Just before noon on Wednesday July 23, a U.S. FoodService delivery truck was making his usual deliveries, and it turned out not to be so routine.
While making a right hand turn off of W. First North St. on to Arrowhead Ln, the front of the driver's trailer caught the overhead power lines pulling some of the lines away from the pole, and causing a brief power outage for several blocks.
One employee from Overton Power stated that it appeared that it was only the cable TV lines that have been pulled loose, but would not know for sure until they checked everything to be sure.  [Read full story]

The case of the rogue scooter has been dropped.
According to Harold Caswell, who was ticketed in April for riding the scooter on a city street, the charges have been dismissed by the Mesquite City Attorney’s office.
Caswell was cited for operating an unregistered vehicle, operating without a motorcycle endorsement on his license, and not having insurance on the scooter.
The potential fines for the three offenses could have totaled $965.
The controversy surrounds the definition of a scooter.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles does not list “scooter” among its laws.
Instead, the DMV refers to them as “mopeds.”
NRS 486.038 defines a “moped” as a vehicle “which looks and handles essentially like a bicycle and is propelled by a small engine which produces not more than 2 gross brake horsepower and which has a displacement of not more than 50 cubic centimeters.” [Read full story]

Working under a 5 p.m. deadline in front of a standing-room-only crowd, the Virgin Valley Water District held an emergency meeting Monday morning to consider an offer from the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to lease shares it holds in the Mesquite Irrigation Company.
SNWA sent a letter in May to all shareholders in the irrigation company offering to purchase or lease shares of non-potable water that Nevada’s largest water company could ship down the Virgin River to Lake Mead.
VVWD holds 338 shares in Mesquite Irrigation Company that are currently under lease to two commercial golf course operations in town.
Legacy Construction, owned and operated by former Mesquite City Council member Cresent Hardy, holds a lease for 188 shares used to water down the Falcon Ridge Golf Course.
The lease expires Aug. 1, 2009.  [Read full story]

Mesquite Media Group has started an online T-Shirt Shoppe where readers can purchase t-shirts, caps, mugs, and other items emblazoned with Mesquite Local News and RadioMesquite logos.
The Shoppe also offers limited editions of t-shirts with recent Editorial Cartoons printed on the front, including the “Council Goes To Vegas” t-shirt featuring last week’s controversial cartoon.
“Wearing Editorial Cartoons on a shirt is a fun way for readers to express their local political views, or to just show a little humor,” said Mesquite Local News Editor Morris Workman.
Sales of the sometimes funny, sometimes controversial shirts will be limited to a maximum of 100 for any one cartoon. [Read full story]

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto will head to the southern Nevada community of Mesquite on Friday, July 25 as part of the office’s Rural Road Trip program.
The theme of the trip is “Putting Nevada’s Families First”.
“The purpose of these trips is to get out of the office and meet face-to-face with residents, to hear about their concerns and talk about what our office can do to help out,” General Masto added.
“We’d do a disservice to our rural residents if we focus our efforts just on Nevada’s urban areas. Our rural communities deserve our time and attention as well.”
Friday’s trip will begin with a visit at the Citizen’s Coffee at 9 a.m.
The time for the monthly Citizen’s Coffee, which is usually held at 7:30 a.m., has been changed. [Read full story]