When so many animals landing in rescues end up unadoptable, it’s nice to hear a story with a happy ending.
• Derek Jordan, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Off 160 Coffee House, 1330 S. Highway 160, 764-1197.
It’s another busy weekend here with the All-American Country Show, bingo at Saddle West and a special effects flick at the park — all on tap.
Karen Jackson of KNYE-Radio will be holding a live broadcast from Wulfy’s seeking donations for the Carpenter One fire clean-up crews.
DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — The Furnace Creek Visitor Center Auditorium was filled with weather enthusiasts to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the hottest day ever recorded on July 10, 1913. The 134-degree day was penned by Oscar Denton, who took the reading amidst birds falling dead from the sky because of the heat.
The Nevada Rural Counties RSVP Program, Inc. (RSVP) continues its series of quarterly training sessions for Respite Program volunteers and invites members of the community to join. Family caregivers are especially encouraged to attend this important and informative free training session. Featured speakers include Susan Gulas. R.N., Coordinator for the American Parkinsons Disease Association and others.
VFW donation dinner — 5-7 p.m., VFW Post 10054, Homestead Road, $6. Open to the public.
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $34 million.
A local attorney has filed a complaint against Nye County and its animal control department after she said she was intimidated and harassed by one of the agency’s officers over a county ordinance enacted last year limiting the number of dogs and cats a homeowner can have without a permit.
The former owner of a local horse rescue was arrested this week on charges of animal cruelty and first degree arson after she allegedly set her foreclosed home on fire, killing 17 of her pets.
Is Rene Morales blowing the whistle, or is he just talking trash?
The Pahrump Tourism and Convention Council will embark on a number of different projects to promote tourism in the area thanks to the Pahrump Town Board.
County commissioners Tuesday tabled two items sure to stir debate in the coming weeks.
Thanks to a grant awarded to Nye County by the Environmental Protection Agency and administrated by the Nye Communities Coalition Training Program, no-cost environmental jobs training classes are being offered beginning with orientation on July 23 at the coalition campus, 1021 E. Wilson Road.
Two men were arrested last week after one of them reportedly tried to start a fight with a homeowner on Pluto Street by throwing a shoe through his window.
Some local veterans are making plans to honor the service of female veterans in the community.
A man convicted of stealing an elderly couple’s car and totaling it while intoxicated last October was sentenced to five years probation this week in District Court.
WASHINGTON — Watching House Republicans’ latest complaint about Obamacare brings to mind the joke Woody Allen used to open “Annie Hall,” about two elderly women at a Catskills resort.
If the sheriff felt like he could not furlough his deputies, which is a dubious claim, he could have laid off personnel to fit within the spending limits set by the board. … I certainly was frustrated by an attitude that what is good for the goose is not good for the gander. You cannot accidentally overspend by $1.2 million.”
All a terrorist would need is 19 pounds of the stuff.
In a last-minute effort to salvage his campaign for Clark County GOP chairman, Dave McKeon sent out an email Tuesday night addressing the domestic violence allegations made against him by his former wife.
On behalf of Huvz “N” Pawz, I would like to thank the following folks who helped to make our first benefit event so successful:
In the Wednesday edition of the PVT, Head Trojans Coach Joe Clayton’s wife was referred to as Jackie. Her name is Holly.
DEATH VALLEY, Calif. —The toughest race known to mankind, the AdventureCorps Badwater Ultra-marathon came to a close Tuesday night at 10:38.
DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — The AdventureCorps Badwater Ultra-marathon race is the hardest race on Earth when a runner has two legs. Chris Moon does it on one. He started running the race after he suffered a tragic accident where he lost his right arm and his right leg in Mozambique in 1995.
Pahrump’s inaugural national horseshoe tournament was held Saturday July 13, at Petrack Park.
Ekaterina Venola is the oldest by 13 months at 12 and Natasha Venola is 11. The girls are sisters and both get student of the month on a regular basis. They study hard and appear to be normal kids with one exception.
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