Friends, colleagues and others cheered, clapped, while some had tears in their eyes, as Nye County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Duane Downing stepped through an entrance into a meeting space inside the Tonopah Convention Center this month. Downing returned home after spending nearly seven months recovering from critical injuries he’d sustained in the line of duty.
One person is dead following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 160 and Mesquite Avenue, just after 7 a.m. on Thursday morning.
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in the Wednesday, Dec. 26 drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $35 million.
Let’s end the year on a high note with a lovely, low stress cocktail party for New Year’s Eve. Shall we?
Those who still have leftover fireworks from the July 4th holiday will have a few days to light them off beginning this weekend.
As usual, the second week in December was a very busy, jolly old time in Beatty, packed with Christmas events.
Despite the partial federal government shutdown, now in its first week, large numbers of people are still visiting Death Valley National Park in spite of limited services at present.
After opening the season with a 3-point loss at Tonopah and a 7-point home setback against Big Pine, the Beatty High School boys basketball team went into the Kody Beach Memorial Basketball Tournament at Round Mountain hoping to go into the holiday break on a high note.
The end of 2018 is nearing and with it comes the culmination of Nye County Commissioner Dan Schinhofen’s eight years in office. It will be a major shift in his life but Schinhofen said he will carry many happy memories from his time on the board and he is looking to the future with optimism.
