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LAS VEGAS -- Brothel owner Joe Richards pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud/honest services fraud in U.S. District Court for offering a bribe to former Nye County Commissioner Candice Trummell, U.S. Attorney Greg Brower announced Monday. Calvada controversy: Judge says no horses allowed It was Memorial Day 2008 when Amie Maples saw a stranger, an older gentleman, walking up the driveway to her custom home on West Fawn Street. She went out to greet him before he reached the front door, but according to Maples he was no gentleman. 'Earmarks' approved for Nye County Politicians may rail against earmarks, but Nevada and Nye County stand to gain from some projects funded in the federal Omnibus Spending Bill awaiting the president's signature which could be called earmarks. TRC files suit in wake of Nye rejection of brothel purchase An applicant denied a brothel license to buy the Chicken Ranch Brothel in June 2007 has filed a lawsuit against Nye County in federal court. Community assistance Do Calvada CC&Rs exist? Preferred Equities bought the 10,000 acre Pahrump Ranch in 1969, and subdivided it into the 14 units called Calvada Valley. The area is bound roughly by Gamebird Road on the south, Highway 372 on the north and Leslie Road on the west. PHOTO: MEMORIAL RIDE Community Calendar Cornu dies of heart attack At 3:45 a.m. Feb. 13, Ron Cornu, 65, died in Las Vegas, where he had been hospitalized due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his face. Bob Swadell, 77, passes Sunday Bob Swadell, a consultant who had a hand in the Mountain Falls development, is credited for helping with the widening of Highway 160 to Las Vegas, was instrumental in the drafting of a bill to grant 280 acres for a community college and many other projects, died Sunday. He was 77. IN BRIEF Entertainment Schedule Support meetings California Lottery No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Saturday's drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $22 million. PHOTO: HEADLINER FOR A DAY A TALE OF TWO HOMES: Homeowners find pot farms in rental homes On Feb. 27, a story in the Pahrump Valley Times stated that Benjamin Swanson was arrested nine days earlier, after two significant indoor marijuana cultivation operations were discovered in homes he was renting in Tecopa Heights and Stewart Valley, Calif. 'As Time Goes By' an engaging read The first few notes of the song begin and his eyes meet hers from across the room. US-TOO Prostate Cancer Group forms A relatively new chapter of US-TOO, an international prostate cancer support group, has formed in Pahrump. Obituaries |
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