The Muckers and the Lady Hornets had a showdown last Friday in Beatty with the Muckers winning, 39-37. It was another classic game between the two rivals. Beatty (6-5 overall, 4-5 Division IV Southern) needed a win to keep them in the playoffs but the Muckers (6-15, 5-4) came in and spoiled the night.
By numbers alone, the merger of Pahrump’s largest casino owner Golden Gaming with Lakes Entertainment doesn’t equal any one of the combined $18.5 billion in gaming equipment manufacturing buyouts that have happened in the past 18 months.
Nye County Commissioners gave the go-ahead for the development of a plan to use the town of Pahrump fairgrounds located on Gamebird Road, for future fireworks displays, at a meeting of the Nye County Board of County Commissioners yesterday.
A drive around the Pahrump Valley will reveal a number of blue, green, orange and red fire hydrant bonnets along roadways, but they’re more than just decoration.
It was all Nye County Sheriff’s Deputy Summer Danneker needed to hear while at last year’s Fall Festival.
My non-profit grassroots advocacy organization recently won a huge free speech victory in a Nevada Supreme Court case, but the work of defending our First Amendment rights against government infringement marches on.
In a state well known for legalized gaming, both the National Weather Service and Valley Electric Association, Inc. “gamble” on the weather.
A new report released this month shows jobs within the Nevada solar industry grew 146 percent, and the state now ranks number one in the country in solar jobs per capita.
Jax and Jace Clayton are identical twins who made history over the weekend by both winning individual state wrestling titles in Winnemucca over the weekend at the Nevada Division I-A Wrestling Championships.
Nevada Democrats in the legislature are affecting anger over a possible Republican plan to redistrict and reapportion districts six years early.
The renewed political fight about storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain has spilled over to the op-ed pages of the Washington Post, one of the nation’s most politically influential newspapers.
Pahrump Valley unseated the Division 1-A’s powerhouse wrestling program to capture the Trojans’ first state championship since 2008.
WASHINGTON — An Illinois congressman says he is planning to revisit Yucca Mountain this year as part of an effort to revive the Nevada site for nuclear waste disposal.
The Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services’ insurance rating has improved from a six to a four, which can translate to lower insurance premiums for businesses and homeowners.
The Nye County Regional Transportation Commission is discussing a plan to help pay for long overdue road maintenance. Under the proposal, discussed at a commission meeting yesterday, the current gas tax of .04 cents per gallon to would be increased to .09 cents per gallon.
Local fifth grader Benjamin Gomez had very busy day on Friday.
The Trojans wrestling team defeated Lowry High School for the Nevada Division I-A Wrestling State Championship up in Winnemucca today. The team upset the defending state champions, the Buckaroos, who had won six straight state titles in a row and had won the title 16 times.
Hold your heads high Trojans basketball players. It was a tough season and you deserve a salute for trying your best and listening to your coaches.
The state Senate Committee on Government Affairs will seek to revise two flawed proposed bills seeking water restrictions and further regulatory authority penned by Nevada Division of Water Resources Engineer Jason King.
A request for an extension to start construction on an approved RV park spurred a Pahrump Regional Planning Commission debate Wednesday on the number of approved parks in Pahrump.
CARSON CITY — State Treasurer Dan Schwartz on Thursday ran into a bipartisan buzz saw of lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee who called his alternative budget proposal embarrassing and politically motivated.
Gatherings called “family camps” organized by the school, home visits from faculty members and additional training for teachers is the new norm at Amargosa Valley Elementary School.
Experts will be on hand to answer questions about nuclear contamination of groundwater from Nevada National Security Site testing at Beatty on Feb. 18.
