The Red Rock Audubon Society has applied for a Toyota Together Green grant to provide irrigation to about 20 acres at the former Willow Creek Golf Course, but if it isn’t approved, the Red Rock Audubon Society chapter will provide funding themselves, member Richard Cantino told county commissioners Tuesday.
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 $10 million.
Ask anyone in Beatty if they thought its team would be that close to beating Spring Mountain last week, and they would have probably chuckled. Beatty faced the Spring Mountain Eagles last Friday and lost a tough defensive game, 16-0. The game came down to turnovers.
During the last rain in Beatty on Sept. 8, maintenance workers found what they thought was mold in the boys’ locker room showers.
The Lady Trojans had their first home league match of the season last Thursday at Mountain Falls. The team finished third out of four teams.
The Pahrump Valley Times confirmed this week that the Kingdom Gentleman’s Club, along with several other parcels of land at Highway 160 and Homestead Road was recently sold to a party out of Utah for $1 million.
Nye County Commissioners Tuesday sent revisions to the Pahrump master plan back to the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission with orders to bring it back in 75 days.
About two hours after Pahrump Firefighter/Paramedic Michael McFate returned home from a three-day campout, he almost felt as if he needed a vacation just to recover from his experience.
On Thursday, Sept. 11 the PVHS Key Club, a Kiwanis sponsored youth group, held a memorial service for those who perished in the twin towers terrorist attacks 13 years ago. A respectable crowd of 65 to 70 people were in attendance.
Builder Rene Morales’ dreams of another Lakeside recreational vehicle park were shot down by Nye County Commissioners Tuesday who upheld the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission denial of a conditional use permit for a three-acre artificial lake.
The campaign season continues into full swing in Nye County.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Department got a little more beefed up Tuesday, after county commissioners approved most of Sheriff Tony DeMeo’s plan to spend his half of the half-cent sales tax increase that took effect April 1.
Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada announced Monday it had acquired title to the former Willow Creek Golf Course, in addition to cleaning up the ponds from the sewer plant the company outlined plans to hold a public meeting to solicit comments on an overall plan.
The Trojans had a tough Friday night against the Mojave Rattlers and posted a 50 to 6 loss. It was the team’s second road game in a row.
A proposal to limit visitors in recreational vehicle parks to a maximum stay of up to 28 days before they have to move, got as much traction as a flat tire, at the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission meeting last Wednesday.
Space at Nye County’s animal shelter, Tails End, has reached a “critical mass” according to operations director Susan Cronin.
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 $25 million.
The Trojans fell to 0-3 after losing to the Clark Chargers on Friday afternoon, 3-2. Clark was one of the conference leaders last year and came to Pahrump positive they would win.
A young, local business owner has taken it upon herself to invite other businesses to join in what Elizabeth Larson calls the “Last Friday Business Network,” an event set for the last Friday of each month. The first event will be at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 26 at Draft Picks.
The cross country team had two meets last week. On Wednesday they had a Sunset League meet at Village Green in Las Vegas and then went to a power-packed invitational at Red Rock. The boys and girls both finished in third at the league match. For the boys, Clark was first with Faith Lutheran in second. Chase Wood had the fastest time for the boys, finishing 17:45 and Filmon Fre for Clark finished second with a time of 17:46.
I don’t envy the folks over at the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) who are charged with implementing Nevada’s new licensing process for Medical Marijuana Establishments (MMEs) and are presently evaluating over 500 applications.
Years ago, after the 1991 Nevada Legislature created a new business tax, the television newsroom, where I then worked, received a call from the owner of a miniature golf course who was aggrieved by it. I went out with a photographer to shoot an interview with him.
On Thursday, Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services took a well-deserved break from a daily routine that is not a popular task.
If the Trojans boys soccer team needs a win at the end of the season to make the playoffs, then this past week may come back to haunt them. On Monday, the Adelson boys soccer team came to play a game. The Schedule said it was a league game, but the Trojans were confused and believed otherwise.
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This is the third 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.
