By Kelci Parks A 43-year-old Pahrump man was arrested and charged with 5,000 counts of possession of child pornography on Thursday after police say a huge cache of graphic photos of children were found on the man’s laptop computer. A tip from the FBI led Nye County detectives to target Christopher Kinder, who police say[...]

By Kelci Parks The Cappetto twins are at it again. Pahrump residents Alicia and Alexandria Cappetto, 18, were arrested on Monday for a crime that almost exactly mirrors one that led to their arrest last month. Once again, the sisters were taken into custody after allegedly asking friends to pawn a stolen laptop on their[...]

By Kelci Parks A town board decision to hire a video production company out of California instead of Pahrump’s local KPVM for three short tourism videos angered citizens in attendance at Tuesday night’s meeting. More than two dozen people spoke during public comment on behalf of the local station, and its owner, Vern Van Winkle.[...]

Thomas B. Tedder, 69, passed away Oct. 15, 2011. He was born Oct. 11, 1942. He was a beloved husband, father, brother and a friend to all. He came to Nevada for the Air Force in Indian Springs, where he met his wife Judy. They were married for 48 years. He was a construction superintendent[...]

By Mark Waite Pam Petersen, the nurse for the Nye County School District, didn’t get to do the medical work she expected on a mercy mission to Sri Lanka last summer, but she did get a taste for future work in the third world. Petersen spent a week in July in Negombo, a city just[...]

Donald Jetmore, 75, passed away Oct. 23, 2011, in Pahrump. He was born Jan. 1, 1936, in Forsyth, Mont., and was a resident of Pahrump for eight years, having come from Evanston, Wyo. Surviving are his wife Joanne “Jody” Jetmore of Pahrump; sons Jeffrey Donald (Devonna) Jetmre of Green River, Wyo., and Robert Bennett Jetmore[...]

Donald Gene Robinson Jr. passed away Oct. 8, 2011, his life taken by a sudden heart attack. He was born June 24, 1948, in Boulder, Colo., and was laid to rest Oct. 18, 2011, in Beatty. Don loved roofing, fishing and his family. He leaves behind his wife Betty Robinson, whom he loved dearly; snd[...]

By Selwyn Harris t’s a program geared to prepare high school students to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Under Graduate Programs, or GEAR Up, is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The program is partnered with the department of education representing the K-12 system and the Nevada[...]

Valley Electric officials (and a lot of you readers) are probably wondering when we’re going to stop writing about Valley Electric. Good news. That long-winded series courtesy reporter Mark Waite is finally over. The Pahrump Valley Times’ utilities fetish is satisfied — for now. Our attempt to be comprehensive hopefully didn’t contribute to too much[...]

By Mark Waite LAS VEGAS — An attorney for the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee wrote meetings by the Pahrump Alliance for Valley Economic Development PAVED didn’t constitute a “sham” scoping meeting for the federal detention center project, as claimed by the attorney for the Concerned Citizens for a Safe Community. Attorney Joanna Brinkman,[...]