COURTS: Woman violates  probation, goes to prison A woman charged in connection with a 2011 drug-related homicide admitted to going on a drug-fueled bender after getting out of the county jail in April. Tiffany Rubio was sentenced to five years probation several weeks ago after a judge agreed to accept a plea deal made between[...]

The following information was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office. All crimes are alleged and all defendants are presumed innocent. The following charges were brought against adults. • Renee Denise Alkire was charged on April 24 with driving under the influence of alcohol and following too closely. • Michael Dustin Allen was charged[...]

By Kelsey Givens A 36-year-old man was arrested last week after allegedly trading drugs for a motorcycle and possessing other stolen goods on his property. Aaron Carlson, 36, was taken into custody May 2 for possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a hypodermic device, possession of an altered gun, possession of a stun gun[...]

By Mark Waite Independent American Party candidates appeared at a forum Tuesday night at the Artesia Community Center running for a number of positions, reminding voters they will be the third party on the ballot this November. U.S. Senate David Lory Van der Beek, from Pahrump, ran for Nevada District 36 Assembly in 2010 and[...]

By Mark Waite Candidates for office at the state and federal level stressed they weren’t politicians but were outsiders who would change the system, during a forum at Artesia Community Center Tuesday night. Many obscure candidates made their pitch. Steve Brown, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate running against Shelley Berkley in the primary, sounded[...]

By Mark Waite There is only one candidate, theoretically, in the Pahrump Justice of the Peace race with the most qualifications for the job. But a few candidates at the Artesia Community Center debate Tuesday staked claim to that title. “This is my fourth time running for this; I’m a glutton for punishment,” candidate Mike[...]

By Kelci Parks – Special to the Pahrump Valley Times “Pull it up!” “Climb, climb, climb!” If he heard those words at all, they were the last contact he had with anyone. It was a little more than a year ago that Lt. William B. DeGroff’s family received news that had eluded them for 40[...]

By Kelsey Givens The quick actions of a suspect’s father may have saved a woman’s life after a 33-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to murder his former girlfriend on Thursday. Leslie Villa, 33, was arrested on charges of attempted murder, domestic battery strangulation and two counts of first degree kidnapping at 11:44 p.m.[...]

By Matt Ward The lone survivor of a February 2011 house fire that killed three of her children and a family friend pleaded guilty to a single charge of felony child abuse and neglect on Monday. Sharon Broadhead was in District Court to officially accept a plea deal made between her attorney and county prosecutors.[...]

By Mark Waite County commission candidates liked the idea of evening meetings and criticized the way the Blagg Road situation was handled, but were split on Yucca Mountain, during a Nye County Republican Party Central Committee debate Monday night. Nye County Commissioner Gary Hollis, who is running for re-election in District 2, and Julie Hargis,[...]