WASHINGTON — Nevada’s own Catherine Cortez Masto became the first Latina to serve in the Senate on Tuesday as lawmakers convened for the 115th Congress.
The Internal Revenue Service has dropped two tax proposals for reporting slot winnings. The IRS was considering mandating electronic player tracking as well as cutting the slot jackpot reporting threshold from $1,200 to a possible $600.
Miami, Florida-based lobbying firm Akerman LLP will continue representing Nye County in federal lobbying activities after county commissioners voted to continue the contract with the firm.
I am sick of the mudslinging …We have a very serious issue in Nye County and that is WATER. I ran against James Oscarson because he is an establishment in the governor’s pocket kind of candidate. He lies!!!! He raised our taxes and swore he would not.
Over the last few years, I have had the privilege of working with James Oscarson, growing not only Spring Mountain Motorsports but Pahrump and Nevada as a whole.
Discussions of legalizing the use of marijuana often revolve around the contention that pot functions as a “gateway drug” — a substance that can lead individuals to abuse “harder” substances like cocaine or heroin.
Nevada voters are being asked to approve a measure that would exempt oxygen machines, hospital beds, wheelchairs and other medical equipment prescribed by a health provider from state sales tax.
Nye County commissioners approved filling a new position in the sheriff’s department, eliminating the vacant admin tech/grant administrator in the process.
Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Nov. 7 – Nov. 11:
The Nye County Water District Governing Board approved a professional services agreement with Kathy Gilmore, who will perform the duties of a quality assurance officer.
The Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) lifted the emergency fire restriction area-wide shooting closure and replaced it with a temporary emergency one-year shooting closure just for Lovell Canyon.
It’s finally feeling like Autumn! Thus, it’s time to enlist the crock pot to make cozy meals like this Italian-inspired Chicken Cacciatore. This freezer to crockpot meal couldn’t be easier. You can prepare it in advance and place it in the freezer. When you need an easy dinner, defrost it in the fridge the day before you want to serve it then cook, low and slow, in the crock pot.
The road to state ended for one Nye County team. The Lady Trojans, the Sunset League champions and no. 1 seed, fell to second-seed Boulder City of the Sunrise League in five sets, 25-20, 25-22, 20-25, 23-25 and 15-11 at the 3A Southern Region playoffs in Boulder City.
An arraignment hearing for the woman arrested on voter fraud charges was again delayed until Dec. 2 after she tested positive for prescription drugs for the second time.
Officials at Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services have ended the area’s burn moratorium, paving the way for residents to begin burning weeds and other forms of vegetation this month.
Something Positive Inc., is a nonprofit organization in Pahrump providing support to indigent families around the community, a need that increases during the holiday season.
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $49 million.
GOLDFIELD — Esmeralda County offered a sneak peek of Goldfield’s first travel/visitors center, a project that’s been more than 10 years in the making.
Beatty football went head-to-head against one of the best eight-man football teams in the country last week and found out why Pahranagat Valley (9-0 overall, 7-0 1A Southern) is ranked eighth in the nation according to a MaxPreps poll.
I rarely get riled up over sports. OK, I lied, but that happens mostly with NFL football and college football. For high school, I think I control myself well (My wife is snickering somewhere).
Intense debates about a Nevada ballot measure that would expand background checks for firearms buyers has shifted to nuanced questions about what it would require and how it is written.
If you are looking for an easy outdoor excursion for the entire family, just head just south of Boulder City to Keyhole Canyon.
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part article about a legend in the ghost town of Rhyolite. The first part ran in the Oct. 28 edition.
Once again Beatty and Tonopah find themselves locked in battle in the 1A Southern League playoffs. The victor will go on to vie for the regional title and move on to state.
With four days left to go to the general election, two Nye County Commission candidates are laying low as they wait for the results.
With less than a week to go until the Nov. 8 General Election, Nye County’s top election official is projecting a heavy voter turnout.
End-of-year summative 2016 test grades show students in Nye County are behind statewide averages.
Officials selected four projects for a Community Development Block Grant with the expectation that funding will be available for more than the two projects that previously were planned.