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While speaking to the woman, a deputy noted that she had pinpoint pupils, slurred speech, an unsteady gait, and was unable to keep her balance, according to Nye County Sheriff’s Office report.

An interim legislative committee approved the request for a bill that would require counties that got money to buy voting machines to repay those funds if they opt to not use them.

It comes just days after authorities confiscated more than 300 dogs from a site in Amargosa Valley and arrested kennel operators on felony animal cruelty charges. Additional charges could be pending, the prosecutor says.

The town’s tourism economy relies heavily on Death Valley visitors, and with the road closures local hotels and motels estimate that they are losing around half their business.

Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services crews responded to a number of crashes and structure fires last week. Here’s the rundown.

“Ms. Plebani went into a tirade explaining to me that she doesn’t have to have a driver’s license and that she’s privately insured and that she is a ‘child of God,’ free to travel on the roadway and does not have to obey any local laws and regulations,” according to a Nye County deputy who stopped the woman this week.

Officials with Nye County and the town of Pahrump were joined by shelter staff and community animal lovers this past Wednesday for a celebration marking the grand opening of the new Nye County Animal Shelter, which was completed this summer and is now open to the public.

The brand new squadron is readying itself to have a positive impact on the local community, holding its first official meeting last week and electing volunteers to serve as interim officers.

The Mobilize Recovery Across America Bus Tour will kick off this September with more than two dozen stops along its planned route, one of the first of which will be right here in the Pahrump Valley.