The new operations director of the local animal shelter began her first day on the job this week.
ahrump is often considered a shopper’s wasteland when people are looking for that unique gift for someone special. There is Walmart, but the large retailer is focused mainly on providing families with necessities from diapers and groceries to bath towels and motor oil.
Beatty and Round Mountain voters may be casting absentee ballots in the election this year unless enough election workers step forward soon, Nye County Clerk Sam Merlino warned Tuesday.
TONOPAH — People who have been frustrated trying to watch Nye County meetings live via the Internet on the Granicus system only to have the video transmission lock up from time to time can take heart.
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 $44 million.
While those in the Midwest, East and North may not believe me — it continues to snow and sleet in many places — summer is quickly approaching. Every season has its frauds; summer is no different.
• Jessica Ann Marie Holbert was charged on Feb. 26 with possession of a dangerous weapon; offense involving stolen vehicle; possessing or receiving forged instruments or bills; obtaining and using personal identifying information of another person to harm or impersonate person, to obtain certain nonpublic records or for other unlawful purpose, two counts.
WASHINGTON — The conservative minds of the Heritage Foundation have found a way for Republicans to shrink the gender gap: They need to persuade more women to get their MRS degrees.
Tourists steering north on Interstate 15 from California have long been greeted by undeniable symbols that they were visiting a place apart when they approached the state line and entered Nevada.
Consumers may notice a slight increase in the cost of their purchases after April 1 and it’s no April Fool’s joke — the county’s half-cent sales tax increase has gone into effect, boosting the tax from 7.1 percent to 7.6 percent.
Lee Cortez is the newest Pahrump Valley High School Booster Club president who will be taking over for Denise Arceo. Arceo ran the club for two years and said she left the boosters to travel more with her family.
A select few of the Trojans track team went to the Las Vegas Classic at Desert Oasis High School last Saturday. Trojans Coach Ed Kirkwood said not too many Division 1-A schools went because of the level of competition. He said the Classic only took the top 18 in each event. To medal at the invitational, the athletes had to finish in the top four. There were 25 teams at the meet, 17 Division I teams and eight Division I-A teams.
The Lady Trojans bats went silent against the Cheyenne Desert Shields in their second home game and first league game in a 2-1 loss.
The town of Pahrump just found a new source of revenue.
Nye County will have 273 properties to auction off in the annual tax sale April 23, up from the 235 listed last year.
The Nye County Water Board Monday decided to participate in hearings before the Public Utilities Commission regarding Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada’s integrated resource plan only to submit comments, but county commissioners the next day voted to formally intervene.
Spring is in the air and with it comes the renewal of festivities around the valley. One in particular, is staged to showcase the business services available here. With gas prices steadily climbing, shopping locally is an asset.
A brutal attack on a retired Nye County Sheriff’s K-9 by two neighborhood pit bulls has left the service dog in severe pain and in need of multiple surgeries.
Police arrested yet another suspect over the weekend for allegedly using the social media site Facebook to lure a 14-year-old female to meet him for sex.
Contract negotiations are underway with a company now tasked with handling Pahrump’s public relations needs.
The game couldn’t have had a more fitting ending, a walk-off single to give the Trojans a 2-1 victory over the visiting club, the Cheyenne Desert Shields.
TONOPAH — Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo expressed concerns about cuts to dispatch services in Tonopah and Beatty, which will only be operating during regular business hours starting May 1.
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 $41 million.
Nye County Commissioners last week directed county staff to submit a non-binding application for a Hoover Dam power allocation, which could reduce power costs for county governmental entities, despite objections from Tim Hafen it may affect the bottom line of Valley Electric Association.