The girls Trojans basketball team is hoping to start their season with a bang as the potential for a winning season looks promising. With some strong players returning to the team as well as a strong freshman class, head varsity coach Jennifer Hagstrom is enthusiastic about the upcoming season.
Junior defensive team captain Jeb Ayers for the Tonopah Muckers football team is one reason the Muckers do not have a losing season.
Three men from Pahrump excelled at the World Association of Bench Pressers and Deadlifters (WABDL) competition in Reno Nov. 3-10.
Petrack Park came alive last weekend with the annual Pahrump Inter-Tribal Social Powwow.
AS VEGAS — Thursday was Thanksgiving, so you know what today is.
I have three reports concerning U-233 and U-235. The first is from the Institute for policy studies, and contains some eye-opening information.
WASHINGTON — Republicans are opposed to President Obama’s deal with the Iranians — whatever it is.
WASHINGTON — We are tomorrow’s past, so this Thanksgiving give thanks for 2013, a year the future might study more for amusement than for edification.
The Nye County School District recently started a pre-kindergarten program, with the help of state funding, targeting non-native English speaking children to give those students language skills they need to succeed as they progress through an English language-based curriculum.
While the needy enjoyed a free Thanksgiving dinner Thursday thanks to the NyE Communities Coalition Holiday Task Force, during the rest of the year there is a big demand for food aid in Nye and Esmeralda County.
While most families look forward to holiday breaks and weekends this time of year as a way to spend time with their school-aged children outside the classroom, some families in Pahrump become nervous, wondering how they are going to provide enough food to feed their children over the breaks without the support of the free and reduced lunch programs they rely on during the school week.
About 120 people were concerned enough about the shipments of uranium to the Nevada National Security Site. They showed up at a public hearing Nov. 14 at Nevada Treasure RV Resort on the far north end of Pahrump.
The last three defendants to settle in the Mountain View Casino fire lawsuit will pay out at least six-digit figures.
TONOPAH — Nye County commissioners will consider a development agreement for the Sunshine Valley Solar LLC 65-megawatt photo voltaic power plant in Amargosa Valley when they meet here Tuesday.
It’s official, the holiday season is now in full swing and many local organizations are gearing up to make this Christmas a memorable one for area families.
It took four years from the date it was filed and more than two years after the Nevada Southern Detention Center opened, but the Concerned Citizens for a Safe Community lawsuit against the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee was finally dismissed in August.
If you think you’ve noticed an increased law enforcement presence on Nevada’s roads and highways lately, you’re not just imagining things.
Don’t throw that turkey frame away! (I say frame because I don’t think the word “carcass” is remotely appetizing). There are those who see treasure where others see trash and I see potential meals where others see, well, trash.
One man was sentenced to a year in the Nye County Detention Center last week after he was convicted of taking approximately $6,000 to complete a contracting job and never finished the work.
Thanksgiving Day is tomorrow and most if not all local individuals and families have special plans for the holiday.
