More than 80,000 people died in 2021 of an opioid overdose nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control, including prescription opioids, heroin and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. To help counter this trend, Michael Quattrocchi, grant manager at NyECC, and his team have placed four Naloxone dispensers, which look like newspaper vending machines, in Nye County over the past five months.
Ambitious. It’s an apt word to describe Michael Grace’s vision for the future of his company, Longshot Space Technology Corporation, which, if all goes to plan, will build what he calls the world’s largest potato gun.
Nye County School District trustees will negotiate a $25 million contract with Texas-based CORE Construction to build a new Tonopah Elementary School.
Tonopah Judge Jennifer Klapper is this year’s recipient of the Nevada Judges of Limited Jurisdiction’s “Judge of the Year” award.
Preserving history for generations to come while simultaneously boosting tourism – that’s the goal of Tonopah Main Street: Historical Storytelling, a project that’s using the digital age to promote all of the fascinating facts about the bygone days of Tonopah.
Tonopah project pushes ahead despite obstacles to opening
The kits are equipped with first-aid and mental health treatments, defibrillators and Naloxone medication to reverse opioid overdoses.
The Tonopah Airport is set to see an all new fuel system following the awarding of a Community Development Block Grant by the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development.
The changes on the school board come after months of back and forth between the board and Superintendent Warren Shillingburg after the board extended his contract in December.
In 2021, Nye County was awarded a $350,000 Community Development Block Grant to fund the renovation of major parking lots in Tonopah and though it has taken two years, the project is now officially underway.
Tonopah hosted its Jim Butler Days festival over the Memorial Day weekend where the Nevada State Horseshoe Pitchers Association held a sanctioned tournament at the Joe Friel Sports Complex.
A Nye County resident said he felt the school district had recovered from the pandemic slower than the rest of the state under the superintendent’s leadership.
If you’re only planning on dipping in town for an afternoon, we offer these tips of “must-dos” for Jim Butler Days.
Nye County Sheriff’s deputies say Tanya Breedlove Carter had “made threats” to her neighbor that she was “going to burn down their trailer” and was seen leaving the property on May 11, just minutes before the fire was reported.
Costs for the new elementary school are already $6 million more than initial estimates. Officials are now eyeing a plan that would build most of the school at an off-site manufacturing facility.
The Bureau of Land Management has announced plans to transfer ownership of the ghost town to Esmeralda County, ending a decadeslong property dispute that has prevented residents from getting clear title to the land.
The town of Tonopah is all set to see a new addition to the fleet that provides emergency medical transportation to the community and surrounding areas.
