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Nevada Supreme Court upholds interim suspension of Fiore

The ruling dismissed Fiore’s appeals of her suspension handed down by the state panel last May in part due to conduct that led to federal charges and were pardoned by President Donald Trump.

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If the sheriff felt like he could not furlough his deputies, which is a dubious claim, he could have laid off personnel to fit within the spending limits set by the board. … I certainly was frustrated by an attitude that what is good for the goose is not good for the gander. You cannot accidentally overspend by $1.2 million.”

Moon tests new prosthetic at Badwater

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — The AdventureCorps Badwater Ultra-marathon race is the hardest race on Earth when a runner has two legs. Chris Moon does it on one. He started running the race after he suffered a tragic accident where he lost his right arm and his right leg in Mozambique in 1995.

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If we can find reasons for doing what we do, we can always get through it. When you come to this place it is an incredible challenge in an astonishing place. I think for me this is a moment of not wanting to be beat by the badness of life.”

$500,000 earmarked for new radios

The Board of County Commissioners approved up to $500,000 for the purchase of 50 new digital radios this week as the Information Technology Department begins to implement the first phase of switching over to a digital system for all emergency departments in the county.

IN PROFILE: Tom McGrath

BACKGROUND: “I started in the food and beverage business by training to become a chef at the Culinary Institute in New York. I worked for Emeril Lagasse at Delmonico in Las Vegas before becoming executive chef for the steakhouse at the Hard Rock and later Fix in the Bellagio.”

17 dogs die when foreclosed homeowner sets fire to house

A fire that sent one person to the hospital and claimed the lives of 17 pets on North Murphy Street Friday evening appears to have been intentionally set by the homeowner, according to a preliminary investigation in the case.

Senior facility plans face new setback

It’s back to the drawing board for developers of a planned assisted care and senior housing facility on 4.72 acres at the northwest corner of Gamebird Road and Simmons Street.

Police discipline, health policies OK’d

County commissioners approved two memorandums of understanding Tuesday involving the local law enforcement union.

Reaction to hiring Holecheck mostly positive

After the Pahrump Town Board voted to hire the former mayor of Mesquite, Susan Holecheck, as interim town manager, some local residents are not sure what to make of the decision — mainly because they don’t know much about Holecheck, who chose to leave her marketing coordinator position at Mesa View Regional Hospital in Mesquite for the town manager position.

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