Ultra runner wins Badwater by two hours

Two years ago nobody even heard of Pete Kostelnick at the Styr Labs Badwater 135, but now with two wins in a row, he has the complete attention of Badwater followers.

Badwater Road in Death Valley reopens

Almost 10 months after a wild storm washed out a stretch of road linking Shoshone and Death Valley National Park, the roadway reopened last week.

Congressional candidates have yet to agree on debate

Republican incumbent Cresent Hardy and his Democratic challenger, Ruben Kihuen, have yet to agree on a future debate that could involve questions relating to Nye County.

Northern Nye nonprofit water utility cooperative’s board resigns

Shoshone Estates Water Co., Inc., a nonprofit water utility cooperative, is under emergency operations by the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection after the co-op’s entire board resigned.

Hee: Catch the fever, baseball

The summer heat is on and I am not talking about the outside temperature, I am talking about baseball. What a season it has been for fans.

17 kids graduate from probation boot camp program

Nye County’s Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Tom Metscher appeared pleased with last week’s boot camp graduation ceremony, where 17 teenagers passed muster.

Pet spotted in car prompts animal control response

Nye County Animal Control responded to the Walmart parking lot after dispatchers received reports of a pet left inside a vehicle late Tuesday morning.

Fires, motor vehicle collisions keep first responders scrambling

A town of Pahrump utility truck was involved in a two-vehicle collision along Highway 160 in front of Walmart where one person was transported to Desert View Hospital last Thursday.

Boy found at bottom of family swimming pool

A four-year-old Pahrump boy was flown to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas after a family member discovered him at the bottom of the family pool on Monday.

Knapp: Unicorns, mermaids, politicians, and ‘free’

Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler wants telephone companies to make robocall-blocking technology available to their customers. And he wants them to do so “at no charge.”

Myers: History and its power to protect us

In 1964 Nevada marked its centennial. I was 15 and decided I would live to 115 so that I would be able to celebrate the Nevada bicentennial. I did, indeed, celebrate the U.S. bicentennial, spending the day in Virginia City where the U.S. centennial had been marked in 1876 (on the wrong day, granted, but we always do that).

Editorial: Editing the Bill of Rights

It didn’t generate much buzz, but it should have. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has come out against the free speech protections enshrined in the First Amendment.

Football: The Girl just wants to have fun

When it comes to girls’ sports, most girls are told if they want to play a sport in high school to play softball, soccer or even basketball, but not football.

California Lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Saturday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $20 million.

Garden club always looking to grow

One of the valley’s older gatherings of horticulturists are looking to (pun coming) grow.

Four schools moving out of the I-A for the fall

These photos were taken at this year’s Pop Warner Football camp, which was a two-day camp held last Friday and Saturday at the high school. The camp was taught by PVHS football coaches and players, Rosemary Clarke football coaches and Pop Warner coaches.

Portion of Highway 160 in town to be widened

Commuting on a section of Highway 160 in town is about to get easier, as an almost two-mile stretch is set to be widened.

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