Scarce mention of the Pahrump airport is made in the resource management plan proposed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, but that doesn’t mean the project is dead.
Kathy Stone said she has had to wear goggles and a mask sometimes while walking her dog, to protect her eyes and lungs when dust storms kick up near her home at 560 Antelope Ave. in the Desert Trails subdivision in northern Pahrump Valley.
I am quickly learning the opinion of Yucca Mountain depends greatly on which side of the Spring Mountains one lives.
The report of a robbery last Friday led to the citation of a man who police initially thought was impersonating a law enforcement officer.
Basketball teams need height and a little bit of speed. This year the Lady Trojans might have a bit of both.
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 $16 million.
The big ticket item for this weekend is the annual Social Powwow at Petrack Park which begins Friday afternoon. The grand entrance will be at 10 a.m. Saturday.
It’s cranberry time! The freshest cranberries are available at the market this month and this makes me a very happy gal.
It’s truly amazing how a community like Pahrump can get organized, form committees, assign responsibilities and have everything come together for the annual Thanksgiving dinner. It is always successful and the number of attendees increase every year.
The Pahrump Arts Council’s (PAC) Keeper of Wheeler Well project, phase two, closed with the publication of two books and a teacher’s guide. Two grants from the Mt. Charleston License Plate program funded the project over a five-year period, with the focus on promoting children’s understanding of the natural world around them.
Nye County District Attorney Brian Kunzi has applied for a seat on the new Nevada Court of Appeals, just approved by voters in the Nov. 4 election.
Nevada District 36 Assemblyman and Pahrump resident James Oscarson was named chairman of the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee in an announcement by newly-named House Speaker Ira Hansen, R-Sparks.
Who is Kyle Heckman? Ask around the track and really nobody knows. Even the owner of the track, Chad Broadhead had to be reminded who he was. Heckman was the man who returned to the Pahrump Valley Speedway to win another $1,500 purse at the second annual After the Duel last Saturday. Heckman also won the Sam Stringer Memorial this year in July.
Nye County Commissioners on Nov. 12 approved a $137,386 contract with Wulfenstein Construction Company, the only supplier of SuperPave material, to treat a section of Calvada Boulevard between Blagg Road and Red Rock Drive.
Former Nye County Commissioner Gary Hollis has found a new cause.
CARSON CITY — The funded ratio of Nevada’s public employee retirement plan improved in fiscal year 2014 over 2013 and now stands at 71.5 percent fully funded, an analysis from an independent actuary shows.
BEATTY — Shady Lady Ranch brothel owner Bobbi Davis announced she will be the latest brothel owner to close down on Highway 95. Her establishment closes at midnight Dec. 14.
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada commission approved a report Monday alerting state lawmakers that the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project is not dead yet and they should press on with their opposition.
In 2010, because the views of Republican Sharron Angle on church/state relations had become an issue in Nevada’s U.S. senate campaign, I wrote a cover story about the issue as it affected her race against Democrat Harry Reid, who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Saturday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $15 million.
The Badwater race returns to Death Valley National Park in 2015, but with restrictions. The biggest change will be when the race will be allowed to be held. It will no longer be during the heat of the day, but at night.
The Beatty Volleyball team ended its Cinderella season at Wooster High School in Reno last Saturday with a loss to Smith Valley. The Hornets (11-5 overall) lost to the Bulldogs (29-7) in three games, 25-15, 25-16 and 25-11.
Small businesses open and close quite frequently in Pahrump, but if all goes as planned, Out of the Box Liquidations will be here to serve you for a long time.
