By Don McDermott BEATTY — New Beatty High School head football coach Todd Dawson is grateful to have former Pahrump Valley High School coach Leo Verzilli as an assistant as the young Hornet team faces a challenging season. “He’s more experienced, so I’m leaning on him a lot for advice,” says Dawson. Dawson, a former[...]

By Don McDermott TONOPAH —  89-0…ouch! if you are a fan of the Eureka Vandals. We did that? To Eureka, a 2010 Nevada Class A playoff team? That’s what Tonopah Mucker football fans could ask.  In a game that was even more one-sided than the score, Tonopah got off to a rousing start at home[...]

Ophelia “Frankie” Jackson, 86, passed away Aug. 29, 2011, in Pahrump. She was born Feb. 26, 1925, in Duncan, Okla., and was a resident of Pahrump for 12 years, having come from Las Vegas. She was a retired telephone operator for AT&T. She was of the Christian faith and had Christ in her heart. She[...]

Carol S. Fontaine, 54, passed away Aug. 26, 2011, in Pahrump. She was born April 23, 1957, in Oceanside, Calif., and was a resident of Pahrump for 11 years, having come from Ruskin, Fla. She enjoyed crocheting, fishing and swimming in her pool. She was always laughing and enjoyed the presence of her close family[...]

By Selwyn Harris Monday was a busy one for Nye County School District students, teachers and administrators. First day student enrollment numbers showed that 5,326 students began the 2011-2012 school year in Nye County. In Pahrump, Floyd and Hafen elementary schools recorded 413 and 382 students respectively. J.G. Johnson Elementary School recorded 478 students, while[...]

By Kelci Parks After the town board voted in June to approve moving forward with a tourist attraction feasibility study, the first official progress deadline has been met. The decision to embark on this venture came with a 4-1 vote during the June 17 town board meeting. Chairman Mike Darby was the sole vote against[...]

By Selwyn Harris The second meeting of the Community Event Center’s Solutions Task Force assigned to address the fate of the Bob Ruud Community Center took place on Friday. The Ruud center, a more than 40-year-old building, had its roof damaged late last year after heavy rainfall hit the valley. Inspection of the building revealed[...]

By Kelci Parks A Pahrump family was displaced from its home on Saturday after a structure fire broke out in a detached garage. The parents, as well as their two sons, ages 8 and 11, and their 2-year-old daughter, lost all their possessions. The fire began in a large two-story garage building on Jeane Avenue,[...]

By Charlene Dean Congratulations are in order to Rev. Carole Fucillo, winner of the 2011 Ms. Senior Nevada pageant. The beauty contest was held in Las Vegas on Aug. 24. On Oct. 2, Fucillo will travel to Harrah’s in Atlantic City, N.J., to compete against representatives from 38 states in the national Ms. Senior USA[...]

By Mark Waite Charles Abbott and Associates, the company that has run the Nye County building inspection program since 1998, was given a five-year renewal of its contract by county commissioners Tuesday. There was almost no discussion in a special meeting that lasted about five minutes. The only other item on the agenda for the[...]