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DA candidate explains why she got into politics

Nye County District Attorney candidate Angela Bello admitted she never ran for political office before, in a stump speech before the Pahrump Republican Women’s Club Monday.

8-year-old arrested for setting house fire

Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue crews responded to several structure fires in recent days. One of the fires led to the arrest of a local juvenile.

Lewis, union calm concerns over departures

Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services Chief Scott Lewis wants to ensure the community that public safety is the department’s first priority.

Ex-state water boss: King lacks authority

TONOPAH — Former deputy state engineer Bob Coache said there is no authority by the state engineer’s office to require proof of beneficial use of water rights basinwide, during a listening session scheduled here last Thursday night.

Town Board vote on ‘golden parachutes’ for top town staffers halted by court

Nye County commissioners held an emergency meeting at 3 p.m. Monday to authorize District Attorney Brian Kunzi to file a restraining order preventing the Pahrump Town Board from entering into new or revised contracts with top town employees that would continue after the town board is dissolved Jan. 5, 2015.

UICN replacing Highway 160 trench

Months after concrete dividers were set up along Highway 160 near Mesquite Avenue, Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada began the Highway 160 trench backfill project July 28.

VA finally approves new Pahrump clinic

Incoming U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald gave his approval for the award of a contract to construct a new veterans clinic in Pahrump, U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev. announced Tuesday.

Horsford to lead VA tour, cancels Pahrump event

U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., will lead newly-appointed U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald on a visit to Veterans Administration facilities in Las Vegas Saturday and had to cancel a planned “Coffee with the Congressman” at the Pahrump Starbucks.

Crime Corner

COURTS: Pastor charged with attempt to spread HIV

Judge overturns $1 million judgment against rancher

A District Court judge overturned a $1 million judgment against a northern Nye County rancher on Wednesday, agreeing that the plaintiff’s attorney likely perpetrated a fraud upon the court.

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