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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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If readers have a great business idea but they could use some assistance with getting started or gaining momentum, the Launch Rural Nevada program is the perfect place to turn.

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Crime Corner, Jan. 14

Man charged with home invasion

Man survives four nights in the desert near Beatty

Four young women working on art projects at the Red Barn at Rhyolite got an unexpected shock early last Wednesday afternoon, when a disheveled man came hobbling out of the desert with his arms in the air crying, “Help me! Water! I need water!”

Shift to GOP control in Carson City could boost voter ID bill

The last couple of times Barbara Cegavske backed bills in the Nevada Legislature to require voters to show photo identification to cast ballots, the proposed legislation didn’t make it out of committee.

Could relinquished rights conserve water?

Relinquishment of water rights may help to contribute to the preservation of the resource that a desert community can not live without.

Desert View Hospital issues annual community report

Officials at Desert View Hospital are touting their accomplishments over the past year as they look forward to 2015.

Prosecutors decline to file charges on principal

Even though the Nye County District Attorney’s office declined to file domestic battery charges against Floyd Elementary Principal Von Sheppard, he still remains behind bars on a parole and probation hold out of Jefferson County, Colorado.

Cliven Bundy and Nye County vs. BLM

Clark County rancher Cliven Bundy, accused of allowing his cattle to illegally graze federal lands, is fueling the anti-BLM fire in Pahrump by garnering support from his Nye County neighbors to oppose the federal authority.

Crime Corner, Jan. 9

Man jailed for obstructing police officer

Funeral home operator gets into brothel business

Mack Moore was born in a mobile home in Kinashaw, Oklahoma. Before finishing high school he took a job working on the railroad. He eventually found himself living in Oregon where, “for quite a few years” he worked as a timber faller, a forest worker who cuts the trees and bucks them into logs.

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