Moose Lodge hosts benefit for Special Olympics

Officials with the Pahrump Moose Lodge opened their doors to host an annual fundraising event last Sunday.

Sports Corner

Bowling News: Results of the Certified Whoops Singles Tournament sponsored by Jan and Gordon Sawyer:

Insurance: Comparing apples to apples – Part 1

We live in an economic culture of “How much will it cost me a month?” Ask any car dealer, appliance salesman or loan broker. Purchasers are primarily concerned with the payment amount, and secondarily concerned with exactly what they are buying. I am often stunned by this phenomenon as it relates to insurance.

California Lottery

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 $25 million.

Last Nye County basketball team falls at state

The Lady Muckers basketball team showed people on Saturday that they belonged in the state tournament. They fell fighting hard against the tough Eureka Vandals (30-59) in the semifinal round of Division IV last Friday at Wooster High School in Reno.

Beko golf tourney at Furnace Creek

The 19th annual William P. Beko Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament will be contested March 15-16 at the Furnace Creek Golf Course in Death Valley to raise money for the scholarship fund, which subsidizes students in central Nevada.

Basketball season comes to an end

Basketball ended with a fury over the weekend as the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association concluded the state’s basketball finals at the University of Nevada Reno on Saturday.

ELECTION 2014: Three more announce bids for assessor

Three more candidates announced they will run for county assessor at the Lincoln Day Dinner last Friday night.

Beatty could turn NDEP fine into project

Dave Spicer came before the Beatty Water and Sanitation Board in an emergency meeting Feb. 28 with a proposal to make lemonade out of a very big lemon.

Sterling Gold mine life may be extended

BEATTY — The life of the Sterling Gold Mine near here was projected to last only until the middle of this year, but additional, exploratory, underground drilling and an application for an open pit mine could extend that mine life three to five years, according to General Manager Chuck Stevens.

New shop offers one-of-a-kind items

There has been quite a shift of businesses in the small strip mall at the corner of Pahrump Valley and Calvada boulevards, and another new business is ready for customers at that shopping center.

Republicans suffer with Obama Derangement Syndrome

There was a time, not too long ago, when Republicans decried “activist judges.” Now they’re lamenting that judges are not being activist enough.

NIAA committee could move four teams into Division 1-A

The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association had its biennial meeting on realignment of Division 1-A on Feb. 27 and was supposed to announce teams going to Division 1. There are no teams. Instead the NIAA dropped a bombshell and said there are as many as five teams that could move to 1-A starting next season.

Barrick vetos Beatty explosives welding proposal

The proposal by a Utah explosives company to use the former Barrick Bullfrog Mine Site to weld metals by the use of high explosives met its demise when it met with opposition from Barrick.

Puddle trout with a side of peanut butter, please

Actor Glenn Morshower is not a household name. But as one of the hardest working men in Hollywood, literally, you’ve likely seen his face at one time or another on either the big screen or the little one.

Policy myths create bad policy

Last week Bob Halstead, director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, spoke before the Nye County Commission. He briefed the commissioners on funding shortfalls and other problems facing the federal efforts to build a dump for high level nuclear wastes. In the course of his presentation, as Mark Waite reported in these pages, Halstead reported on some of the misinformation that is floating around about Yucca Mountain in Nye County, previously the all-but-certain site for the dump.

NCSO in full damage control

Sheriff Tony DeMeo attempted to head off an avalanche of bad publicity over his office’s handling of the recent drug arrest of one of its veteran patrol sergeants.

ELECTION 2014: 3 challenge Borasky for seat

Butch Borasky has drawn three opponents in his campaign for reelection to a third term as Nye County District 4 commissioner. Former District 3 commission candidate Julie Hargis, former Nye County Facilities Manager Bob Jones and Gary Bergman, a retired welder, are all vying for the elected position.

Chili chefs compete for charity

What makes a great bowl of chili?

Dolan angered by town travel policy tweaks

A simmering personality conflict between a Pahrump Town Board member and Town Manager Susan Holecheck briefly rose to the surface during a recent discussion over the town’s travel reimbursement policy.

California Lottery

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 $27 million.

Police: Man admits sex with underage girl

A 24-year-old man was arrested last week for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl after police received a report the victim had written about the relationship in her journal.

Lady Trojans must beat Cheyenne

The Pahrump Trojans girls basketball team had a tough week at home last week as they battled Faith Lutheran Wednesday and Clark Thursday, the breast cancer awareness game, losing both games.

Marshall attracts crowd to campaign kickoff fundraiser

Over 200 people packed the Mountain Falls banquet room Saturday night as Assistant Sheriff Rick Marshall kicked off his campaign in a big way for the sheriff’s position.