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WASHINGTON -- Employees on the Yucca Mountain Project have stepped up appeals to rescue jobs amidst confirmation that an anticipated new round of federal budget cuts will put another 500 or more of them out of work. RPC encounters obstacles rezoning last 1,250 parcels The Pahrump Regional Planning Commission hit a roadblock early in the first group of 1,250 remaining properties up for rezoning Wednesday night. Community assistance Animal enthusiasts challenge Humane Society agenda CARSON CITY -- A group of animal enthusiasts from around the state visited Carson City last Monday to meet with lawmakers as a preemptive measure against the Humane Society of the United States' schedule to lobby for its animal rights agenda in Nevada this past Saturday. 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 $9 million. Property values fall, appeals are on rise The annual meetings of the Nye County Board of Equalization are usually boring, ho-hum affairs. Fundraiser to help create Amargosa Museum FURNACE CREEK, Calif. -- The Furnace Creek Inn this past Sunday hosted the first local fundraiser to help create the Amargosa Museum at Death Valley Junction. Support meetings Sleeping tortoises pose nightmare for Pahrump Many children are familiar with Mojave Max, the desert tortoise at the Red Rock National Conservation Area Visitor's Center. Some schools participate in the annual contest for children to estimate when Max will wake from his brumation (the reptilian form of hibernation) and emerge from his burrow. PHOTO: CLOSE CALL Open house set on groundwater BEATTY -- The U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office will hold an open house Feb. 18 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Beatty Community Center, 100 A Ave. South to discuss the groundwater affected by historic underground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). PHOTO: ROLLOVER Community Calendar Entertainment Schedule PHOTO: PEAK-A-BOO PHOTO: BEING OF SERVICE Quick to read and it'll feel good You're in a situation and you don't know who to turn to. IN BRIEF Obituaries |
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