As small business optimism rises, worries decrease in Pahrump

Owning a small business in Pahrump can be challenging. But, according to the fourth quarter 2014 Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, small business owners nationwide are feeling a renewed sense of confidence as they head into 2015.

The right coach with the right stuff is out there

With January, comes the bowl games, the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl. Did you know there were 38 bowl games? It’s just a lot of football and so football is on my mind.

Lady Trojans looking for answers in tough loss

The Lady Trojans were left stunned at the end of their game with Western as they lost the in last second of the game. The team lost 43-42 at Western on Thursday.

Basketball: Lady Hornets down Indian Springs in first league game

On Saturday the Lady Hornets destroyed the Thunderbirds 52-19 at home. Beatty (4-0 overall, 2-0 Division IV Southern) outscored Indian Springs (0-11, 0-2) in the first half 30-12.

IN PROFILE: Sharon Mayfield

BUSINESS:

Letter to the Editor

What happened to the real Christmas?

Local woman succumbs to wrong-way crash injuries

The woman who Nevada Highway Patrol investigators believe caused a head-on collision last Wednesday has died.

Kellogg Park moves closer to bidding parts of first phase

Discussions continue on developing the proposed 80-acre Kellogg Park slated for the south end of town with plans for the first bids to be issued by June.

Kiwanis group works to feed homeless youth

The Nye County School District is seeing more students every day who arrive on their area campuses without having breakfast and not bringing anything for lunch.

California Lottery

Two tickets matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto, with a payout of $3.5 million each. The next jackpot will be at least $7 million.

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Crime Corner, Jan. 14

Man charged with home invasion

Man survives four nights in the desert near Beatty

Four young women working on art projects at the Red Barn at Rhyolite got an unexpected shock early last Wednesday afternoon, when a disheveled man came hobbling out of the desert with his arms in the air crying, “Help me! Water! I need water!”

Those gentle Muslims

This piece ran in this space eleven years ago. I am offering it again because of the attack on “Charlie Hedbo” in Paris last week.

Shift to GOP control in Carson City could boost voter ID bill

The last couple of times Barbara Cegavske backed bills in the Nevada Legislature to require voters to show photo identification to cast ballots, the proposed legislation didn’t make it out of committee.

Could relinquished rights conserve water?

Relinquishment of water rights may help to contribute to the preservation of the resource that a desert community can not live without.

Nearly $34 million marijuana grow pulled from mountain

Nye County Sheriff’s deputies recently participated in an “eradication operation” of a marijuana grow estimated at a street value of nearly $34 million in the Quinn Mountain range located in Railroad Valley.

Crime Corner, Nov. 14

Man charged with battery in jail fight

Land activists rally after feds cancel meeting

Conspiracy theories abounded that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management postponed a public hearing Thursday on the revised resource management plan at the Bob Ruud Community Center to avoid public scrutiny.

Project hopefuls lining up for community grants

A recreational trail on the Calvada Eye is one of the projects vying for federal Community Development Block Grant funds that will be considered by Nye County Commissioners next month.

DAYS OF OLD: International tourists drawn to annual 49ers Encampment

British tourists Gerry and Rose Williams were part of a crowd watching the annual parade of colorful western characters marching through the date palm grove for the annual 49ers Encampment at Furnace Creek last weekend.

Mule train participants relive life in the slow lane

Modern-day motorists can make the trip from Pahrump to Death Valley in an hour, in air-conditioned vehicles, listening to music on the compact disc or perhaps guided by GPS systems on their iPhones.

Tom Saitta at the HUBB and first Tecopa Takeover this weekend

Another busy weekend is in store for residents wanting to get out and about. It includes a new place to see Tom Saitta, an all-weekend music jam in Tecopa and a VFW Ladies Auxiliary fundraiser at Saddle West.

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