The Pahrump Chamber of Commerce will now coordinate the Pahrump Fall Festival, chamber officials announced this week.
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 $11 million.
Americans filing tax returns this year can expect some major changes due to the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
The Trojans wrestlers traveled to Mojave last Wednesday and soundly beat the Rattlers 67-6.
The Nye County School District saw its graduation rate decline last year, according to numbers released Friday by the state.
Why do politicians who run on promises to “create jobs” then seemingly go out of their way to do everything humanly possible to hamstring the very people who actually create jobs?
Golden Gaming, owner of three Pahrump casinos, announced Monday it will merge with Minnesota-based Lakes Entertainment, giving the Las Vegas-based company ownership of a Maryland casino while transitioning into a publicly traded corporation.
Years ago, when my column was running in a weekly newspaper, a new editor was hired. She let me know that she wanted me to make some changes. As it happened, the Nevada Legislature was in session, and she said she wanted columns that dealt with north/south rivalry.
The average Nevada smoker spends more than $1.3 million over a lifetime, including the cumulative economic toll of a pack per day for several decades, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs, according to the personal-finance website WalletHub.
The head of the Nevada AFL-CIO proclaimed Tuesday that “working families are under attack” by Republican lawmakers who want to weaken collective bargaining laws and pensions now that they control the Legislature.
Local realtor Daniel Kelly has ascended to the highest rank of the Zelzah Shriners’ Las Vegas chapter after eight years with the organization.
The southern Nevada desert is the perfect location to learn the stories of the earth. That story, some experts assert, continues for approximately 4.5 billion years.
RHYOLITE — The latest Goldwell artist residency was more of an artist encampment as four artists from various parts of the country united to see what their shared artistic skills and visions would produce.
Goldfield has always held a special interest for me on several levels. Sunday I was allowed to go deeper into the heart of its history than I ever imagined I would be allowed.
Over 1,000 birds were counted by birding enthusiasts as part of the annual Death Valley bird count on Jan. 3.
A new scholarship for $500 will be made available in the spring for Pahrump Valley High School students to honor Kathy Hofer Galey.
The Lady Hornets lost two close games over the weekend to Sandy Valley on Friday, 38-29 and Round Mountain on Saturday, 40-35.
This week the Lady Trojans will have faced two of the top teams in the Sunset League, Spring Valley and Faith Lutheran. Spring Valley came to town on Wednesday and their defense was too much for the Trojans (2-12 overall, 0-7 Sunset League), who lost 56-38.
A major change is coming to Pahrump high school baseball. After years of playing American Legion summer ball, this summer the high school is dropping American Legion and moving to the Connie Mack league. American Legion ball can be traced back to the year 2000 in the valley and maybe further.
Those words from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., served as food for thought for those attending the Pahrump Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Foundation’s All People’s Breakfast on Monday.
Pahrump Tourism Director Arlette Ledbetter’s beaming smile this week pretty much summed up her feelings on how the town’s tourism efforts are moving along.
State education officials led by the governor are working on a plan that could see the state operate of some of Nye County’s schools as charters, reducing local oversight.
Every time a gun incident like the one last month in Hayden, Idaho, occurs, it’s a setback for gun safety advocates.
Nye County officials received confirmation of their projected cash-flow shortfall fears during an audit presentation at a County Commission meeting Tuesday.