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Several new businesses open this week

New businesses continue to open doors to the public this week, and a restaurant which has appeared ready for business for almost a year will open its doors today.

Democratic candidates speak at party dinner

Democratic candidates for state treasurer and controller both emphasized their qualifications as certified public accountants, while lieutenant governor candidate Lucy Flores brought up her tough upbringing, in speeches at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner hosted by the Nye County Democratic Party at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino Friday night.

Crime Corner

COPS: Man in jail for assaulting woman, faces more serious sex charge

Man held on $120,000 bail in Tuesday stabbing

A local man is behind bars following a stabbing late Tuesday morning.

Man ID’d in Monday hit-and-run fatality

The ex-girlfriend of a man killed along a valley roadway is pleading for the public’s help in finding the driver of the vehicle that struck him early Monday morning.

Ex-PVHS coach faces life over sex charges

A former Pahrump Valley High School baseball coach is facing life in prison after being charged Wednesday with sexual assault and lewdness involving a minor under age 14.

VEA must pay $25,000 after PUC order

Valley Electric Association was ordered to pay a $95,000 fine for extending infrastructure to the Nevada National Security Site before Public Utilities Commission approval, but $70,000 will be held in abeyance for two years if there are no further violations of a 1963 agreement.

Property tax cap tops county bill draft requests

TONOPAH — A bill proposing to list the 3 percent annual increase on property taxes was the top priority of Nye County commissioners Tuesday for submission to the 2015 session of the Nevada Legislature.

In bygone era, federal government once operated Tonopah brothel

Array

This is the second 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.

Marshall, Wehrly feud over debate criteria

Nye County sheriff’s candidate Sharon Wehrly agreed to a debate with questions posed by the audience and no moderator in a town hall setting, a format rejected by her opponent, Assistant Sheriff Rick Marshall.

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