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Death Valley tribe appeals vote on new constitution

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Timbisha Shoshone tribal leaders filed two administrative appeals Monday to stop a vote on a proposed new constitution scheduled for Nov. 4. Leaders claim the proposed constitution would revoke the existing constitution adopted by the Tribe in 1986 and establish many non-Timbisha as new tribal members.

UICN presents Willow Creek plan

Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada has scheduled a consumer session at 6 p.m. next Wednesday at county commissioner’s chambers to detail their plans to clean up the former Willow Creek Golf Course, but UICN Regional Director Wendy Barnett also wants to hear visions local residents may have for the property.

A conversation with a witch helps dispel myth

Janie is a witch. She takes her religion, Wicca, very seriously and has agreed to talk with the Pahrump Valley Times during this Halloween season to dispel some myths about her beliefs in hopes of giving people a better understanding of what witchcraft is and what it is not. Janie agreed to this Q&A as long as we did not reveal her last name. She asked me to use her witch name, Saeden. She has been a witch for the past six years of her life and practices Wicca with her husband. The two live in Las Vegas.

New planning director sees potential for development

Newly-hired Nye County Planning Director Bobby Lewis sat in his office this week, with a Pahrump Regional Planning District zoning map on the wall behind him and a copy of the latest population estimates on his desk.

Town voted in upgrade for firefighters

All five Pahrump Town Board members were in agreement with providing Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue crews the equipment to safely get their jobs done.

Southern Inyo County builds a responder crew

Billy Eichenbaum moves with a bit of a hitch in his gait. At 60, he finds it hard sometimes to climb in and out of a high vehicle, to bend and to lift heavy things. But after years of sleeping with one ear tuned to his hand-held radio, he finds it almost easy to wake in the black of night and don the superhero suit that turns an ordinary person into an emergency responder.

Dolan announces bid for commission seat

Bill Dolan, Pahrump Town Board’s vice chairman, this month announced his intention to run for the Nye County District 5 Commission seat presently held by Dan Schinhofen.

Man gets 6 years in prison for 2010 sex assault

A man charged with coercing an 18-year-old woman into having sex with him in 2010 was sentenced this week to a maximum of six years in prison for the offense.

Ex-DA’s nephew charged in Las Vegas casino shooting

A suspect identified as the shooter in an early morning incident Monday at Bally’s in Las Vegas that left one man dead and two others injured is reportedly the nephew of a former Nye County district attorney.

BUSTED … AGAIN: Fleiss charged in pot DUI

Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested early Tuesday morning after police say she was driving under the influence of marijuana just more than a day before a scheduled court appearance on charges related to a marijuana grow operation discovered at her Pahrump home earlier this year.

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