A Gabbs woman who killed a Fallon man on March 9, 2009, while drunk and under the influence of a controlled substance was sentence to four to 20 years by Judge Leon Aberasturi on Tuesday in District Court.
A few residents living around the former Willow Creek Golf Course complained to the Nye County Water District board about water quality last week, but the board has yet to grasp what its mission will be.
Turnout was reported as low throughout the county, Pahrump, which would have gained a new grade school and five new rooms at the high school, was for the plan, and Amargosa Valley, which stood to acquire four new grade school classrooms, was just barely in favor, but Beatty, Gabbs, Tonopah and Round Mountain lined up solidly against it the bond.
Geothermal projects in Nevada received about one-third of the $338 million in grants under the economy recovery package, including projects in Gabbs, in northwestern Nye County, and in Silver Peak, Alum and Fish Lake Valley in Esmeralda County.
Pahrump gained 81 residents in the third quarter of 2009, increasing the population to 38,275, which is still 346 residents less than a year ago, according to estimates from the Nye County Planning Department.
Today's column features two special cakerecipes that readers were seeking. Vanessa Olson had requested a recipe for an "amazing" banana cake with a creamy white frosting that is not just made with icing sugar and is often served at bridal and baby showers.
Nye County School District has 18 elementary, middle and high schools spread over 18,000 miles of Southern Nevada in the communities of Amargosa, Beatty, Duckwater, Gabbs, Pahrump, Round Mountain and Tonopah.
Stan Davis, vice-president of the Calvada Meadows Aeropark Association, remarked, "I don't think there's a town in the county except Pahrump that doesn't have a public access airport." A Pahrump public airport has been in the planning stages for 10 years.