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Home Depot pitches in on cemetery clean-up

The veterans section of Chief Tecopa Cemetery was awash with a bunch of individuals wearing carrot hued T-shirts, while yielding paint brushes, scaling ladders and brandishing various implements of construction and destruction.

Sheriff’s candidates have lively exchanges

Nye County Sheriff’s candidates Sharon Wehrly and Rick Marshall got to air out their first debate at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 10054 Thursday night and it wasn’t a civil debate as the campaigns had hoped for, but a raucous affair, with some questions shouted by supporters for different campaigns.

Laxalt, Miller debate qualifications, transparency

LAS VEGAS — Friday’s face-off between Nevada attorney general candidates Adam Laxalt and Ross Miller seemed more like a no-holds-barred boxing match than a debate, with contenders landing a few low blows while accusing one another of running dishonest campaigns.

New real estate branch opens, points to recovering economy

It must point to a recovering economy when a new real estate company opens here. Michael Selbach, former CEO and marketing director for the Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce, has been selling real estate for 10 years. He has finally decided to get his broker’s license and open his own company here.

School board candidates debate issues

Nye County School District Area 5 Trustee Pamela Lewis Hiler defended a decision to close Mount Charleston Elementary School, during a candidates’ night debate with her opponent Andy Alberti at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino on Oct. 7.

County paying more for Manhattan Main Street

Manhattan in Nevada is far different from its namesake in New York: a tiny mining town with a few hundred residents.

Feds urged to act on county’s public lands issues

A split Nye County Commission voted 3-2 on Oct. 7 to request Congress to act on a number of public lands issues, with the division occurring over language about wild horses.

Round Mountain Gold fire closes processing operations

A fire at the mill at Round Mountain Gold Oct. 1 will shut down the mill operations for a few months, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be any gold production.

Tonopah’s Buckeye saw patron increase after facelift, addition

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This is the seventh 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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