Mesquite News

The 2009 Re/Max World Long Drive Championship delivered plenty of defining moments during its week-long competition but delivered more than just good sports drama.

It is 6 p.m. and it already has been dark for six hours. Well, it sure seems that way.

Sometimes the most expensive items on a meeting agenda are located in the consent agenda.

The Healing Fields program began as a way to commemorate those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

City staff will present Town Wash enhancement plans to council in mid-December that include public art, landscaping and concrete color treatment but won't include covering the wash.

A local conservation group praised city council approval Tuesday of a resolution supporting legislative designation of the Gold Butte Complex as a National Conservation Area with wilderness as a sign of progress.

Seven Southern Nevada law enforcement agencies plan to step up patrols for those driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs this Halloween weekend.

Shock Doctor/KTM's Mike Brown knew exactly where he had to finish in order to capture the title in the 2009 WORCS Championship race.

The city's downtown skyline was reshaped a bit Wednesday as a city crew dismantled the steel silo that stood between the Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery and the Virgin Valley Heritage Museum.

Reno City Councilwoman Jessica Sferrazza has been installed as the new president of the Nevada League of Cities and Municipalities.

The cavalcade of emergency vehicles barreling down Mesquite Boulevard late Wednesday afternoon, lights flashing and sirens blaring, startled more than a few people, but it had its desired effect - making people aware of what emergency services do for the community.

Mesquite Mayor Susan Holecheck, center, looks over the group of local government leaders who on Wednesday discussed how to protect their communities' interests during tough economic times.

It's a small fraction of the length of the Missouri and a mere trickle compared to the Mississippi, yet the Virgin River is of vital importance to the region it traverses.

Jim Wilson held out his arms and looked up at the clear sky Saturday morning. "People are coming and staying," he said.

Winning ugly is better than not winning at all, so that makes the Soccer Dogs' 3-1 victory Monday in Moapa Valley a keeper.

Virgin Valley High School may get the air conditioning/HVAC system modernization and replacement roof it has waited five years for if the projects pass two levels of school district approval.

Nevada recorded its 20th straight decline in statewide gaming revenues during August, confirming casino insider predictions of a dismal summer month.

The Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Mesquite program has joined with Partners in Conservation to put together a battalion of volunteers this Saturday to root out the Virgin Valley's worst invader - tamarisk.

Jamie Lynn Sillitoe and Beau Daniel Shaner will be married on Friday, October 9, 2009 in the St.

A disconnect between chamber of commerce members and their board of directors has created division within the organization, a breach the chamber board president promised to correct.