By MARK WAITE PVT It’s official — the 2010 census figures were released for Nevada on Thursday. The Pahrump population rose by 11,810 in the last 10 years from 24,631 in the 2000 census to 36,441 by the 2010 census, a 48 percent increase. The Nye County population rose from 32,485 in the 2000 census[...]

By MATT WARD PVT A dozen or more residents walked out of Tuesday’s town board meeting after board members voted to remove three controversial items from the night’s agenda. Tom Waters made a motion at the beginning of the meeting to delete items nine, 10 and 11 from the agenda. All three items were placed[...]

By MARK WAITE PVT Nevada District 36 Assemblyman Ed Goedhart, R-Amargosa Valley, turned in a bill draft request providing improved access to medical marijuana, by the Feb. 14 deadline for individual legislators to submit bills. State Sen. Mike McGinness, R-Fallon, introduced bill draft requests to set up a joint fund for smaller counties to pool[...]

By SELWYN H. HARRIS PVT Nye County Sheriff’s Detectives are trying to establish a pattern behind numerous reports of credit card fraud in Pahrump. Close to 50 complaints have been filed by victims of a scam involving a practice known as card skimming. Authorities say the perpetrator is stealing credit card information from unwitting residents[...]

By SELWYN H. HARRIS PVT The work of one man likely gave gospel music the popular following it enjoys today. His name is Joe Bostic and he sought to bring the rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the deep South to African Americans in the early to mid 1900s. Bostic was a man of many firsts;[...]

Lyman Lee Murdock Sr., 87, passed away Feb. 11, 2011, in Las Vegas. He was born Nov. 21, 1923, in Independence, Mo., and was a resident of Pahrump for 19 years, having come from Oxnard, Calif. He was a veteran of the Navy and served during World War II. He was a retired rock hound.[...]

Robert Elias Haas, 86, passed away Feb. 20, 2011, in Las Vegas. He was born March 15, 1924, in Shelby, Ohio, and was a resident of Pahrump for 31 years, having come from Creswell, Ore. He was a corporal in the U.S. Army and served feeding his fellow countrymen during World War II. He served[...]

Raymond Moshier passed away Feb. 10, 2011, after a long illness. Ray was born Feb. 5, 1931, in Elmira, N.Y., to Betty Daniels and Ernest Moshier. Ray was a proud veteran of the Korean War. He is survived by brother Richard Moshier of Florida; children Susan McElfish, Linda Moshier and Deborah Walker, all of Carson[...]

Live Music MONDAY – SATURDAY • Tom Saitta, Tommy Deering, Autie Goodman and guests,  5:30 p.m., Tommasino’s, 250 Humahuaca Dr., 751-8221. THURSDAY – SATURDAY • Monte Nowland on the piano, 5 to 10 p.m., Stockman’s Steakhouse Lounge, Pahrump Nugget Hotel Casino, 751-6500. FRIDAY • 60’s Sensation, 6-11 p.m., Pahrump Nugget Stagebar Lounge, 751-6500. SATURDAY •60’s[...]

By DONNA LAMM  Special to the PVT  Without much fanfare, the national treasure known as Death Valley turned 78 this month. Our remarkable neighbor to the west was proclaimed a National Monument on Feb. 11, 1933, by President Herbert Hoover. Hoover was exercising his authority under the Antiquities Act, a venerated law recently under attack by a[...]