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GINA B. GOOD / PVT
A lengthy line of shooting ranges is featured at the Front Sight site off the Tecopa road.
BUSINESS AS USUAL?: Front Sight assets seized
At 11 a.m. Monday, Front Sight Firearms Training Institute and its president, Ignatius Piazza, went into receivership.

Neth facing charges in land fraud
Former Nye County Commissioner Henry Neth was arrested at his Pahrump home Thursday morning by Nevada Secretary of State investigators.


Senior News

Desert View doctor has full privileges
Desert View Hospital Chief of Staff C. King Bibby, Wednesday, defended the performance of Dr. Ming-Wei Wu, who was allowed to resume performing surgeries at the hospital without restrictions following a decision by the Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine May 5.

Community Calendar

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 $12 million.

Engagement

Wine tasting/dinner now monthly event
Stockman's Steakhouse had so much success with the wine dinner and tasting it hosted in April, it plans a repeat performance at 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 20.

Back Then

Correction

School menu
Nye County School District elementary breakfast menu for the week of May 18 -- May 22:

Applicants sought for Dumont Dunes panel
BARSTOW, Calif. -- The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) California Desert District Desert Advisory Council has announced an open application period for membership in its Dumont Dunes subgroup.

PHOTO: CLEANING UP PAHRUMP

Regular commission meeting is Monday
Nye County commissioners will hold their regular monthly meeting in Pahrump beginning at 8:30 a.m. Monday, instead of Tuesday, a day set by statute to vote on the final budget.

Frontier Days kicks off busy weekend
Every weekend seems to be jammed with things to do in and around Pahrump. This weekend is no different.

Community assistance

Man busted for attempted murder in Shoshone
SHOSHONE, Calif. -- David Eddy, 59, has been taken into custody for attempted murder.

Gold in them hills?
According to Andy Alberti, president of the Nye Gold Seekers Club, there is.

Lab proud of no blood contaminant record
There won't be any awards presented or other hoopla, but Desert View Hospital Clinical Laboratory Manager Henry Pfiester thought it was something well worth boasting about.

Pahrump man hits low notes
LAS VEGAS -- The theme to the musical "The Music Man" was partly about how four school board members were convinced to speak to each other again after 15 years, by singing together in a barbershop quartet.

Town cleans up 15 tons
The annual Pahrump Town Cleanup attracted 143 volunteers who cleaned up 54 miles of the 98 miles targeted, Patricia Cox said in a report delivered to the Pahrump Town Board Tuesday.

PHOTO: ANNUAL TAX SALE


Entertainment briefs

RPC won't ease restrictions on payday loan businesses
The Pahrump Regional Planning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday not to recommend eliminating a 1,500-foot minimum distance between check-cashing and payday loan businesses to the county commission.

Yucca may be dead but still eating money
LAS VEGAS -- These days, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid prefers nothing so much as a one-word description for the nuclear waste repository planned for his state.

Jim Butler Days in Tonopah May 21-23
The annual Jim Butler Days and Nevada State Mining Championships are gearing up for Memorial Day weekend.

Entertainment Schedule

PHOTO: All fall down

Goedhart blasts park service interference in solar projects
Assemblyman Ed Goedhart, R-Amargosa Valley, fired off a scathing letter to National Park Service Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis, saying Jarvis' objections to building solar power plants on public lands was "totally out of step with national policy to create jobs through clean energy and increase national security."

What it feels like to drive drunk
With just a few taps on his computer keyboard, Lloyd Platson can make you drunk.

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:

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