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DeMeo charged Pahrump resident Jim Petell, "citizen, voter and taxpayer of Nye County," recently filed a criminal complaint against Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo for overspending his budget in his first term of office. Nye County commissioners at their last meeting accepted the final report from its consultant with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the status of the Calvada Eye as a Brownfields demonstration project. |
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• Keep energy bills on the low end for summer In the desert southwest, the summer season drops a stifling blanket of heat that causes most people to seek relief in their air-conditioned homes. • Calvada Eye plans OK'd Nye County commissioners at their last meeting accepted the final report from its consultant with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the status of the Calvada Eye as a Brownfields demonstration project. • DeMeo charged Pahrump resident Jim Petell, "citizen, voter and taxpayer of Nye County," recently filed a criminal complaint against Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo for overspending his budget in his first term of office. • Nye commissioners approve lumberyard Nye County commissioners approved a conforming zone change and conditional use permit for a lumberyard to go in on east Dandelion and Bride streets in a residential neighborhood just south of Highway 160, east of Malibou Avenue. • Controlled burn moratorium begins June 3 Following the suit of the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forestry Service, Pahrump Valley Fire-Rescue will cease issuing burn permits as of June 3. • Beatty could go from mining gold to wind In the summer of 1904, the story goes, Frank "Shorty" Harris - the archetype of the "single-blanket jackass prospector" - gabby, barely 5-foot-four with a bushy mustache and inured to chasing rainbows from Coeur d'Alene to Tombstone, with his partner Ed Cross, a sober newlywed, found an unusual piece of rock in the desert west of Beatty's ranch. It was about the size and dark greenish color of a bullfrog. • Nugget bowling alley grand opening set for early June The Pahrump Nugget has announced the grand opening of its 24-lane bowling alley and video arcade for children. The event will take place at noon on June 3. • Time to get into the swim of things The heat is on, and the Pahrump Community Swimming Pool will soon open its doors to patrons looking for somewhere wet and cool to hang out. • Exploring the mind of a fanatic So you made your grocery list for the week, and you usually stick pretty close to it. At least until you get to the checkout, anyhow. • The sands of Nye County time This most recent period of Nye County history is characterized by two trends. The first is the growth of Pahrump from a tiny farming community to a small rural city, substantially altering county demographics. • Commission holds a special meeting Thursday morning The Nye County Board of Commissioners has scheduled a special teleconference meeting for Thursday at 8:30 a.m. in Pahrump and Tonopah. The Pahrump meeting will be in the commissioners' offices at 250 N. Highway 160. • Fire at public nuisance threatens school Fire broke out again Sunday in a building that served as a laundry, apartment, and shop for the abandoned trailer park adjacent to the Beatty Elementary and Middle School. This was the second fire on the property in the last three or four months. The previous fire was in one of the empty mobile homes. • High gas prices won't slow summer travelers Despite the fact the Silver State has some of the highest gas prices in the country, nearly 250,000 Nevadans plan to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend, according to the latest report from AAA Nevada. • Wedding • Students in the News • Calendar • Support meetings • Community assistance • California Lottery |
