Judge rips town over contracts

A District Court judge has made permanent a temporary restraining order sought by county officials earlier this month over a series of contract proposals that would have provided golden parachutes for top Town of Pahrump staff members.

DA’s Report

• Paul Gregory Buchsbaum was charged on July 7 with unlawful use of a stun device, domestic battery and false imprisonment.

Trojans take on the Bonanza Bengals

The Trojans open today at 7 p.m. against the Bonanza Bengals at home. This will be the second year that Trojans Coach Joe Clayton will be using the Jet Sweep Offense and the Trojans should be able to attack the Bengals with the run.

Tuesday animal seizure followed two years of complaints

“It was very long overdue. We’ve been dealing with this for over two years,” Terry Salyer, exasperated, said on Tuesday.

Lord files emergency court motion to recover dogs

Local attorney Nancy Lord is demanding the return of the dogs that were removed from her property after a court approved removing three dozen animals on Tuesday.

Man recounts attack by pack of pit bulls

August 2 was a Saturday Terry Dougherty will never forget — he almost died that day.

An enduring Death Valley mystery may be solved

DEATH VALLEY —Scientists in Death Valley National Park believe they have solved the mystery of the Racetrack Playa. This mystery involves rocks that mysteriously move by themselves on a dry lake bed. The lake bed is located in a remote valley between the Cottonwood and Last Chance ranges.

CRUISIN’ FOR CASH: Local nonprofit works quietly to benefit the community

good number of charity organizations have branches here. Some are affiliated with national or regional chapters and most try to keep the funds in the community. One group, Pahrump Valley Cruisers, is a nonprofit organization with strict guidelines for spending money.

CASA holds its first annual luau at Wine Ridge pool

Court appointed Special Advocates (CASA) adds Luau to its fundraisers. The event will be held at the poolside of Wine Ridge Peak RV Resort next to the Pahrump Valley Winery Saturday, Sept. 13, beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is $45 per person.

The Chinese Navy with a mission in mind

Russia’s ongoing dismemberment of Ukraine and the Islamic State’s erasing of Middle Eastern borders have distracted attention from the harassment of U.S. Navy aircraft by Chinese fighter jets over the South China Sea. Beijing calls this sea, and the Yellow and East China seas, the “near seas,” meaning China’s seas. The episodes involving aircraft are relevant to one of Adm. Jonathan Greenert’s multiplying preoccupations — CUES, meaning Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea.

Blending old ideas with new technology

A few weeks ago I took a wrong turn — and entered a strange universe. Fifteen thousand attendees strong, it looked like a mixture of nerds, bikers, extreme gamers, Stanford valedictorians, wild-haired street people and a dead-ringer for NCIS’s Abbie.

Beatty goalpost on the way; home games assured

Beatty is doing everything to comply with National Federation High Schools to get their home football games. It looks like Beatty will be having its home games in Beatty on the outfield of the baseball field.

Sports Corner

Pahrump Valley Speedway Aug. 16

This Week in Sports

Horace Langford Jr. / Special to the Pahrump Valley Times

Care to join me in a pickle-making project?

My family still lives in my childhood home in Portland, Ore. One of the perks of the family home is its proximity to a bountiful farmer’s market just out the back gate and across the alley.

School Menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Sept. 2 – Sept. 5

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 $14 million.

Paul Laxalt from Nevada revered as a hero

Nancy Reynolds’ life has been so filled with travel and political adventure that it’s hard to imagine there was a time she was just a small-town girl on horseback.

Blame it on the placoderms

Prior to 375 million years ago, fish reproduced through spawning, where the females deposited eggs into the water and the males fertilized them. The embryos that developed from the fertilized eggs were on their own and most ended up being eaten by other fish.

Hurdy houses, hurdy girls flourished in boom towns

Array

This is the first in a series of stories by historian Bob McCracken on the history of prostitution in Nevada and Nye County. A new feature in the series will come out every Friday for the next several weeks.

Valley pioneers, developers hold senior water rights

When State Engineer Jason King warned in October 2012 he may have to allocate water rights by priority date after 10 years, if Pahrump Valley is designated a critical management area, he shook up the local development community and well owners, too.

Crime Corner

COURTS: Hollywood madam in court on 2013 pot charges

Sanders calls out volunteers to pick the harvest

Anyone driving along East Kellogg this week may have spotted unusual activity among the vineyards at Sanders Family Winery.

No surprise in the new high school athletic administrator appointment

No one was surprised when Chris Brockman, Pahrump Valley High School principal appointed Jason Odegard to the position of athletic administrator. Odegard is a new assistant principal at the high school.

Trojans looking sharp after scrimmage with Durango

The Trojans are ready for the first game of the season on Friday night at 7 p.m. after a strong scrimmage with the Durango Trailblazers last Saturday.

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