Life is demanding and ever day our bodies are called to do things such as going upstairs, walking up hills or even getting out of bed. For most of us these are routine and mundane, but for Brianna Grundy, what others consider normal movement can be a problem.
For those who want to inflict some pain on another person and fight on a regular basis, the Mix It Up Academy, operated and owned by Robert Wilson, will be opening up a Pahrump mixed martial arts fight club. People looking to join will need to try out at the gym on 2400 E. Basin on Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Racing at the Pahrump Valley Speedway is underway and the season opened without a hitch on Feb.1. The racing season is ahead of the weather this year for spring seems to be some time off and the fans got a bitter taste of some chilly weather last Saturday afternoon on opening day.
As the season for events has begun for the area, there are a few already on tap.
The Mousetrap, a murder mystery play written by Agatha Christie has been running continuously since it opened in the West End of London in 1952. At well over 25,000 performances it has the longest initial run in history.
New Year’s resolutions are easy, but require action, so let’s get going.
With 14 years’ experience as a District Court judge, an extensive background in judicial studies and a sense of empathy and common sense when it comes to applying the law as it’s written, Judge Robert Lane says he believes he is the best candidate to run for a third term as Fifth Judicial District judge.
AMARGOSA VALLEY — The Nye County School District (NCSD) Board of Trustees took on a fairly light agenda here on Tuesday evening.
Local resident Richard Goldstein says he has zero regrets in attempting to unseat Pahrump Town Board member Amy Riches.
The Division 1-A girls basketball Sunset League got a bit more interesting Wednesday night. In their first meeting the Lady Trojans basketball team could not stop the Cheyenne Desert Shields. The Shields outscored the Trojans 15-2 in the second quarter and 16-5 in the third for a 41-24 beating. On Wednesday the Trojans had that beating in their minds as they stepped up their defense and defeated the Shields 27-26 in the last seconds of the game.
ELKO — Some folks mourn the loss of a favorite hunting dog. Others sigh when a big-hearted horse passes on to eternal pastures. I’ve even heard of fellows that miss their ex-mothers-in-law.
Firefighters were able to save a local family’s home from going up in smoke after a fire broke out in a second building on their property Wednesday morning.
Having been on the receiving end of Nye County’s continual flood issue I took notice to your article written by Mark Waite. Historically, whoever has the biggest pocketbook in Nye County always gets their way. Point: Artesia was in a flood plain map until developers moved huge amounts of dirt in the name of landscaping and made it virtually if not almost impossible for their development to flood from water from the fan.
BEATTY — U.S. Ecology will have to close its facility near here if it’s unable to expand in the near future, General Manager Bob Marchand said Wednesday.
TONOPAH — Commissioners Tuesday declared the raven a local nuisance and threat to the health, safety and welfare of Nye County residents.
A judge sentenced a man to a year in the county jail last week, saying she was appalled by his workplace behavior.
Fifth District Judge Robert Lane Wednesday didn’t buy Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada’s argument that Pahrump Valley’s groundwater was in imminent and immediate danger if Nye County started drilling a well at the Calvada Eye.
According to most accounts, Nye County officials are prepared to assume the duties of town officials if the Nevada Supreme Court upholds last November’s ballot question reverting the independent town board into an advisory body.
State engineer Jason King sought to reassure a crowd Wednesday night at the inaugural meeting of a Pahrump groundwater management committee it may be some years before impacts from a water management plan affect 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 $17 million.
The newspapers are full of it. Television is full of it. Your mail box is full of it. The red flags are waving hoping that consumers will be fearful enough to fork over money to buy protection.
Drug test everyone, or drug test no one
The Winter Olympics are set to start in Sochi, but who is going to watch? The Olympics will be aired on NBC and the opening ceremonies will start on Feb. 7 with events starting on Feb. 8.