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DMV upgrade could cost Nevada extra $300M amid rollout woes

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles’ modernization of its computer system could take longer than anticipated and cost the state more than $300 million in additional funding.

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Financially strong: Tips to help the next generation

It is only a matter of time until today’s children in Pahrump will transition into adolescence and adulthood.

Letters to the editor of the Pahrump Valley Times

Editor’s note: The author’s name of the first letter below, “Stupidity is more dangerous than malice,” inadvertently was not included in the Aug. 23 newspaper version of the Pahrump Valley Times. The full letter appears below today along with the name of that letter writer.

Chuck Muth: war on statues controversy invention of alt-left, fake news

So let me get this straight: A group of about 100 conservatives – who publicly and emphatically condemned racism and totally distanced themselves from the white nationalists and neo-Nazis of Charlottesville fame – got a permit for a rally in Boston in support of free speech.

Letter: Families of murder victims deserve case information

It’s time to stand together for victims. Nevada Senate Joint Resolution 17, also known as “Marsy’s Law”, is named after a woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 1983.

Letter: Plant-based diet can be effective health insurance

With Republican Congress bent on depriving 22 million Americans of medical insurance, this is a great time to provide our own, totally free and totally effective health insurance – a plant-based diet.

Myers: How we stopped listening to all sides

A few days ago I bought a copy of the New York Times, not something I do much anymore. Both the print edition and online access have risen above my price range. But I needed something to read on the bus home, so I ponied up $2.50.

Burke: To conceal carry or not has no simple answer

I was out on a movie date with my youngest daughter. She needed a break from her stressful job as an Intensive Care Pediatric RN and wanted to see the latest movie from JK Rowling. We had arrived early enough to get our popcorn and settle into our seats for the previews and then out of nowhere I found myself thinking, “should I be carrying right now?”