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County gives $10,000 to keep RNDC office open

Nye County Commission Chairman Butch Borasky advised “don’t sell past the sale” when the Rural Nevada Development Corporation came asking for $10,000 to keep the Pahrump Small Business Development Center open. He copied an often used phrase by former Commissioner Joni Eastley.

Recall effort launched against Cox, Riches

A recall effort is underway to unseat two elected officials, one town and one county.

Man facing 8 life sentences found not guilty

A jury found a man charged in 2011 with sexually assaulting a young girl on multiple occasions not guilty of multiple offenses on Thursday.

County pitches in $17,000 for Tonopah court remodel

District Court officials dodged a bullet this time when the Mountain View Casino civil trial was settled, which Fifth District Judge Kimberly Wanker said would’ve tied up the courtroom in Tonopah for up to six months.

Groundwater management plan OK’d

The drafting of a Pahrump Basin groundwater management plan is so controversial, just the composition of the members drew a lengthy discussion at the Nye County Commission meeting Tuesday amid fears by some it will be dominated by local utility companies.

Two intersections to get four-way stops

Two more intersections will become four-way stops, Tim Carlo, district road supervisor told Nye County commissioners Tuesday.

Court nixes nuclear waste payments

WASHINGTON — No Yucca Mountain? No backup plan? Then the Department of Energy can’t force utility customers to pay into a construction fund for a nuclear waste repository that no longer is on the boards, a federal court ruled this week.

Feds to release Yucca safety evaluation

WASHINGTON — Responding to a court order but saying it is light in the wallet, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission set a limited course forward Monday to resume work on the Yucca Mountain project.

Crime Corner

COPS: Child nearly swallows heroin during drug raid

Supreme Court rejects Robbins plea for bail

The man convicted of shooting and killing his daughter’s boyfriend in 2011 was denied bail again after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled he could not go free pending his appeal.

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