By Selwyn Harris PVT A jury Wednesday cleared a former Nye County Sheriff’s deputy of criminal charges related to allegations of sexual misconduct with a prisoner more than three years ago. Daryal Taylor, who was with NCSO for almost five years before being arrested on multiple felony charges in March 2008, expressed jubilation after the[...]

By Matt Ward It’s not the sort of pit maneuver they teach cops in the police academy. For former Nye County Sheriff’s Deputy Daryal Taylor, allegations that he fondled a prisoner’s privates with one hand while he steered his squad car to the county jail with the other could land him in prison for the[...]

By Selwyn Harris A local couple was arraigned Monday on first degree arson charges related to an August 2010 house fire. The Nye County District Attorney’s Office filed a criminal complaint against Anthony Greco and his girlfriend, Kathie Rinaldi, in June. The complaints were made public this week. The couple is accused of orchestrating a[...]

By Mark Waite The deadline is today for interested parties to file petitions with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission to comment at a prehearing conference Dec. 15 on the PUC investigation of Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada. The pre-hearing conference is scheduled at 10 a.m. Room A of the PUC offices at 9075 W. Diablo[...]

By Mark Waite TECOPA, Calif. — When President Obama signed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009, it included the designation of 20 miles of the Amargosa River from just north of the Tecopa Road to Dumont Dunes as a wild and scenic river. The federal designation was a priority since the founding of[...]

By Selwyn Harris Local business owners and those looking to start up a business may see some changes to Pahrump Town Ordinance 35 PTO 35 , which concerns the licensing of area businesses. Pahrump Town Manager Bill Kohbarger is holding a series of workshops to let local residents know what to expect from the revisions.[...]

Pahrump Valley Times TONOPAH — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will round up 800 to 1,000 wild horses from the Pancake complex, 80 miles east of Tonopah, beginning in January. The BLM will implement a pilot project involving a phased-in management approach to reach the appropriate management level. This new way of managing large[...]

Pahrump Valley Times Arizona Electric Power Cooperative won a $63 million settlement against two railroads accused of overcharging on shipping coal. Valley Electric Association is a class D member of the cooperative, but the settlement isn’t expected to lower costs for VEA. The federal Surface Transportation Board last Wednesday ordered the BNSF Railroad and Union[...]

By Mark Waite TECOPA, Calif. — A 750-foot solar tower and 170,000 heliostats covering 3,277 acres won’t make the Hidden Hills Ranch quite so hidden if BrightSource Energy receives permission to construct a solar power project on the Tecopa Road, just across the state line. Concerns were raised at a public hearing in Tecopa, Calif.[...]

By Charlene Dean After 45 days under construction, a new coffee house and sandwich shop, appropriately called Off 160 Coffee House, opened Friday at 1330 S. Highway 160, at Beverly Plaza, near Saddle West Hotel and Casino. The owner, Irene Knapp, said business has been good for her, especially with the festivities focused on the[...]