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Judge Davis opposes court breakup District Judge John Davis said he wants to retain Mineral County in the 5th Judicial District and said a bill requesting it be split off in the upcoming state legislative session is an attempt to establish another judge in a new Churchill and Mineral County district. DeCanio: ATV'ers terrorize my wife In the Old West, the cattlemen fought the sheep herders. Express Bus Schedule The Pahrump Express bus service to Las Vegas has published the following pick-up and return times with locations. Senior News Utah not happy about nuclear waste SALT LAKE CITY -- Members of Congress will resubmit a bill Wednesday to ban the importation of foreign nuclear waste in an effort to preserve domestic disposal space as the U.S. increasingly looks toward expanding its use of nuclear power. Wine and dine set for Sunday Periodically the Patio Cafe hosts a wine tasting and wine dinner on a Sunday evening. The next one is on tap for Jan. 18. Nugget pulls RPC request A request for a conditional use permit and a waiver from a regulation requiring a rear landscaping buffer for the Pahrump Nugget Casino expansion project was withdrawn without prejudice at the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission meeting Wednesday. Gibbons won't name applicants The Nevada Attorney General's Office has rejected a Nevada Open Records Act request filed by the Pahrump Valley Times for the names of applicants for the vacant Nye County Commission District 5 seat vacated by Peter Liakopoulos. Matt Reeves at Maverick Jan. 30-31 Hometown boy and rising star, Matt Reeves, will perform with his own band in two concerts, Jan. 30 and 31, at the Maverick Saloon on Mesquite Avenue. 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 $50 million. PHOTO: AT THE MUSEUM Entertainment Schedule Sneak a peek of fiber arts The Pahrump Arts Council is gearing up for the 2009 Fiber Arts Show with a sneak preview from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Jan. 24 at the Pahrump Valley Museum. Insurance company donates $2,500 On Jan. 6, Jennifer Wade, who manages American Family Insurance in Pahrump, presented Claudette Crooks, president of Soroptimist International Pahrump Valley, with a check for $2,500. Entertainment Briefs Town board elects its officers The topic generating the most speculation at the town board meeting was last on the agenda, when the board met in a closed session from 7:22 p.m. to 8:08 p.m. Petell moves on to district court Jim Petell, former chairman of the public lands advisory board, appeared in Pahrump's Justice Court Jan. 8 on a continuance of a case charging him with attempting to defraud Saddle West Casino. Community assistance Back Then 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: School menu Nye County School District elementary breakfast menu for the week of Jan. 19 -- Jan. 23: Community Calendar JVC will design facility addition JVC Architects, a Las Vegas-based architecture firm specializing in community-based design, recently announced the company has been contracted by Nye County to renovate and design an addition to the Pahrump Justice Facility at 1520 E. Basin Road. Willow Creek sold at auction The 9.1-acre Willow Creek clubhouse site and five parcels of land totaling almost 52 acres were transferred back to the lender to satisfy a $400,000 note by Ashland Capital in a deed recorded Jan. 5. Roy Mankins recalls Old West days Youths in Pahrump complain today there isn't enough to do in town. Scholarships offered NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program is offering 550 full scholarships to U.S. high school students to study abroad and learn languages that most students do not have opportunities to learn, but are rapidly becoming critical to know. Brothel owner adapts with own 'stimulus' package SARCOBATUS FLATS -- Business has been dying on the vine on rural Highway 95 in Nye and Esmeralda counties, where houses of prostitution have been among the only businesses for long stretches of desolate road. Zone change OK'd for MicroTel Inn A zoning change, master plan amendment and conditional use permit for a 5.4-acre parcel on which Spring Mountain Raceway wants to build a MicroTel Inn and Suites was approved without much of a fuss by the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission Wednesday. PHOTO: WIDE TURN CRASH Pahrump jail to reopen soon after mold discovery Prisoners in the Pahrump jail have been shipped out to other locations while the county investigates mold found behind the laundry machine. IN BRIEF Obituaries |
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