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Local families invited to Community Baby Shower

Raising a child can be hard. That’s something the members of Pahrump Mothers Corner understand all too well. In an effort to ease the challenges of parenthood, particularly for new and expecting families, this group of local moms banded together to host a Community Baby Shower and the event proved to be very popular, leading to its return for the third year running.

Tonopah to be home to experimental hypersonic testing facility

Ambitious. It’s an apt word to describe Michael Grace’s vision for the future of his company, Longshot Space Technology Corporation, which, if all goes to plan, will build what he calls the world’s largest potato gun.

Pahrump man arrested for elder abuse

A Pahrump man wanted by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office on suspicion of elder abuse was arrested while attempting to purchase multiple vehicles at a Las Vegas car dealership, according to authorities.

Nye sheriff explains why you shouldn’t flee from the law

A man suspected of driving a stolen vehicle out of Las Vegas led Nye County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a high-speed pursuit into Pahrump on Monday morning, April 15.

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Brockman takes over at PVHS in fall

Students returning to two Pahrump area schools Aug. 11 will be greeted by two new administrators.

Water board priorities: Importation, revenue increases

After funding years of completed or ongoing studies since its creation in 2009, members of the Nye County Water District board were urged to present their priorities as preparation for an action plan.

Health fair marks slide into new school year

Desert View Hospital’s Meagan Kowalski considered Saturday’s Back to School Health Fair as the “biggest turnout thus far.”

Oil leases auctioned amid fracking protest in Reno

RENO — Quarterly auctions of oil and gas leases are normally routine affairs, but the auction last Thursday drew protests of fracking at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management office from residents just across the Lander County line.

VEA announces five new administrative hires

Valley Electric Association, Inc announced it recently hired five new staff members, with many of them filling high-ranking positions.

Crime Corner

COPS: 18-year-old takes police on high-speed chase in county vehicle

Kennel owner faults animal control in permit denial

A commercial kennel owner who said animal control failed to respond to requests to reinspect his property, persuaded county commissioners Tuesday to remand his case back to the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission.

DA’s Report

• Christopher Raymond Biddy was charged on July 3 with grand larceny of a motor vehicle.

Hospital hosts ‘Back to School Health Fair’ on Saturday

Parents of new or returning students in the Nye County School District need to know two things this year — the start of the fall semester is less than a month away, and the Desert View Hospital Back to School Health Fair is coming up this Saturday at the facility from 9 a.m. to noon.

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