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Without much discussion, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday approved Utilities, Inc. of Central Nevada’s request for expansion of its water service territory at the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump.

A guilty plea agreement was reached between prosecutors and the defense in the case of a Pahrump woman shooting a neighbor’s dog to death.

Wednesday will be sunny, with a high near 102 degrees in the Pahrump Valley. Winds will blow out of the East-southeast 8 to 15 mph becoming south-southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

The second heat-related death of the summer occurred over the weekend at Death Valley National Park.

For the first time in five months, the county’s unemployment rate dropped, falling to 8.3 percent in July, according to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Members of the grassroots movement Nevadans for Freedom that aims to defeat Question 1 on the November ballot have asked Nye County voters for support.

BEATTY — Health care matters dominated a brief Beatty Town Advisory Board meeting Aug. 22.

U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy, R-Nev., has suffered a “minor” heart attack, his office’s communications director reported around 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Motor vehicle collisions dominated the majority of emergency service calls for area first responders over the weekend.