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Using Yucca to study train crashes briefly discussed

WASHINGTON — Officials from a Pentagon agency toured the Yucca Mountain’s tunnels last month but do not intend to work at the Nevada site, a spokesman said March 2.

Tonopah Principal Arrested

The principal of Tonopah High School is behind bars facing open and gross lewdness and child abuse charges after Nye County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested him on Monday.

Sheriff responds to public safety cuts

Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly reacted to department budget cuts by taking a proactive approach to create sources of revenue in hopes of saving positions, programs and full functioning of the Tonopah jail.

Students achieve reading challenge, principal forced to kiss a live pig

Students at J.G. Johnson Elementary were doubled over in laughter after watching their principal kiss a live pig last Friday. It was all a part of Nevada Reading Week where Principal Jeff Skelton issued a challenge to his students.

Salvation Army eyes school district modulars to add space

After more than two decades of serving the community’s various needs, a local agency finds itself in need of something –space.

Manager: Service cuts will imperil the lives of seniors

Tonopah’s senior nutrition office manager Timaree Koscik said the lives of seniors in rural Nye County are in peril after county officials cut funding to a longtime program.

Solar plant has bird safety plan, approvals, permits

A preregulatory on-site biologist team halted operation at the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy facility in Tonopah in January after identifying a large number of birds had been killed during early-phase testing.

DOE might be trying to find other uses for Yucca

WASHINGTON – The Energy Department appears to be shopping new uses for Yucca Mountain that it no longer wants for disposal of nuclear waste, according to senior House Republicans.

Rain once again delays Manse Road project; causes issues on Basin Avenue

After undergoing two consecutive rainy weather delays it appears that the repavement of the three-mile stretch of Manse Road between Homestead and Hafen Ranch roads is finally set to begin.

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