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Loretta Smith celebrates her 100th birthday

Hole-in-one record-holder and Cover Girl beauty contestant mingled with Hollywood stars, VIP’s during storied life

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Kiwanis Key Club held public ceremony in remembrance of 9/11

On Thursday, Sept. 11 the PVHS Key Club, a Kiwanis sponsored youth group, held a memorial service for those who perished in the twin towers terrorist attacks 13 years ago. A respectable crowd of 65 to 70 people were in attendance.

County says no to use permit for artificial lake

Builder Rene Morales’ dreams of another Lakeside recreational vehicle park were shot down by Nye County Commissioners Tuesday who upheld the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission denial of a conditional use permit for a three-acre artificial lake.

Sheriff gets OK to spend sales tax increase money

The Nye County Sheriff’s Department got a little more beefed up Tuesday, after county commissioners approved most of Sheriff Tony DeMeo’s plan to spend his half of the half-cent sales tax increase that took effect April 1.

UICN acquires Willow Creek deed, seeks public input

Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada announced Monday it had acquired title to the former Willow Creek Golf Course, in addition to cleaning up the ponds from the sewer plant the company outlined plans to hold a public meeting to solicit comments on an overall plan.

Proposed RV park regulations fall flat

A proposal to limit visitors in recreational vehicle parks to a maximum stay of up to 28 days before they have to move, got as much traction as a flat tire, at the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission meeting last Wednesday.

Shelter reaches critical mass

Space at Nye County’s animal shelter, Tails End, has reached a “critical mass” according to operations director Susan Cronin.

First business networking event set for Sept. 26

A young, local business owner has taken it upon herself to invite other businesses to join in what Elizabeth Larson calls the “Last Friday Business Network,” an event set for the last Friday of each month. The first event will be at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 26 at Draft Picks.

By turn of century, Nevada towns began regulating red light districts

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This is the third in a series of stories by historian Bob McCracken on the history of prostitution in Nevada and Nye County. A new feature in the series will come out every Friday for the next several weeks.

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