A great number of options for entertainment are happening this weekend, such as added music, a lecture, an artist’s reception and a Latin Nights event, and that’s just for starters.
It’s officially pumpkin-flavored everything time! Which falls directly between barbecue-flavored everything time and peppermint-flavored everything time. Sheesh! Where has the year gone?
On my most recent bi-annual trip to Costa Rica, we had dinner one night with David and his family. David is an American who’s spent the last 20 years in Central America, has a Costa Rican wife and two Costa Rican-born children.
Nye County Commission Disrtrict 5 candidates tackled issues ranging from acquiring utilities, to taking over the functions of the Pahrump Town Board, to expanding a red light district, during a candidates’ night at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino on Tuesday.
The Amargosa Conservancy (AC) is holding a celebration Saturday, Oct. 11 from 11:30 a.m. until 3 p.m., at the Tecopa Community Center on Tecopa Road. The event is free to the public. It’s recommended that people bring lunch.
The Candidates’ Debate Night on Tuesday had some testy exchanges between candidates for Nye County clerk, assessor and district attorney.
Instead of looking north for an abundant source of water for future growth in Southern Nevada, should officials be scouting West?
The concern was first raised back in August when Pahrump Town Board Chair Harley Kulkin announced the town may be in danger of losing members of the fire department.
The Trojans (3-3 overall, 2-2 Sunset League) travel to face Spring Valley (4-2 , 3-1 ) on Friday at 7 p.m. Spring Valley has one of the strongest defenses in the league. In the past six games, the Grizzlies have given up 43 points for an average of 7.1 points per game.
The Pahrump Valley girls soccer team knew they were going to have to play their best game against Faith Lutheran last Tuesday and they did. The game was played on the Crusaders home turf and Faith played as expected — hard and tough. According to Trojans Coach Pam Larmouth, the team played their best soccer up to this year despite coming up short, 2-1.
The Nye County Clerk’s office in Pahrump has already received a few inquiries about same-sex marriage certificates following a Ninth Circuit decision Tuesday striking down the Idaho and Nevada ban on marriage rights for same sex couples.
The central Nevada SolarReserve energy project has been taken to Broadway — or at least the Lincoln Center in New York City.
The Lady Trojans volleyball team put up a good fight Tuesday but was overpowered by league-leading Faith Lutheran, 25-19, 25-13, 25-16.
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 $11 million.
Nye County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to support an attempt by the Beatty Town Advisory Board to prevent the closure of the Washington Federal Bank, the only bank in that town.
In boys soccer, Faith Lutheran (5-7-6 overall, 3-4-2 Sunset League) came to town on Tuesday. Pahrump Valley (4-8-2, 1-6-1) played some of the best defense up to this year but it wasn’t enough for the win as they lost 2-1.
I’d heard the stories of politics in Pahrump but I got to see it for myself for the first time Tuesday night.
The third annual Clothes for Kids Golf Tournament will be held Oct. 18 to benefit the Nye County School District’s Homeless Children’s Activity Fund and Court-Appointed Special Advocates.
The rented vehicle a southern California woman was driving before her body was discovered last month in the desert along Hafen Ranch Road has been found.
CARSON CITY — Finding that Nevada’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage imposes “profound legal, financial, social and psychic harms” on many of its citizens, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned the prohibition, paving the way for gay unions in the Silver State.
Get ready, Nevadans, for the blitzkrieg about to unfold for your vote on the Education Initiative appearing as Question 3 on the November ballot.
In their first debate in the secretary of state’s race, Nevada Treasurer Kate Marshall on Friday confronted state Sen. Barbara Cegavske about her record of not supporting campaign finance reform, saying voters want to “follow the money” to learn how candidates and officials spend contributions.
From the Department of Stupid Is As Stupid Does comes the latest from Nevada’s neighbor to the West. The California Legislature has passed, and Gov. Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown has signed, the nation’s first statewide ban on…plastic bags (SB 270).
With Gov. Brian Sandoval declaring triumph in his deal with Tesla and his facing an all-but-unopposed re-election, several national news outlets have taken notice.
The Lady Trojans outlasted Cheyenne (3-5 overall, 2-5 Sunset League) at home with a battered squad, 3-2. Pahrump (7-3, 4-2) is now in a three-way tie for second with Sierra Vista and Clark.