By MARK WAITE PVT Public works crews got started reconstructing a two-mile segment of Gamebird Road Monday, thanks to economic stimulus funds. Work on Homestead Road may not be far away. The Nye County Capital Improvements Advisory Committee Tuesday unanimously endorsed a recommendation from Public Works Director Dave Fanning to widen Homestead Road to three[...]

Please translate So, you came across the desert, found an opening and came into America. You knew it was against the law. You got your foot in the door of America and now you have a taste of our country. Since you have been here you may have got a job and have settled into[...]

By MARK WAITE PVT Locals had a chance this summer to view a pair of movies filmed in Pahrump a couple years ago. “Vegas: Based on a True Story,” which aired last year at the CineVegas festival at the Palms Resort in Las Vegas and “Dark Moon Rising,” which was renamed “Wolf Moon,” were both[...]

By CHARLENE DEAN PVT For 12 years, Mary Albin has owned and been the director for the Artistic Centre dance studio at Wheeler Springs Plaza here. The studio, at this point, is not taking fall registration. The PVT learned at the annual dance recital held last weekend, that Albin will be leaving Pahrump and moving[...]

By MARK WAITE PVT A resolution urging Congress to stop enacting mandates that exceed the scope of the powers delegated to it by the U.S. Constitution was requested during the upcoming 2011 session of the Nevada Legislature by state Sen. Mike McGinness, R-Fallon. McGinness represents Nye County as part of his vast Central Nevada Senatorial[...]

Historians generally date the close of the American frontier at 1890. By then, most of the Western United States had been settled. Although Nevada was granted statehood in 1864, a vast region from Belmont south to what eventually became Las Vegas remained largely unmapped and unsettled. The Western frontier, with its farms and big ranches[...]

By CHARLENE DEAN PVT Three women left Pahrump Thursday, July 22, expecting to take a sightseeing tour to Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley and be home in time for dinner. That was not to be. Donna Cooper, 62, Gina Cooper, 17, and a house guest visiting from Hong Kong, 19-year-old Jenny Leung, left the Cooper[...]

PVT LAS VEGAS — The American Legion Silver Division Tournament got underway Tuesday at Centennial High School as Pahrump second seed challenged Desert Oasis third seed . With Pahrump down 4-0 by the third inning, Trojan hitters came alive. Helping defeat Desert Oasis 6-4 was Eddie Martinez with two doubles, including the game-winning hit in[...]

PVT The library will welcome local author Ronda Coleman, who will be signing her book “A Curse on Serenity Island.” All who are interested in this “mysterious, mystical adventure,” should visit the library on Saturday, Aug. 7, 1-3 p.m., to meet with the author. The Favorite Authors Book Club will meet Tuesday, Aug. 17, at[...]

By GINA B. GOOD PVT The Nye County School District Board of Trustees approved a proposal supported by parents to charge students to participate in sports and extracurricular activities. During the intense budget meetings at the end of the 2009-2010 school year, parents were adamant that the primary function of Nye schools is to educate[...]