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County wants control of marijuana facilities

Nye County Commissioners changed their minds Tuesday and decided to have applicants for medical marijuana licenses appear before them, prior to the state considering licensing, which will be between Aug. 5 and Aug. 15.

Pahrump GBC campus benefits from donation

ELKO — Great Basin College announced that Barrick Gold of North America pledged nearly $1.2 million in additional funding for the college’s programs and facilities.

Taxable sales, unemployment rates drop

Taxable sales in Nye County dropped 49.3 percent in March, according to the Nevada Department of Taxation, but that is compared to March 2013, when taxable sales were near their peak, due to construction of the SolarReserve plant near Tonopah.

Smile! Pahrump heads for national TV exposure

The Town of Pahrump will have an opportunity to present its best assets to a nationwide audience later this year when a television production comes to town and produces a five-minute segment to put Pahrump under the national and international public eye.

Sheriff’s office being sued over wrongful death

The family of a woman who committed suicide inside the old Pahrump jail in 2012 is now suing the Nye County Sheriff’s Office claiming the department was told that the woman was possibly suicidal, but allowed her to be housed in the jail’s waiting room due to overcrowding anyway, where she was able to shut herself inside a bathroom.

VEA adds payment kiosk at Smith’s

In an effort to provide its members with a convenient new location for paying their power bills, Valley Electric Association is set to introduce a new EasyPay Kiosk within the Smith’s store at 601 S. Nevada Highway 160 in Pahrump.

DA’s Report

• Luke Dale Willis was charged on April 18 with domestic battery.

1 killed in single-vehicle rollover Tuesday

One person was killed and another injured following a single-vehicle rollover accident at the intersection of Leslie Street and Silver Sage Drive Tuesday evening.

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