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Second 'mole' possible?
Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo said he was furious to learn AnnJet Switzer, who is accused of leaking information while working for the district attorney's office, was released on her own recognizance last Friday.

CARROUSEL DAY CARE: State suspends license for local day care facility
Carrousel Family Child Care co-owner Suzanne North said she put off sending out notices telling parents the facility would be closed as of Sept. 29 after a meeting with Nye County planning officials.


Second 'mole' possible?
Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo said he was furious to learn AnnJet Switzer, who is accused of leaking information while working for the district attorney's office, was released on her own recognizance last Friday.

13-year-old student opens for C&W star
Kelcy Lee Hyde, a 13-year-old student at Pahrump Valley High School, is going to get the chance of a lifetime when she opens for Darryl Worley at the Oct. 4 concert that kicks off the Pahrump Fall Festival.

Community Calendar

Town board to clarify makeup of vet's panel
Among the items on the agenda for the Tuesday, Sept. 25, Pahrump Town Board meeting is a discussion and planned decision on clarifying and re-advertising the public notice for establishing a Chief Tecopa Cemetery Veteran's Memorial Advisory Board.

PHOTO: Hilarious host

County quartet: Scandinavia tour conforms Yucca viability
A recent trip to Sweden and Finland confirmed the viability of using a geologic repository to house nuclear waste, consultant Cash Jaszczak, from SRS Technologies, said.

Correction

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:

Nuts & Bolts with Buffalo Jim

County will seek new health officer
Nye County will advertise for a county health officer to replace Maureen Budahl, whose resignation took effect Aug. 9. Budahl is still the state community health nurse.

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PHOTOS: SATURDAY WITH THE GOVERNOR

Heavy trucks restricted to specific ways
Trucks weighing over 26,000 pounds will only be allowed on designated truck routes in Pahrump, following the county commissioners' passage of an amendment to the Nye County Code Wednesday.

California Lottery

Silver Tappers founder named grand marshal
B.J. Hetrick-Irwin, who founded the Nevada Silver Tappers, a group which has promoted higher self-esteem for senior women and in the process donated healthy checks through numerous fundraisers to local charities, will be honored as the grand marshal of the 2007 Pahrump Fall Festival Parade.

IN BRIEF

CRYSTAL: Request for road preservation denied
CRYSTAL -- Crystal Heights resident Bob Regan was rebuffed Tuesday as he requested the Nye County commissioners to declare as historic a road that could soon be part of a large residential development.

Heller supports Iraq policy, seeks to amend voting bill
U.S. Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., concedes he hasn't acquired much clout since taking office as the representative for Nevada's 2nd District in January.

PHOTO: LATE NIGHT

Senior News
Pahrump Senior Center menu (menu subject to change) and activities for the week of Sept. 24 to Sept. 28:

Hafens seek development pact for 446 homes
During the discussions over Nye County development agreements, Nye County Manager Ron Williams told the county commission the amounts collected weren't enough to properly compensate the county for the administrative work required to monitor them.

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BACK THEN

More Vine Ranch tours planned
DEATH VALLEY -- In the fall of 2006 and this past spring, Death Valley National Park offered several weekends of special tours of Lower Vine Ranch, part of the Death Valley Scotty National Historic District.

Festival opens with concert
Country and western music headliner, Darryl Worley, 42, will take center stage at McCullough Arena to kick off the Pahrump Fall Festival Oct. 4.

BIRTH

2009-2010: Senate sweetens funding for 160 widening
The U.S. Senate last Wednesday approved $3 million to add to the kitty for the widening of Highway 160 between Rainbow Boulevard in Las Vegas and Mountain Springs Summit.

Watering Calvada Boulevard trees not as simple as turning on tap
Calvada Boulevard was planned to be the downtown of Pahrump when Preferred Equities Corporation split up the huge Pahrump Ranch into tens of thousands of parcels as part of the Calvada project, back in the 1970s.

CARROUSEL DAY CARE: State suspends license for local day care facility
Carrousel Family Child Care co-owner Suzanne North said she put off sending out notices telling parents the facility would be closed as of Sept. 29 after a meeting with Nye County planning officials.

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