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OPD5 CEO/General Manager MeLisa Garcia shared her Road Map to Success for the coming year during a meeting of the board of directors on Wednesday evening, January 21 in Overton. The presentation focused on five areas of priority that Garcia

The OPD5 board of directors voted to expand the district’s long-standing high school scholarship program. In a meeting held on Wednesday, January 21, the board increased the total amount to be awarded from the previous sum of $16,000 to $20,000

The first personal finance principle usually taught to young children is the power of spare change accumulated over time. After all, that is the underlying message in the tradition of the piggy bank. This principle is also evident in the

A trio of apprentices from the OPD5 line crew completed the next stage in their path of becoming electrical linemen last week. All three passed a complex series of annual examinations at a lineman training testing facility in St. George,

OPD5 has been awarded federal grant funding to harden its electrical distribution system in an area of Moapa Valley historically prone to wildfires. With the nearly $1 million in grant funds, the district plans to relocate crucial power lines in

Overton Power District #5 is celebrating its 90th anniversary this month. OPD5 was officially established on October 28, 1935, as a general improvement district under Nevada state law.