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Average state smoker spends $1.3 million on habit lifetime

The average Nevada smoker spends more than $1.3 million over a lifetime, including the cumulative economic toll of a pack per day for several decades, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs, according to the personal-finance website WalletHub.

Unions and Republicans ready for confrontation

The head of the Nevada AFL-CIO proclaimed Tuesday that “working families are under attack” by Republican lawmakers who want to weaken collective bargaining laws and pensions now that they control the Legislature.

Pahrump Valley Rockhound gem club rocks desert

The southern Nevada desert is the perfect location to learn the stories of the earth. That story, some experts assert, continues for approximately 4.5 billion years.

Crime Corner, Jan. 23

Lovers’ quarrel lands man in jail

Middle school teacher starts Kathy Galey scholarship fund

A new scholarship for $500 will be made available in the spring for Pahrump Valley High School students to honor Kathy Hofer Galey.

Pahrump tourism effort seeing new successes

Pahrump Tourism Director Arlette Ledbetter’s beaming smile this week pretty much summed up her feelings on how the town’s tourism efforts are moving along.

State takeover could target six Nye County schools

State education officials led by the governor are working on a plan that could see the state operate of some of Nye County’s schools as charters, reducing local oversight.

Gun safety in focus as annual SHOT show winds down

Every time a gun incident like the one last month in Hayden, Idaho, occurs, it’s a setback for gun safety advocates.

County cash crisis confirmed

Nye County officials received confirmation of their projected cash-flow shortfall fears during an audit presentation at a County Commission meeting Tuesday.

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