Nevada gas prices 5th highest in USA

With only a penny increase on the week, the national gas price average saw the smallest one-week jump since mid-February, though Nevada’s ranks fifth nationally in price, AAA announced Monday. For the last eight weeks, weekly jumps ranged anywhere between a nickel and a nearly a quarter, AAA said.

Dennis Myers: It’s hard to tell campaign money from bribery

A couple of decades ago, the Nevada Legislature enacted a new tax on soft drinks. When that legislative session ended for the year, the beverage industry contacted one of the state’s high-powered lobbyists and asked how to get rid of the new tax.

Pahrump-based VEA announces customer-related changes

Valley Electric Association has extended office hours and installed new phone software in moves that are expected to improve customer service for members, the cooperative announced earlier this month.

College of Business renews accreditation

The College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno has earned an extension of accreditation in business and accounting from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. AACSB accredits institutions with the highest standard of excellence that continually work to improve the quality of business education.

List: Nye County school menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Jan. 28– Feb. 1

California lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in the Wednesday, Jan. 23 drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $13 million.

Tri-County Weed Control board needs Nye County members

The Tri-County Weed Control Board of Directors is on the hunt for two fresh faces and Nye County Commissioner Lorinda Wichman is turning to the public to find the new members.

Pahrump’s Mountz wins bull riding at Spanish Springs rodeo

Pahrump sixth-grader Brandon Mountz is the No. 1 bull rider among Nevada’s junior high school competitors after winning the event on both days at an Oct. 13-14 rodeo hosted by Spanish Springs.

Beatty Days set to begin ‘18 run in rural Nevada

The 2018 edition of Beatty Days kicks off at noon on Friday, Oct. 26 and continues through Sunday, October 28. Other than the parade, events are held in Cottonwood Park.

Gaming win dips slighly in Nye

Nye County gaming operators and owners experienced a slight dip in gaming win this fall.

President Trump rallies in Elko on first day of early voting

Trump’s Elko visit, coming on the first day of early voting in Nevada, coincides with a Las Vegas visit by former Vice President Joe Biden. Former President Barack Obama visits Las Vegas on Monday.

Susan Holecheck: Congress must rebuild America’s infrastructure in rural communities

As a lifelong Republican, former mayor of Mesquite, former town manager of Pahrump, and member of the National League of Cities, I’m calling on Congress to partner with rural communities to develop an infrastructure plan to support our modern economy. Our country at large – and our rural communities in particular – are greatest when we invest in building great things.

Lottery fever draws hundreds to Shoshone

Hundreds of people waited patiently in a line extending more than 100 yards outside the entrance of the Charles Brown General Store and Gift Shop on Highway 127 in Shoshone, about 23 miles southwest of Pahrump on Monday.

Nevada experts: voters expected to ‘elect a dead man’

Famed Nevada brothel owner and Nevada Assembly District 36 Republican nominee Dennis Hof may have passed away on Oct. 16, but political experts are predicting his death will make very little difference in the outcome of that race.

Teatro El Grande celebrates Halloween, plans Pahrump debut

Teatro El Grande returns to Tecopa this weekend with a celebration of Halloween in “Flames of Our Ancestors,” an all-new show debuting Friday, Oct. 26.

Nye County Dems’ biggest fundraiser right around the corner

With less than two weeks until the 2018 general election, the Nye County Democratic Central Committee is gearing up for its largest fundraiser of the year, the annual Roosevelt-Kennedy Dinner.

Pahrump Valley Blvd. construction underway

The next stage in road improvements in Pahrump is underway, with the town’s namesake street, Pahrump Valley Boulevard, the target of a $1 million rebuild project.

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