If you’re lucky, your tomato plants are producing like crazy right now. If you’re even luckier, you have lots of friends whose tomato plants are going nuts and you’re sharing in their abundance.
George and Judith Brooks-Strickland moved to Pahrump in 2001 and put their combined talents to use providing literary, cultural and artistic programs for the community. For them, this was the second chapter of their lives. The first chapter is a story of two divergent tales.
hose who experienced the crash of the 2008 housing market found themselves upside down in their homes. Foreclosures loomed over the financial futures of homeowners and one in every four homes in Pahrump Valley was empty. The population decreased as residents walked away from mortgages. Businesses closed, jobs dwindled and the unemployment figures were number one in the nation.
Town Manager Susan Holecheck received great news Tuesday, roughly a year after she was hired by the Pahrump Town Board.
The term “fire sale” took on new meaning Wednesday morning when Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services (PVFRS) responded to a call on the south end of town about 11:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON — After their first draft drew mixed reviews, Nevada’s senators are circulating a new plan that aims to avert or at least mitigate harm across the state if the sage grouse is listed by the government as an endangered or threatened species next year.
Fears of well owners having to meter their wells have so far been unfounded. Still, a Basin 162 Groundwater Management Plan Advisory Committee suggestion heard Monday may raise more anxiety for well owners.
It’s a scene directly out of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds.”
Plaques of appreciation and pins were presented to both Saitta Trudeau and D&J Electrical for their donations of $250 each to the 9-10- year-old Pahrump Valley Little League All-Star team last week.
The Sam Stringer Memorial was a huge success over the weekend with 56 cars turning out for the race. The $1,500 purse was given out in the IMCA Modified class, with 18 cars showing up. The winner was Kyle Heckman, a young racer from California. Randy Thornell took second, Jon Jensen was third, Jason Pike fourth and Tony Kinkade was fifth.
County Commissioner Donna Cox wanted a ballot question in November on whether voters still wanted to proceed with the Pahrump Airport project, but couldn’t get it placed on the commission’s agenda in time, Clerk Sam Merlino confirmed Wednesday.
It was one of those important-but-dull hearings that don’t even get broadcast on C-SPAN 3.
Fifty Julys ago, up the road near San Francisco, in the unfortunately named Cow Palace, the Republican National Convention gave its presidential nomination to Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, who knew he would lose: Americans were not going to have a third president in 14 months. Besides, his don’t-fence-me-in libertarian conservatism was ahead of its time. His agenda, however, was to change his party’s national brand.
So biking is your thing and you can’t get enough of it and you want to shed some pounds. Then perhaps bike racing is something to take up. Tom Vehe is a local cyclist who wanted to share his passion for the sport.
Thanks to all for a successful health fair
Pahrump held its first national horseshoe tournament of 2014 on July 12, which was called the Saddle West Open. Horseshoers from all over the state came to Pahrump to try their luck.
Another effort is underway to shutter a business that caters to residents’, er, voyeuristic tendencies.
The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services wanted county recommendations on dispensaries, with Nye County only allowed one, but it was a question mark how many cultivation facilities would get approval in Carson City, Commission Chairman Dan Schinhofen said last Wednesday.
Mike Whitman is an off-road desert motorcycle racer who has been racing for 45 years. He has won two Best in the Desert championships in 2008 and 2009. He races expert class, which is one step below professional and according to Whitman there are pro-riders, the experts and then novice riders.
Social media showed its power Monday when some residents took to Facebook to express outrage over the decision by two hotels, Best Western and Saddle West Hotel &Casino, to deny rooms to patrons with local addresses.
Students returning to two Pahrump area schools Aug. 11 will be greeted by two new administrators.
After funding years of completed or ongoing studies since its creation in 2009, members of the Nye County Water District board were urged to present their priorities as preparation for an action plan.
Desert View Hospital’s Meagan Kowalski considered Saturday’s Back to School Health Fair as the “biggest turnout thus far.”
RENO — Quarterly auctions of oil and gas leases are normally routine affairs, but the auction last Thursday drew protests of fracking at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management office from residents just across the Lander County line.
Valley Electric Association, Inc announced it recently hired five new staff members, with many of them filling high-ranking positions.
