The Town of Pahrump approved the hiring of an employee for the buildings and grounds department last week.
The number of programs to help distressed homeowners, potential home buyers and renters is confusing, but Pahrump residents got some help finding out what was available during the Aug. 9 Housing Helpdesk at the NyE Communities Coalition multipurpose room, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev. and U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Big 5 Sporting Goods is scheduled to open its newest location in Pahrump on September 18, 2014. The 10,000-square-foot, full-line sporting goods store is located at 2171 E. Carlton St. and will provide about 25 new jobs.
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.
The first official Trojans cross country practice was over the weekend on Saturday. Trojans Coach Matt Kolozieczyk hopes to continue building a quality team for both girls and boys. The team lost 13 seniors last year, seven girls and six boys.
Last Friday the Mountain Ridge Little League team from Las Vegas made history in San Bernardino, Calif. by beating a team from Northern California 11-2. The Mountain Ridge team will be the first team from Nevada ever to make it to the Little League World Series, which is held annually in Williamsport, Pa.
The Kung Fu sisters, Ekaterina and Natasha Venola, scored big at the seventh annual International Chinese Martial Arts Championships at the Tuscany Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Aug. 1.
Nye County commissioners will consider creating a peace officer advisory review board when they meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in commissioner’s chambers at 2100 Walt Williams Dr. on the Calvada Eye.
DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION — Aug. 4 was a sunny day in this dusty town between Amargosa Valley and Shoshone.
The Nevada Public Utilities Commission Wednesday gave its approval to a list of projects planned by Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada in the next three years in its integrated resource plan — including a Willow Creek golf course master plan, looping a pipeline to Desert View Hospital, Ishani Ridge subdivision and Firebird Circle. But a plan to extend 7,000 feet of water pipe down Highway 372 to the Mountain View Estates subdivision generated the most discussion.
Although the Ebola virus might remain mostly confined to West Africa, it has infected the Western imagination. This eruption of uncontrolled nature into what developed nations consider serene modernity is more disturbing to the emotional serenity of multitudes than it is threatening to their physical health.
The Desert Tortoise Group from Las Vegas drew an impressive crowd to an adoption workshop held Aug. 3 at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension offices.
Pahrump Town Manager Susan Holecheck was challenged by one of her own employees during this week’s regular town board meeting.
The Shadow Mountain Community Players have been busy this year presenting plays as fundraisers for various charities and organizations and during the annual Wild West Extravaganza. This weekend will begin the staging of SMCP’s final show of the year.
ore than 5,200 Nye County School District (NCSD) students are returning to their respective classes this week after their brief summer break.
Growing up as I did, with a very British mother, shepherd’s pie was regular fare at our dinner table. But most memorably, it became a tradition that Mom would make shepherd’s pie for me for dinner on the first day of school.
It would be safe to say that newly hired Floyd Elementary School Principal Von Sheppard is the only administrator at the Nye County School District who in 1985, set a University of Nebraska long jump record at 25.6 feet.
An airman and Pahrump High School graduate this week recalled a firefight in Afghanistan, and his mother said she feared the worst when she watched the news of the Taliban attacking the base where he was stationed.
A man on trial in District Court on multiple child sex charges attempted suicide Wednesday, disrupting the judicial proceedings against him.
Pahrump Regional Planning Commission member Bill Dolan made a motion to approve plans for a 213-space recreational vehicle park on 14 acres at 500 S. Leslie Street.
It can happen at any race track at any given time. “You can’t control the emotions of a driver in a race car,” Pahrump Valley Speedway owner Chad Broadhead told the PVT.
School is back in session and it seems most activities are gearing up for fall, although those planning to attend the Shadow Mountain Players’ final performance for the year should make plans to pick up tickets at the Library or at the door. The show will be staged as a dinner theater for three weekend performances. See the related story on page 13.
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