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Nye County planning fees go up

Commissioners have approved the first fee adjustment since 2017.

Harmless plastic grenade prompts evacuation in Tonopah

Suspected explosive device and weapons located inside a vehicle so Las Vegas bomb squad summoned from three hours away.

Man dead, son charged with open murder

Emergency lifesaving efforts were immediately applied, but man eventually succumbed to his injuries.

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Question 2: A tool for state legislators to raise mining taxes

CARSON CITY — Nevada voters will decide next month whether to give lawmakers the power to raise mining taxes — a revenue source long decried by critics as an under-tapped funding spigot shielded by the state constitution.

New executive director takes over service offices

Julie Hargis has been a business owner in Pahrump since she moved here 10 years ago. Her involvement with her own businesses and local organizations and her varied experience in so many fields has landed her the position of Nevada Outreach Training Organization and No to Abuse Executive Director.

Bill Clinton to appear with Horsford, other candidates in Vegas

LAS VEGAS – Looking to energize Nevada Democrats, former President Bill Clinton will lead a “vote early, vote now” rally in Las Vegas on Tuesday, one week before the Nov. 4 election in which Republicans are turning out in greater numbers than Democrats so far during early voting.

Crime Corner, Oct. 24

Man arrested after altercation with girlfriend

Town Board concerned about Fall Festival’s future

Talk by members of the Pahrump Town Board that the Fall Festival may disappear with the board has raised concerns.

Two additional deputies approved for north county

Two more deputies will be hired for northern Nye County, after county commission approval Tuesday.

Former Test Site worker recounts area’s Cold War history

A B-50 fighter plane took off on Jan. 7, 1951 from Kirkland Air Force Base in New Mexico, refueled at the Indian Springs Air Force Base and dropped a nuclear bomb code named Able, with a yield of 1,000 tons 1,060 feet over Area Five of the Nevada Test Site, the first nuclear weapons test, marking the entry of Nevada into the Cold War.

Off-road vehicles approved for limited paved use

Drivers of off-road vehicles will be able to use county paved highways to access trails, after passage of an amendment to Nye County Code by county commissioners Tuesday.

Two local political players have died

Two influential political activists from Pahrump died this month.

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