BLM blamed for Last Chance Park delays

Costs, delays, and setbacks all describe efforts to move Pahrump’s Last Chance Park proposal forward.

Spring Mountain Raceway gets new zoning

Spring Mountain Raceway will be rezoned from heavy industrial to a mixed use zone with a special projects overlay zone after Pahrump Regional Planning Commission approval Wednesday, to allow for a planned 77-lot subdivision, an RV park, condominium units, warehouses, stores, offices, more control towers, a racetrack expansion, even an aquatic park and zip lines.

Heller supports takeover of public lands

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., was supportive of a task force commissioned by the Nevada Legislature to study a state takeover of public lands managed by the federal government, during a conference call with rural reporters Wednesday.

Beatty Hornets sweep Big Pine; still looking for offense

When the high school only has 100 kids in the entire school, it’s hard to put together an experienced team. Hornets Coach Leo Verzilli really only has two players from last year’s roster and it shows, but Verzilli is not worried. He always stresses the fact that the kids want to play and that they are getting better each game.

Reasons for making your own pizza

Recently a dear friend was mourning the loss of her favorite weekend treat; pizza delivery on Friday night. She said she couldn’t justify $50 for two pizzas.

Museum lecture features Tim Hafen

The Pahrump Valley Museum and Historical Society is proud to announce that our next lecture for 2014 is scheduled for Saturday, April 12 with M. Kent “Tim” Hafen who will be speaking on the history of Pahrump Valley and how some of the streets were named.

Crime Corner

COPS: Man arrested for violating probation at casino

RPC requires paving for mobile home lot

Gerald Schulte, owner of GDS Enterprises, will be required to pave and landscape the new location for his Dream Homes mobile home sales business at 1361 S. Highway 160 and remove a billboard, as part of Pahrump Regional Planning Commission approval Wednesday for a conditional use permit.

Warriors get blanked by Trojans pitching

The Lady Trojans softball pitching is on fire. In the last two outings, pitcher Whitney Roderick had nine strikeouts against Tech and 8 more against Western. Roderick could easily have had more strikeouts, but Trojans Coach Eli Armendariz took her out to give backup pitcher, Amanda Pryor, three innings.

NOW ON STAGE: Vegas-style debut helps arts council

he first fundraiser for the Pahrump Arts Council youth program dazzled audiences with a Las Vegas-style show at the Saddle West Hotel and Casino Saturday night, complete with a seven-piece band backing up Vegas legend Dondino, the Liz Lieberman Ovation Dancers and Charlie Duncan, a celebrity singer from Cornell Gunther’s Coasters.

Great Basin geared to interest students in higher learning careers

Coordinator for the Nevada State GEAR UP program, Lisa Hamrick, at Rosemary Clarke Middle School, in conjunction with Dr. Rita Bagwe, Biology Instructor for Great Basin College held four different field trips to GBC. The field trips consisted of seventh and eighth grade students in groups of 25 at a time visiting several of the classrooms and laboratory facilities located on the college campus.

Four events at Ian Deutch Park set for April 19

Next Saturday is going to be a busy day at Ian Deutch Park with four events happening simultaneously in that location.

Tax fraud: ‘Tis the season …’

Not to be jolly, but to be increasingly careful because TAX REFUND FRAUD is big business for identity theft fraudsters.

Senior News

Pahrump Senior Center

DA’s Report

• Anthony Jay Galgani was charged on Jan. 30 with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Letters to the Editor

Moose lodge and seniors thank community

Hearing an echo on Benghazi

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday held Benghazi hearing number 1,372,569, give or take, and this time they were determined to find the proof that had eluded them in the previous 1,372,568: that Obama administration officials had put politics before national security.

Solar panels good deal for Moapa tribe

Take the Valley of Fire exit off Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas, and you can’t miss the sign welcoming visitors to the Moapa Tribal Travel Center. It reads, “Tax Free.”

California Lottery

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 $47 million.

School Menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of April 14 – April 18

Trojans hang on to win in 7th; improve to 3-0

The Trojans hung on for dear life in the top of the seventh, as the Western Warriors put men on base, but came up short by 1 run to lose 3-2.

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