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Watch out car thieves. The next patrol car you pass has your number ... literally. County will fund study of Pahrump Utility takeover TONOPAH -- Nye County Commissioner Lorinda Wichman stuck with her conviction government shouldn't get involved with private business, but she was the only one who voted Tuesday against spending $18,000 to $25,000 on a study of taking over Pahrump Utility Co. Osborne probationary period declared over TONOPAH -- Nye County Commissioner Butch Borasky had insisted on a one-year probationary period for County Manager Rick Osborne when he was hired last July, but it was Borasky who pushed for lifting his probationary status early at Tuesday's meeting. It Just Makes Cents It Just Makes Cents -- a money-minded column to share tips, helpful Web sites and Internet deals. We'll find ways to stretch your dollars, methods for trimming your spending and my favorite ... free stuff! Sheriff report The following information was provided by the Nye County Sheriff's Office. All crimes are alleged and all defendants are presumed innocent: Annual Pahrump clean-up on the way The ninth annual Pahrump Town Clean Up will be held Saturday, April 25. County reduces chip seal program TONOPAH -- A slimmed down 2008-09 chip seal program costing $1.22 million was approved by Nye County commissioners Tuesday, with some of the project to be funded in the next fiscal year beginning July 1. DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN BACK THEN 39 years ago this week 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 $8 million. Geology history at Shoshone Museum The Shoshone Museum will sponsor a three-day conference with former museum President Lauren Wright and accomplished photographer Marli Miller April 17-19 at the Shoshone Museum. Conservancy destination: Kingston Mountains The Amargosa Conservancy has another tour planned for tomorrow, this time to the Kingston Mountain Range. HELPING THE ACADEMY Forest seeks participation The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest seeks citizens to participate on four new resource advisory committees (RACs) being established for the following Nevada counties: 1. Lyon and Mineral, 2. Elko, 3. Humboldt, and 4. Nye and White Pine. 'Spring Fling' at Saddle West Tomorrow, Saddle West Hotel and Casino will host the Spring Fling in the courtyard area by the pool. Desert tortoise plan still under study The endangered desert tortoise remains on the county's radar. It didn't end with a decision by Nye County commissioners not to submit a habitat conservation plan to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last summer. Beatty board splits between women, men BEATTY -- It is hard to decide whether to refer to the April 8 Beatty Town Advisory Board meeting as "the battle of the sexes" or "the great divide. Manufactured home setups targeted by code revision TONOPAH -- Nye County is cracking down on people who haul manufactured homes into Pahrump at night, hook them up to electricity and start living in them without having them inspected or paying permit fees. Rock Around the Clock Persistence is the key when dealing with NPS Youths who envy rangers who get paid for leading tourists on interpretive talks in the national parks got some tips on how to apply for those jobs during a talk at the University of Nevada, Reno Cooperative Extension Service Monday. Grant awarded for park Pahrump has been awarded a technical assistance grant from the National Park Service's Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) Program to prepare a conceptual design for Last Chance Park, a rugged landscape that provides open space, habitat for wildlife, and areas for recreational use. Group seeks politeness to Pahrump Before sunrise on March 31, nine members of the Rural Nevada Center for Public Policy Dialogue (RNCPPD) steering committee set off on the long drive to Tempe, Ariz., to attend a two-day moderator training workshop. Nugget Steakhouse hosts wine event Stockman's Steakhouse will present a special evening of food and wine beginning at 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 20. Community calendar Today Nye will cut travel, even bottled water TONOPAH -- Visitors at county offices won't be offered free bottled water any more, as Nye County gets down to saving nickels and dimes in an attempt to cut the budget. Sheriff asks 12 deputies TONOPAH -- Nye County commissioners decided Tuesday not to look a gift horse in the mouth in requesting 12 new deputies which would be fully funded by the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Recovery Hiring Program. Community Assistance In Brief Federal application submitted for northern Nye reuse project TONOPAH -- An application will be submitted for a $195,000 preliminary engineering report on recycling Tonopah effluent, for a second round of $740,431 available in federal community development block grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly known as the stimulus package. County will fund study of Pahrump Utility takeover TONOPAH -- Nye County Commissioner Lorinda Wichman stuck with her conviction government shouldn't get involved with private business, but she was the only one who voted Tuesday against spending $18,000 to $25,000 on a study of taking over Pahrump Utility Co. Obituaries |
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