The Pahrump Valley Times confirmed this week that former Pahrump Town Manager Bill Kohbarger lost his job in North Las Vegas.
One member of the Nye County Water District Board experienced first-hand recently the possible effects of groundwater withdrawals in the Pahrump Valley.
A criminal investigation targeting a high-profile sheriff’s detective is underway after a local attorney told Nye County Sheriff’s authorities that a female client was coerced and subjected to lewd behavior by the deputy.
Everyone loves a good surprise and the technology lab at NyE Communities Coalition got one last week.
TONOPAH — Your spouse has been missing for nearly a month.
One man was arrested with more than 12 grams of heroin in his possession last week following an undercover police operation.
Getting quality leadership in our American democracy can be a bit of a crapshoot. Sometimes we’re lucky enough to get it, but often not. Good leadership is less important when the economy is vigorous and society stable. It’s harder to rock the boat on a smooth sea. However, when things are not A-1, as in America and much of the world today, quality leadership is vital.
Desert View Hospital, in partnership with Creekside Hospice, is planning to host its first-ever annual Caregiver Resource Fair next week.
Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada is reportedly taking community input into consideration as it moves forward in developing plans for the former Willow Creek Golf Course, which was awarded to the company in a bankruptcy settlement hearing last week.
Police arrested one man last week after they found more than 60 grams of marijuana in his car during a traffic stop on State Route 372.
The construction of an airport in Pahrump just took another major step forward after town board members deliberated over the issue on Tuesday.
HIKO – A galvanized metal giant with the other-worldly noggin welcomes all peaceful beings from throughout the universe to the Alien Research Center, but mostly he’s expecting those traveling by automobile on State Route 375, also known as the Extraterrestrial Highway.
o much for Obama’s red line in the sand over Syria.
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama’s foreign policy dream — cordial relations with a Middle East tranquilized by “smart diplomacy” — is in a death grapple with reality. His rhetorical writhings illustrate the perils of loquacity. He has a glutton’s rather than a gourmet’s appetite for his own rhetorical cuisine, and has talked America to the precipice of a fourth military intervention in the crescent that extends from Libya to Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON — The sequel rarely lives up to the original, and those commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington never had a chance.
Chaparral Cowboys Coach Bill Froman has been with the team for the past three years. He says his team is ready for Friday’s game against the Trojans.
The Trojans offense known as the Jet Offense or the Double Wing Jet has an Auburn, Wash. connection. Trojans Coach Joe Clayton is from Washington. He said it comes from Auburn Coach Gordon Elliott from Auburn High School.
Trojans boys soccer coach Don Boulden took to the field last Friday with a new squad. The team played Arbor View, a Division I team in a scrimmage and came out with a 3-3 tie.
Busing students to school isn’t something most people think about, but the Nye County School District Transportation Department, its staff and drivers think about it every day of the school year, and just as often in the summer.
In May 2013, the Nevada Legislature passed and Governor Sandoval signed the cottage food bill, SB206, allowing a limited amount of certain types of non-potentially hazardous foods to be prepared from a person’s home.
• Derek Jordan, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Off 160 Coffee House, 1330 S. Highway 160, 764-1197.
It’s going to be a slow weekend with the Labor Day holiday, however Golden Casino Group picked a prime opportunity to debut the new Lakeside Casino & RV Park from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow.
The shows at Sanders Family Winery will continue and Kiwanis will use the venue to present “Comedy Under the Stars” on Sept. 21.
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 $12 million.
Nye County School District elementary breakfast and lunch menu for the week of September 2-6:
A man turned down for permits to house his chimpanzees in both Nye and Clark counties in the last year was arrested in Florida last month for allegedly attempting to illegally sell his animals.
A man accused of the January murder of his neighbor entered an Alford plea of guilty to a single charge of voluntary manslaughter this week in District Court.
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1 dead, 1 arrested after fatal stabbing at Pahrump park
Nye sheriff says district attorney prevents him from complying with state law
Fire chief: Some have ignored burning restrictions in Pahrump
SNEAK PEEK: Go inside the remodeled Nye County Health and Human Services office
The legend of the Rhyolite grave of Mona Bell