By Mark Waite An appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court of a Fifth Judicial District Court decision not to convene a grand jury into actions by Nye County Commissioners of the Amargosa Valley Volunteer Fire Department was turned down, after justices said there was no law to appeal it. John Bosta, Lon Fuller, Nita Fuller[...]

By Mark Waite The heated discussions about ways to cut the deficit and pass a balanced budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 were a thing of the past Monday. Nye County commissioners passed almost without comment a final 2012-13 fiscal year $60.28 million budget Monday, which projects an ending fund balance of $327,922[...]

By Mark Waite Nye County Commission Chairman Lorinda Wichman got the support of her board Monday to pursue a county lands bill, hopeful it won’t be tampered with by environmentalists once it gets to Washington, D.C. Wichman had memories of a White Pine County bill, which was sponsored by U.S. Sens. Harry Reid and John[...]

By Mark Waite An airplane flying over the homes of Nye County residents in September may be taking 3-D photos that can be used by anyone from the assessor’s office to sheriff’s department SWAT team. County commissioners Monday approved an agreement with Pictometry International Corp. that will cost $397,750 out of the county assessor’s technology[...]

By Mark Waite Nye County Commissioners received an email from County Manager Pam Webster Wednesday morning informing them Emergency Services Director Brent Jones was no longer employed by the county. Webster didn’t give an explanation. She wasn’t available for comment by presstime. Webster will serve as EMS acting director until a replacement is found. Jones[...]

Pahrump Valley Times Pahrump registered two consecutive quarters of population increases as of March 31, according to figures from the Nye County Planning Department. Nye County had a miniscule increase of 15 residents from Jan. 1 to the end of the first quarter of 2012 on March 31, increasing from 46,200 people to 46,215, planners[...]

By Vern Hee Valedictorian. Future U.S. Navy officer. Community leader. Champion-caliber athlete. A child of working class immigrants. If someone told you about Ana Martinez — her work ethic, her accomplishments, her dreams, the spirit that drives her — you would think her story was fiction. It’s a fact, a woman who not many years[...]

Solar Trust of America LLC, which is developing what would be the world’s largest solar power plant, won court approval to sell virtually all its assets at a June 21 auction.

By Mark Waite Nye County is submitting a proposal to the governor’s office to establish the Nye County Regional Economic Development Authority NCREDA and asks for $200,000 from the Nevada Office of Economic Development. The request is being made despite a bad track record for local development organizations. The latest acronym, NCREDA, will replace EDEN,[...]