By Mark Waite Four county commissioners heard more than five hours of comments during a Friday workshop on acquiring Pahrump Utility Company — ranging from all-out support by a couple of construction company owners to resistance from vocal locals — but ended up delaying a vote on the acquisition at Monday’s regular meeting. County Commission[...]

By Kelsey Givens One man was arrested last week after he reportedly led Nye County Sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase through the southeast valley, including through a portion of Mountain Falls Golf Course. Lauren Clark, 24, was taken into custody Friday after he allegedly stole a gray-colored Honda from Lakeside Casino Thursday evening and[...]

By Mark Waite County commissioners already knew the sheriff’s department budget was way overspent last fiscal year, but they didn’t find out exactly how much until accountant Dan McArthur presented the annual audit Tuesday — $1,307,184. Commissioners last October voted to refer Sheriff Tony DeMeo to the attorney general’s office for prosecution for overspending his[...]

By Mark Waite Nye County commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday to select Richard Billman, executive vice-president of Nevada Credico, a collections agency, to fill out the unexpired term of County Treasurer Mike Maher. Maher’s resignation took effect in March, reportedly over health reasons. He had been threatened with prosecution after running months behind in filing monthly[...]

By Selwyn Harris Homelessness is on the rise among Nye County school children. Statistics collected by the Nye County School District NCSD show the number of students considered homeless has risen steadily since 2007. According to the district’s latest McKinney-Vento report, the number of students classified as homeless from March 30, 2013 to April 30,[...]

By Kelsey Givens Prosecutors this week finished presenting their case against a 24-year-old man charged with the 2011 drug-related murder and attempted murder of two people. Charles Eubanks sat through five days of testimony from the state’s witnesses as the prosecution attempted to prove he was responsible for the murder of Michael “Flat Top” Frasher[...]

By Richard Stephens – Special to the Pahrump Valley Times Corvus Gold President Russell Myers hosted an open house of the company’s North Bullfrog project near Beatty recently. The few people who attended were given a guided tour of the areas under exploration, which includes some historic mine sites. Myers gave a running commentary of[...]

By Selwyn Harris An emotional Amy Riches had to step away from her seat on the dais more than once during a town board meeting last week after learning about a possible Open Meeting Law complaint against her. The apparent complaint stemmed from a letter to the editor she authored, which was recently published by[...]

By Mark Waite Nye County Veterans Service Officer Ken Shockley complained he sat at the commissioner’s meeting for six hours Monday, from the 10 a.m. scheduled time to approve the final budget until it was finally discussed at 4 p.m. At least he’s thankful his department wasn’t on the chopping block, along with animal control[...]

By Mark Waite A conditional use permit was approved by the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission for Serenity Behavioral Health in a residence at 990 E. Calvada Blvd., despite objections from neighbors concerned about the clientele. Serenity Behavioral Health provides therapists for youths and families. Their clients include children experiencing depression, bi-polar mental conditions, anger, trouble[...]