Live Music THURSDAY – SATURDAY • Monte Nowland on the piano, 5 to 10 p.m., Stockman’s Steakhouse Lounge, Pahrump Nugget Hotel Casino, 751-6500. FRIDAY – SATURDAY • The Tumbleweed Tavern, variety of performers, now serving food, 3100 N. Leslie.   FRIDAY • State of the Art, 7 p.m. to midnight, Pahrump Nugget Stagebar Lounge, 751-6500.[...]

By Mark Waite Jo-Ann Ferrell, the new Ms. Senior Nye County 2012, humbly described how she didn’t expect to win the honor from among eight contestants, after the pageant festivities at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino Saturday. “I thought I was maybe sixth in line. So many of them worked so hard and for[...]

By Selwyn Harris It’s a classic American rite of passage. Late spring. Tuxedos and corsages. Limos, dinner and dancing. The Pahrump Valley High Junior/Senior Prom is less than one month away and students as well as their parents are scrambling to prepare for the special evening on May 19. On Wednesday, PVHS Prom Advisor Matthew[...]

Pahrump Valley Times The 10th annual high school grad night extravaganza kicks off this year at 10 p.m. on June 8, following graduation ceremonies at Pahrump Valley High School. This year’s theme — “Buena Suerte Class of 2012” — means “Good Luck Class of 2012” and is in honor of our rich Hispanic heritage that[...]

By Charlene Dean Here’s your chance to benefit tourism in the local community by participating in the Nevada Commission on Tourism project, Discover Your Nevada, which Gov. Brian Sandoval launched March 1. The principle is for residents to vote online for their favorite “Nevada Treasure.” Some area businesses made the cut for the top 10[...]

Special to the Pahrump Valley Times An earthquake beginning over 1,700 miles from the site known as Devil’s Hole, a part of Death Valley National Park but located in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge created waves in the home of the endangered Devil’s Hole Pupfish. March 20,  in Oaxaca, Mexico, the 7.4 magnitude quake created[...]

Pahrump Senior Center The menu (subject to change) and activities for the week of April 16 — April 20: Menu — soup and salad bar, 2 percent milk and juice available daily: Monday — skillet tamale pie, steamed corn, pear crisp; Tuesday — barbecue chicken, potato wedges, creamed peas, ice cream; Wednesday — spaghetti and[...]

Special to the Pahrump Valley Times RSVP will hold the quarterly training session for Caregivers from 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, April 19 at the University of Nevada Reno (UNR) Cooperative Extension office in Carson City, and be broadcast to Cooperative Extension Offices via videoconference in Pahrump, Tonopah and other locations. To RSVP for the[...]

By Charlene Dean Rosemary Clarke Middle School student William Ashton Theines was honored to receive the invitation to attend an exclusive Youth Leadership Conference for the second year in a row. Last year, after having been monitored by music teacher Robert White, and having White send a letter of nomination, the 4.0 GPA Theines attended[...]

By Vern Hee – Special to the Pahrump Valley Times The sound of cool refreshing water gurgles in a 500-gallon tank in the middle of the Wheeler Wash at 6,000 elevation in the Spring Mountain Range. Around the tank animals are abundant and frequently visit the tank, especially during the hot summer days. In the[...]