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    Earthquake Shakes Remote Area Of Western Nevada

    May 20, 2020

    TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.0 shook a remote area of western Nevada Wednesday morning where a stronger temblor occurred last week.

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    Diagnosing Rural Nevada's Access To Healthcare

    Mar 12, 2020

    Nevada’s rural communities are struggling to get healthcare.

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    BLM Whistleblower: Government Is Giving Public Lands to Robber-Barons

    Feb 18, 2020

    A federal whistleblower complaint says open pits of toxic wastewater, roads bulldozed through protected wildlife habitat, and secret hunting cabins are 

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    Charting The Future Of Health Care In Rural Nevada

    Nov 27, 2019

    In the fall of 2015, Tonopah’s hospital closed, leaving thousands of central Nevada’s rural residents with no urgent care for a hundred miles.

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    Officials Seek To Revive Rural Tonopah Hospital

    Nov 22, 2019

    When Tonopah’s hospital closed in 2015, it didn’t just leave the town without an emergency room – it left the region without one, too.

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    Turquoise Fever In Tonopah

    Jul 26, 2019

    A new reality-TV series, "Turquoise Fever" follows the Otteson family of Tonopah as they mine for turquoise.

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    Clown Motel Featured In Straight-to-DVD Movie

    May 29, 2019

    Tonopah’s Clown Motel is the featured site in a new movie set for release on DVD next week. 

    The Pahrump Valley Times reports that “Clown Motel: Spirits Arise” tells the story of a group of ghost hunters seeking to find out whether it’s abandoned and haunted. 

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    Jim Butler, Not Golden Knights, The Weekend Focus In Tonopah

    May 29, 2018

    Over the weekend, not everyone in Nevada was thinking about hockey.

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    Nye County Sheriff's Deputy Hurt Responding To Car Fire

    May 23, 2018

    A Nye County Sheriff’s deputy was hospitalized with serious injuries Monday after being hit by a car while responding to a car fire in downtown Tonopah.

    The crash was reported just before 10 p.m. Monday on U.S. Highway 95.

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    Northern Nye County Still Struggling For Health Services

    Dec 08, 2017

    Areas near Tonopah have suffered since the region's hospital closed two years ago.

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    Reno-Based Company Provides Temporary Solution To Tonopah's Ambulance Problem

    Nov 20, 2017

    A Reno-based company providing ground ambulance services will fill in temporarily for Tonopah’s volunteer ambulance service.

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    Clown Motel Up For Sale, 600 Clowns No Extra Charge

    Aug 11, 2017

    Bob Perchetti, owner of the Clown Motel in Tonopah, is selling the famous, or for those who hate clowns, infamous lodging.  

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    Tonopah Town Board Backs Proposed Rail Project

    Jan 23, 2017

    Tonopah's town board has voiced support for a proposed high-speed rail link connecting Las Vegas and Reno.

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    Tonopah Solar Plant Temporarily Offline

    Dec 02, 2016

    A new solar plant in Tonopah has been taken offline temporarily.

    The Tonopah Times-Bonanza and Goldfield News reports a salt leak has caused the plant to shut down.

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    Tonopah Weighing Annexation

    Sep 23, 2016

    Tonopah is considering expanding its city limits.

    The Tonopah Times-Bonanza and Goldfield News reports city leaders have developed a plan where they'd annex 516 square miles of unincorporated Nye County.

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    Tonopah Town Board - Tom Seley- Nonpartisan Office

    Aug 15, 2016

    Name: Tom Seley

    Office: Tonopah Town Board

    Party Affiliation: Nonpartisan Office

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    Tonopah Town Board - Mike Sain - Nonpartisan office

    Aug 15, 2016

    Name: Mike Sain

    Office: Tonopah Town Board

    Party Affiliation: Nonpartisan office

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    Tonopah Town Board - Roni Link - Nonpartisan office

    Aug 15, 2016

    Name: Roni Link

    Office: Tonopah Town Board 

    Party Affiliation: Nonpartisan office 

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    Tonopah Town Board - Don Kaminski - Nonpartisan office

    Aug 15, 2016

    Name: Don Kaminski

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    Petition To Void Tonopah's Role As Nye County Seat Fails

    Jul 15, 2016

    A petition that would've put a measure on this fall's ballot to void Tonopah's role as the home of Nye County government did not get enough signatures to move forward.

    For now, the effort is dead.

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    John L. Smith: Ice Hockey And Tonopah

    Jun 27, 2016

    John L. Smith wonders what the new Las Vegas ice hockey team should be named. 

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    New Medical Clinic To Open In Tonopah

    May 04, 2016

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A health facility is opening up in Tonopah, nearly a year after the only hospital in the area for 100 miles closed down due to financial troubles.

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    Desert Companion’s great big road trip in Search of the Soul of Nevada (and clean bathrooms)

    Apr 28, 2016

    We confess. We used to think like a lot of locals do, imagining the rest of the Silver State beyond our city as little more than Las Vegas’ ramshackle and somewhat embarrassing backyard.

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    Starts and crafts

    Apr 28, 2016

    From a 20-year brewer outside Elko to a fledgling brew pub in Virginia City, Nevada has its share of the micro-beer market.

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    When you look into the Clown, the Clown also looks into you

    Apr 02, 2016

    My night in Tonopah's Clown Motel.

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