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MARK WAITE / PVT
Paula Elefante, executive director of EDEN Inc., at right, and Nye County Commissioner Peter Liakopoulos, at left, put some effort into shoveling dirt at the ground breaking for the new Home Depot store Wednesday while Commissioners Gary Hollis, at far left, and Roberta "Midge" Carver and Butch Borasky, in the middle, look on.
GROUND BROKEN: Home Depot has plans for 150 jobs
The new Home Depot store will provide 150 jobs in Pahrump after it opens next summer, real estate manager Jeff Hardman said during ground-breaking ceremonies Wednesday morning.

5-0 VOTE: Animal advocates seek guidelines for new zoning
Animal advocates want to know what the guidelines will be for annual inspections after a new zoning ordinance was passed unanimously by Nye County commissioners Wednesday.


GROUND BROKEN: Home Depot has plans for 150 jobs
The new Home Depot store will provide 150 jobs in Pahrump after it opens next summer, real estate manager Jeff Hardman said during ground-breaking ceremonies Wednesday morning.

Firefighters are on way to California
As many as four local firefighters are in fire-stricken Southern California today as part of a state strike team, Fore Chief Scott Lewis said Thursday.

Senior News
Pahrump Senior Center menu (menu subject to change) and activities for the week of Oct. 29 to Nov. 2:

Short Branch hosts poker run
Even though the Short Branch Saloon in Crystal is a little far removed from the Town of Pahrump, Kathy Bragg wants people to remember her establishment catches the first of the tourists; including buses, as they come off of Highway 95 heading for Pahrump.

Lockes regain Mama Cat
Last summer, Doug and Joanne Locke, of Las Vegas, rescued a tortoiseshell cat and her seven kittens. Although they were able to place the kittens into loving homes, the Lockes felt as though the mama cat, duly named Mama, was still wild.

IN BRIEF

Support meetings

Nuts and Bolts with Buffalo Jim

Dojo brings home the silver
Talk about bringing home the gold -- for Dragon Cloud Dojo, it was actually more like bringing home the silver as in three grand championships, four first places, two second places and a trio of third place trophies.

Big plans set for 'livable community'
A self-contained "livable community" on the west side, at Basin Avenue and Barney Street, geared toward seniors with 864 units connected by golf cart paths and including a senior center, doctor's offices and shopping, was approved by Nye County commissioners Wednesday.

Free fright for those who dare
Trick-or-treating isn't always easy in Pahrump.

PHOTO: WELCOME ABOARD

Fall Festival Awards
The following list of winners of a variety of talents was compiled for the recent Fall Festival:

Sheriff's Report
The following information was provided by the Nye County Sheriff's Office. All crimes are alleged and all defendants are presumed innocent:

Anniversary

PHOTOS: ACE HARDWARE -- 44 YEARS AND COUNTING!

Entertainment Schedule
Live Music

2nd adoption event to be held at Nugget
Best Friends Animal Society will host its second Super Cat Adoption Event at the Pahrump Nugget Saturday, Oct. 27, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Pyle, Bourke-White featured at Chautauqua
On an only slightly chilly Friday evening last week, a short walk across the Pahrump Valley Winery's lawn took you smack in the middle of World War II.

Deputies chase dump truck; dump truck chases deputies
Sometimes it doesn't take a whole lot of action to break a litany of laws, as Jerrod Noble, 32, discovered Monday, Oct. 22.

BACK THEN

Sr. Olympics to have national contestants
In an unusually short "barn burner" of a meeting, the Pahrump Town board conducted a variety of business.

PHOTO: AT SADDLE WEST

RECORDS TRUSTWORTHY?: New setbacks for former NTS workers
WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of former Nevada Test site workers seeking a fast track for health claims after being exposed to radiation and toxic substances on their jobs have encountered a new setback.

California Lottery

Community assistance

No site chosen, but town OKs contract
The location for a proposed federal detention facility has yet to be determined, but an optimistic town board Oct. 23 awarded one of the five interested firms, GEO Group, a conditional use permit for the one town-owned property being considered.

Deuce Coupe will perform at the Nugget
Deuce Coupe has played the Nugget before, and they're back because Pahrump wants to see them.

Community Calendar

Wedding

5-0 VOTE: Animal advocates seek guidelines for new zoning
Animal advocates want to know what the guidelines will be for annual inspections after a new zoning ordinance was passed unanimously by Nye County commissioners Wednesday.

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