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Oil leases auctioned amid fracking protest in Reno

RENO — Quarterly auctions of oil and gas leases are normally routine affairs, but the auction last Thursday drew protests of fracking at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management office from residents just across the Lander County line.

VEA announces five new administrative hires

Valley Electric Association, Inc announced it recently hired five new staff members, with many of them filling high-ranking positions.

Crime Corner

COPS: 18-year-old takes police on high-speed chase in county vehicle

Kennel owner faults animal control in permit denial

A commercial kennel owner who said animal control failed to respond to requests to reinspect his property, persuaded county commissioners Tuesday to remand his case back to the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission.

DA’s Report

• Christopher Raymond Biddy was charged on July 3 with grand larceny of a motor vehicle.

Hospital hosts ‘Back to School Health Fair’ on Saturday

Parents of new or returning students in the Nye County School District need to know two things this year — the start of the fall semester is less than a month away, and the Desert View Hospital Back to School Health Fair is coming up this Saturday at the facility from 9 a.m. to noon.

County loans troubled Tonopah hospital $2 million

Nye County commissioners Tuesday voted unanimously to loan up to $2 million in revolving credit on an as-needed basis to Nye Regional Medical Center in Tonopah.

Cox calls support for I-11 corridor ‘traitorous’

Nye County commissioners Tuesday passed a resolution endorsing the Interstate 11 project up Highway 95, from Las Vegas to Reno, as part of a new highway corridor from Mexico to Canada.

Five chosen to receive pot dispensary permits; picks must now get state OK

A new building proposed across from the Pahrump landfill was the top choice for the sole medical marijuana dispensary license in Nye County, commissioners decided Wednesday, as business owners lined up to speak in a green rush for medical marijuana special use permits.

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