout.

With four days left to go to the general election, two Nye County Commission candidates are laying low as they wait for the results.

Intense debates about a Nevada ballot measure that would expand background checks for firearms buyers has shifted to nuanced questions about what it would require and how it is written.

Officials at Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services have ended the area’s burn moratorium, paving the way for residents to begin burning weeds and other forms of vegetation this month.