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.
If we can find reasons for doing what we do, we can always get through it. When you come to this place it is an incredible challenge in an astonishing place. I think for me this is a moment of not wanting to be beat by the badness of life.”
The Pahrump American Legion season is coming to a close with four games left in the season.
Deanna Stever, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Geologist and Cave Specialist, likes plunging into the unknown. Her husband, Eric Stever, also a national forest employee, is an archaeologist and shares her passion for unearthing treasures. Together, they’re part of a talented and diverse team that is uncovering the caves and their stories across Nevada.
The Board of County Commissioners approved up to $500,000 for the purchase of 50 new digital radios this week as the Information Technology Department begins to implement the first phase of switching over to a digital system for all emergency departments in the county.
BACKGROUND: “I started in the food and beverage business by training to become a chef at the Culinary Institute in New York. I worked for Emeril Lagasse at Delmonico in Las Vegas before becoming executive chef for the steakhouse at the Hard Rock and later Fix in the Bellagio.”
A fire that sent one person to the hospital and claimed the lives of 17 pets on North Murphy Street Friday evening appears to have been intentionally set by the homeowner, according to a preliminary investigation in the case.
It’s back to the drawing board for developers of a planned assisted care and senior housing facility on 4.72 acres at the northwest corner of Gamebird Road and Simmons Street.
County commissioners approved two memorandums of understanding Tuesday involving the local law enforcement union.
After the Pahrump Town Board voted to hire the former mayor of Mesquite, Susan Holecheck, as interim town manager, some local residents are not sure what to make of the decision — mainly because they don’t know much about Holecheck, who chose to leave her marketing coordinator position at Mesa View Regional Hospital in Mesquite for the town manager position.
As part of President Obama’s plan to reduce carbon pollution and promote American-made clean energy sources, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the withdrawal of lands identified for solar energy development in the West from new mining claims.
