For the past five years student enrollment numbers have dropped in the Nye County School District (NCSD). This year, the overall count was down by 164 students, falling in 10 of 17 schools.
A gaggle of school voucher-haters – led by the Arizona School Boards Association and the Arizona teachers union – filed a lawsuit challenging the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) program. Among other things, the voucher haters maintained that the voucher program violated the state’s constitution since the vouchers could be used in religious schools.
When I was small I did not think there should be homework. Actually, I still feel that way. I analogized it to adults — when they came home from work, they read the paper and watched television. A dry cleaner didn’t spend evenings at home dry cleaning. But even more than that, I thought that schools should have to get their thing done during school hours. I liked spending time with my mother, my father, my brother, my friends in our Reno neighborhood — or myself.
Nye County School District (NCSD) students will have a shorter summer break after the 2013-14 school year.
The Pahrump Valley Times earned nearly two dozen accolades at the Nevada Press Association’s 2013 Better Newspaper Contest Awards presentation in Elko last Saturday.
What better way to promote your award-winning wines than to host a grape-stomping good time?
Police have arrested a second suspect in connection to the Sept. 29 armed robbery of a residence on Marne Court.
The parking lot was still fairly full on Highway 160 at Boothill Lane in Pahrump, which is traditionally used by workers boarding the bus to the Nevada National Security Site.
As government offices remain closed due to the partial shutdown this week, many local residents who receive public assistance are rightly concerned about their future.
Senior Matt Misener is a running back for the Tonopah Muckers. Misener’s running game has been responsible for breaking a few games wide open. He is 5 feet 9 inches tall and 165 pounds, and runs the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds. He is quick and lethal, but most importantly he has heart.
The Tonopah Muckers football team won Friday’s away conference game against Round Mountain by a score of 58-26. With this win, Tonopah improves to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in league. The offense is averaging 345.6 yards rushing per game, 117 yards passing per game and has a total of 26 TDs.
The Lady Trojans went 2-1 in their last three outings. They beat Mojave last Thursday 3-0, lost to Clark on Monday 3-1 and beat Western on Wednesday 3-1.
Beatty Hornets football team soundly beat Beaver Dam last Friday night 43-36. Hornets Coach Leo Verzilli said his team had a great game.
A study by Glorieta Geoscience recommended drawing water from springs east of Pahrump, piping it and injecting it into areas of greatest draw down.
There is a secret organization in Pahrump modifying humans in town and turning people into monsters. The organization uses local residents to experiment. No, they have not infected the town board yet, and no, this is not really happening. It’s just another film production company in town making a movie.
Expect to see a large number of cars flocking up Winery Road Saturday and Sunday as thousands of people join in the fun at the annual Grape Stomp hosted by Pahrump Valley Winery.
Every high school civics student knows the way the American government works is the House of Representatives and Senate pass a bill and if there’s disagreements between the two, they get worked out in a conference committee before being forwarded to the president for his signature, or veto.
OLD TOWN – When friends from the flatlands ask what it’s like to live in upper Kyle Canyon at Mount Charleston, I just tell them it’s paradise.
This will be another full weekend of activity and you’ll want to do it all.
Seeking help on Social Security matters is not as easy as it once was for local residents.
What would you say are the half-dozen most important events in American history?
“Cowboy” Ken Pyle is wasting no time in getting into the Christmas spirit this year.
I admire big bucks and the skill it takes to get one: the research, focus, control and patience to pass up the “not quite right” animal, not to mention shooting skills required when you find the “right one.”
With the opening of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, which launched this week as part of the Affordable Care Act, one insurance cooperative serving the greater Nye County area reports it has received a high volume of calls from potential customers expressing interest in their product and seeking assistance in the insurance enrollment process.
TONOPAH — Nye County Manager Pam Webster received a two-year extension on her contract after a unanimous vote by county commissioners here Tuesday.