Gabbs News

Chains or snow tires are required on: U.S. 395 from Carson Valley into Carson City and from the Hallelujah Junction and Doyle, Calif.

US%) - Snowtires or chains required for 26.9 miles between 2.8 miles east of Carson City and 0.3 miles west of Junction US 95A at Silver Springs.

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.

Fallon City Police Kelley John Jacob, 30, of Fallon, unemployed, was arrested Nov.

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 cake recipes 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.

Fallon City Police Myron Dale Johns, 47, of Gabbs, unemployed, was arrested Sept.

The pay increases for county employees are in stark contrast to those of state workers experiencing the reality of deep cuts in the state budget -- and in their own paychecks.

Harriet Dodgion Dick was born in Rifle, Colo. to Harry and Ida George. She moved to Gabbs, Nev.

The Vegas to Reno off-road race -- which will actually run from near Beatty to near Reno -- has been lengthened to 1,000 miles this year in a three-day staged event Aug.

Nye County commissioners will decide what type of construction they want for the new county administration building at the Calvada Eye during a regular meeting at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 7. The meeting can be viewed by videoconference from the Bob Ruud Community Center in Pahrump.

Local legislators may brag the Nevada state budget includes a 2.8 percent increase for education.