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A big weekend for Sleep in Heavenly Peace

With a fantastic fundraiser hosted by the Pahrump Elks Lodge #2796 and an incredible, record-setting turnout for its Bunks Across America initiative, September was certainly a big month for Nye County Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP).

‘Nuisance fires’ investigated

Officials are hoping area residents will keep vigilant for suspicious individuals or activity.

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Students achieve reading challenge, principal forced to kiss a live pig

Students at J.G. Johnson Elementary were doubled over in laughter after watching their principal kiss a live pig last Friday. It was all a part of Nevada Reading Week where Principal Jeff Skelton issued a challenge to his students.

Salvation Army eyes school district modulars to add space

After more than two decades of serving the community’s various needs, a local agency finds itself in need of something –space.

Manager: Service cuts will imperil the lives of seniors

Tonopah’s senior nutrition office manager Timaree Koscik said the lives of seniors in rural Nye County are in peril after county officials cut funding to a longtime program.

Solar plant has bird safety plan, approvals, permits

A preregulatory on-site biologist team halted operation at the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy facility in Tonopah in January after identifying a large number of birds had been killed during early-phase testing.

DOE might be trying to find other uses for Yucca

WASHINGTON – The Energy Department appears to be shopping new uses for Yucca Mountain that it no longer wants for disposal of nuclear waste, according to senior House Republicans.

Rain once again delays Manse Road project; causes issues on Basin Avenue

After undergoing two consecutive rainy weather delays it appears that the repavement of the three-mile stretch of Manse Road between Homestead and Hafen Ranch roads is finally set to begin.

County wants towns to carry cost of local animal shelters

Tails End Animal Shelter Director Susan Cronin said she was blindsided this week after learning the Nye County Board of Commissioners will not renew the shelter’s $225,000 annual contract due to budget cuts.

Proposed federal land transfer divides different Nevada interests

CARSON CITY — A Senate resolution that asks Congress to convey more than 7 million acres of federal land to state control generated a large volume of testimony on both sides of the issue at a Monday hearing, but the issue appeared to be as polarizing as ever.

Police: Home invasion suspects sold vacuums door-to-door

The three suspects in a recent home invasion were employed selling Kirby vacuum cleaners in the Pahrump Valley and may have come in contact with many local residents, police announced this week.

Crime Corner, March 6

Mother and daughter arrested for domestic violence

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