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Good Eats: DVH dietician sounds off on trans-fats

The Food and Drug Administration announced earlier this month it would open a 60-day comment period on measures to further reduce trans-fat in all processed foods after making a preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils, the primary dietary source of artificial trans-fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized as safe” or (GRAS) for use in food.

Clueless in the Kitchen: Tips for a terrific turkey

The Butterball brand also provides the following Thanksgiving cooking tips and advice on their website at www.butterball.com.

HealthCare Partners delivers turkeys to Senior Center meal

Those attending the Pahrump Senior Center’s annual Thanksgiving meal today will be treated to turkey and pumpkin pie thanks to HealthCare Partners of Nevada who donated the traditional holiday staples for the event.

Shoshone pupfish habitat to expand, open for public viewing

SHOSHONE, Calif. — Even with heavy cakes of mud on her shoes, Susan Sorrells moves lightly through the tangled brush, making her way to the secret place where the pupfish swim.

Last Ishani Ridge customers get water

Most everyone takes for granted they can turn on the tap and get water from their well or local utility company.

Wichman wants input on public lands transfer

Nye County Commissioner Lorinda Wichman, who represents a vast area of Nye County north of Pahrump, complained she hasn’t received any comments from county residents for the Nevada Land Management Task Force, which is studying how public lands controlled by the federal government could be transferred to the state.

Labor market picture fails to improve

An estimated 11.2 percent of Nye County workers were unemployed in October, according to the latest estimates from the Nevada Department of Employment Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), a slight uptick from September, but over one percentage point less than October 2012.

DA’s Report

• Randal Halterman was charged on Nov. 1 with assault with a deadly weapon, domestic battery with use of a deadly weapon, and interception, interruption or delay of message sent over telephone line.

NCSD psychologist gets 10 years to life sentence

A former Nye County School District psychologist who was arrested on charges of producing child pornography earlier this year was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison this week in District Court.

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