Mesquite News

A Nevada state Department of Motor Vehicles office in Mesquite is moving to a new location.

Demand and costs are up for the Virgin Valley Community Food Bank as it feels the effects of the troubled economy, but the community's support continues to be strong, says the food bank's director.

Man charged in connection with Friday homicide A man charged with fatally shooting another man he accused of sleeping with his wife and sexually assaulting his 6-week-old baby pleaded not guilty today to murder by reason of insanity.

A grand opening for the addition to the Mesquite Community and Senior Center will be Wednesday, Nov.

The Department of Motor Vehicles Mesquite office will be closed Monday as employees move their services to a new location.

There's a Waylon Jennings song that goes: 'Mamma, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.' That advice comes a little late for the parents of seven-year-old Wyatt Delano: he's already a cowboy and he's got the championship saddle to prove it.

Joshua Bishop can't remember when he didn't love reading. His mother, Vicki, says even before he could walk, he would pull books of the shelf and look at them.

Mae West was there, vamping it to the hilt. Groucho Marx wisecracked his way across the stage.

Dennis Hangey plays the pipes at the opening of the Thousand Flags Over Mesquite project this past Sunday.

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.