Saturday was a beautiful day for the Harvey Gonzalez Cancer Walk at Lake View Executive Golf Course held for Harvey Gonzalez’s family. Gonzalez had stage IV cancer and was well known as a volleyball coach for Nye County School Distinct, a juvenile probation officer for Nye County, Esmeralda county and Beatty and he worked at the Tonopah jail as a Nye County deputy for 10 years.
An additional “first” was associated with this past weekend’s inaugural Pahrump Balloon Festival at Petrack Park.
Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce CEO Mike Dreyer remained cool as a cucumber even though weather conditions threatened Pahrump’s inaugural balloon festival last weekend at Petrack Park.
Donkey basketball fever came to the valley on Friday evening as people filled the Pahrump Valley High School gym to capacity for the second annual game.
Today Nye County mourns the passing of a great man. It seems God always takes the good ones. We lose a man who was a strong family man who loved his wife and his three kids and a man dedicated to serving his community.
A 25-year-old Amargosa Valley man died from a gunshot wound to the neck last week at the Ponderosa Dairy.
Chris Telles, owner of four buildings in the Edwards Business Plaza complex at 3640 S. Highway 160, thinks Pahrump is possibly in trouble when it comes to health care and it is his reason for wanting to dedicate the buildings to providing space to medical offices for physicians who thus far, have had a difficult time finding something suitable to lease.
BUSINESS: Owner of Irene’s Casino in Pahrump, Irene’s Gambling Lounge and Irene’s Cocktail Lounge in Las Vegas.
A Nye County Sheriff’s patrol sergeant was stealing thousands of dollars worth of prescription medication from his own department since at least October, according to formal charging documents filed against Sgt. Michael Horn on Friday.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Nye County Commissioner Lorinda Wichman was part of a contingent of 1,500 county officials from across the country attending the National Association of Counties 2014 Legislative Conference here from March 1-5.
Nye County Assessor Shirley Matson stressed the technological improvements she made to her office and constraints working with a small staff during a campaign speech before a Pahrump Valley Republican Women’s Club monthly meeting at the Pahrump Senior Center Monday night.
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 $31 million.
Some of the recent moves by Valley Electric Association, like signing contracts for federal facilities and joining the California Independent System of Operators (CAISO) have made the news, but a study commissioned by the cooperative details all the economic impacts VEA has on the community.
The only thing more annoying these days than Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” song is the incessant bleating by Nevada’s teachers union that education is underfunded and, therefore, we have to penalize the state’s job providers by slapping them with a new “margins tax.”
In 2002 I was riding by train across the United States from Pennsylvania to Nevada. During one meal in the dining car, I was seated with three other folks. One businessperson was complaining about the subsidies the railroads receive from the government, even as he enjoyed their benefits.
VEA has scheduled meetings for all six districts, in four of those districts members won’t vote on directors this year. All meetings begin at 6 p.m., with registration starting at 5 p.m.