Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly reacted to department budget cuts by taking a proactive approach to create sources of revenue in hopes of saving positions, programs and full functioning of the Tonopah jail.
Students at J.G. Johnson Elementary were doubled over in laughter after watching their principal kiss a live pig last Friday. It was all a part of Nevada Reading Week where Principal Jeff Skelton issued a challenge to his students.
After more than two decades of serving the community’s various needs, a local agency finds itself in need of something –space.
Tonopah’s senior nutrition office manager Timaree Koscik said the lives of seniors in rural Nye County are in peril after county officials cut funding to a longtime program.
The Pahrump Valley Speedway raced last Saturday despite the threat of rain. The car count seemed to be unaffected by the threat with 44 cars showing up for the contest. This count didn’t include the nine young Mini Dwarf racers who showed up.
Trojans baseball starts this week with the boys at the Sun Devil Tourney at Eldorado High School in Las Vegas today and Saturday.
The Nevada Department of Education’s Gear Up program held a College and Career Fair program in the Beatty Community Center Feb. 26. Students were able to speak with representatives from colleges and universities and with people in a wide variety of careers. Students involved included Amargosa Valley, Esmeralda, and Rosemary Clarke eighth graders, and freshmen from Beatty, Pahrump, and Tonopah high schools, and both eighth graders and freshmen from Gabbs.
A preregulatory on-site biologist team halted operation at the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy facility in Tonopah in January after identifying a large number of birds had been killed during early-phase testing.
WASHINGTON – The Energy Department appears to be shopping new uses for Yucca Mountain that it no longer wants for disposal of nuclear waste, according to senior House Republicans.
After undergoing two consecutive rainy weather delays it appears that the repavement of the three-mile stretch of Manse Road between Homestead and Hafen Ranch roads is finally set to begin.
Tails End Animal Shelter Director Susan Cronin said she was blindsided this week after learning the Nye County Board of Commissioners will not renew the shelter’s $225,000 annual contract due to budget cuts.
The Trojans golf team scrimmaged with the Bishop Gorman golf team on Tuesday afternoon. It was their second outing of the season. Last week the Trojans were at Palo Verde in another preseason scrimmage at TPC at the Canyons.
A landmark performance at the renowned House of Blues in Las Vegas awaits a local band early next month.
CARSON CITY — A Senate resolution that asks Congress to convey more than 7 million acres of federal land to state control generated a large volume of testimony on both sides of the issue at a Monday hearing, but the issue appeared to be as polarizing as ever.
The three suspects in a recent home invasion were employed selling Kirby vacuum cleaners in the Pahrump Valley and may have come in contact with many local residents, police announced this week.
This has been an exciting year for outdoor conventions and banquets, with new equipment and opportunities in every aisle. But, there’s more to these events than stuff and making new friends.
Even the most enthusiastic vegetable lovers can have a hard time getting that five a day.
Nye County Commissioners took out their carving knife this week to address the serious financial straits of the county.
A crowd of approximately 35 people gathered to speak out against a possible rate increase tied to proposed system improvements at the former Willow Creek Golf Course, now known as Discovery Park, at a public consumer session on Wednesday.
Bobbi Davis was the owner and operator of the Shady Lady Brothel, located about 20 miles north of Beatty in Nye County, until it closed Dec. 14.
Officials at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge hope tomorrow’s open house will draw in droves of visitors.
Beatty this year has a new head baseball coach, James Robertson, who has been with the high school for a couple of years now.
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 $14 million.
Bowling News: At the Pahrump Nugget: Perfect scores: Bowler Mary Martinez bowled a perfect game on Feb. 26. Nocky Roach bowled a 300 game on Feb. 9 and then turned around and bowled another one on Feb. 23, Bernard Curtis bowled a 300 on Feb. 12.
The United States has more than 100 commercial nuclear power plants that produce about 20 percent of our electricity.