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Liakopoulos recall petition filed
A petition to recall Nye County Commissioner Peter Liakopoulos was turned in Monday with 772 declared signatures, 102 more than necessary.

SEVERAL SITES TAGGED: Young suspect arrested for vandalizing mural
The sheriff's office has arrested a 17-year-old juvenile for allegedly vandalizing the school district office and a number of buildings in the area with graffiti.


Liakopoulos recall petition filed
A petition to recall Nye County Commissioner Peter Liakopoulos was turned in Monday with 772 declared signatures, 102 more than necessary.

Nye K-9 assists NHP
Edric Kerr, 50, was arrested and booked on a charge of possession of marijuana Sunday, Dec. 30. The Nye County Sheriff's Office was asked by the Nevada Highway Patrol to assist in searching the vehicle Kerr was driving on Highway 95 near mile marker 30.

Support meetings

Nuts & Bolts with Buffalo Jim

PAHRUMP: Taxes, detention center on town agenda
The town board will have its first meeting of the new year Tuesday, Jan. 8, and will hit the ground running with the election of new officers. But there are plenty of other reasons to attend, including the following topics of interest:

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PHOTO: FIRE IN BEATTY

PHOTO: 'GIVING DAY'

GBC begins registration
ELKO -- The holidays are in the rear view mirror and most classes are set to begin at Great Basin College Jan. 19.

School Menu
Nye County School District elementary breakfast menu for the week of Jan. 7 - Jan. 11:

Entertainment Schedule

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 $30 million.

13 of 33 drug suspects arrested
Various divisions of the Nye County Sheriff's Office were kept busy during the closing days of 2007, apprehending 13 individuals on felony arrest warrants Friday, Dec. 28.

IN BRIEF

Community assistance

'Positively Pahrump' contest kicks off for writers, et al.
The Pahrump Valley Community Action Team (PVCAT) is a committee composed of 27 members who meet weekly to discuss making Pahrump a better place to live.

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:

Astrochannels broadcasting live from Tecopa star party

PHOTOS: New Year's at the Nightspots

BETA SIGMA PHI: Local group true to its name
Beta Sigma Phi (which translates into "life, learning, and friendship") may sound like a college sorority, but the aptly-named organization is actually open to women of all ages who are interested in making lifelong friends, learning and helping their local community.

PHOTO: UP IN SMOKE

Ringing in the New Year with gunfire
While Las Vegas welcomed 2008 by shooting off fireworks, here in Pahrump an unknown number of suspects decided to just plain shoot -- a .22-caliber weapon, that is.

Drivers education opens at college
ELKO -- Great Basin College will again offer driver's education to high school and non-high school students in Elko, Eureka, Lander, Humboldt, Nye and White Pine counties.

Donated rights can go directly to Nye County
TONOPAH -- The state engineer's office can't transfer relinquished water rights to Nye County, but the county could ask property owners to donate those water rights directly to it, commissioners were told Wednesday.

3 killed, 6 hurt in crash
Three people were killed and six injured in a two-car collision Wednesday on Highway 160 near its intersection with Route 95.

Saturation patrols successful
The sheriff's office spent New Year's Eve making travel a little safer with a saturation patrol between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m.

Correction

Eastley named commission chairwoman
TONOPAH -- Nye County Commissioner Joni Eastley was named chairwoman Wednesday, after a motion to nominate Butch Borasky died for lack of a second.

Senior News
Pahrump Senior Center menu (menu subject to change) and activities for the week of Jan. 7 to Jan. 11:

SEVERAL SITES TAGGED: Young suspect arrested for vandalizing mural
The sheriff's office has arrested a 17-year-old juvenile for allegedly vandalizing the school district office and a number of buildings in the area with graffiti.

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