County, utility settle golf course dispute

An agreement has been reached between the county and Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada regarding remediation of ponds on the former Willow Creek Golf Course.

School Menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Jan. 19 – Jan. 23

Dance team takes first place at regionals

At the home basketball games and the football games you always see the dance team performing, and yes they do other things. One of those things they do is enter competitions.

Former DA Kunzi lands spot with state bar

Former Nye County District Attorney Brian Kunzi has landed a position with the State Bar of Nevada.

California Lottery

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 $8 million.

Partnerships helping push high school forward, attendance up

The local high school delivered some promising news about student development during the first Nye County School District Board of Trustees meeting of 2015 on Tuesday.

Sports Corner

The Pahrump Valley 500 Club Jan 10 Tournament:

Basketball Lady Trojans fall hard to Faith Lutheran

For the Lady Trojans things got ugly quick and the ugliness never stopped. Pahrump (2-10 overall, 0-5 Sunset League) lost 67-21 for their fifth league loss.

Baptist church celebrates seven years

Local Pastor Ron Fairbairn called it a great milestone on Sunday as his Central Valley Baptist Church celebrated its seventh anniversary.

Warrant issued for contractor operating without license

A bench warrant has been issued for Pahrump resident Deanna Tovar for missing a court date related to contracting work without a license.

GOLD DIGGER: There’s gold in those hills

Prospecting for gold is an activity that is alive and well in Nye County; and that, according Nye Gold Seekers member Barkley Burker is because, “There is still gold in these hills.”

Local man looks to the heavens to educate

Planets and galaxies not visible with the naked eye are being telescopically explored by Pahrump resident Larry Pearson.

Bill seeks to put Yucca Mountain back on the agenda

WASHINGTON — A bill being prepared in Congress seeks to put Yucca Mountain back on the table as lawmakers seek to break a gridlock over managing and disposing of the nation’s nuclear waste.

Senior News

Pahrump Senior Center

Commission names new chair, fills town board vacancies

The Nye County Commission re-organized its leadership by electing a new chairperson at its first meeting of 2015 held on Jan. 5.

Nye sheriff, DA off to busy start

Nye County’s newly elected sheriff and district attorney updated residents on their accomplishments during their first weeks on the job at a meeting of the Pahrump Valley Republican Women on Monday night.

As small business optimism rises, worries decrease in Pahrump

Owning a small business in Pahrump can be challenging. But, according to the fourth quarter 2014 Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, small business owners nationwide are feeling a renewed sense of confidence as they head into 2015.

The right coach with the right stuff is out there

With January, comes the bowl games, the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl. Did you know there were 38 bowl games? It’s just a lot of football and so football is on my mind.

Lady Trojans looking for answers in tough loss

The Lady Trojans were left stunned at the end of their game with Western as they lost the in last second of the game. The team lost 43-42 at Western on Thursday.

Basketball: Lady Hornets down Indian Springs in first league game

On Saturday the Lady Hornets destroyed the Thunderbirds 52-19 at home. Beatty (4-0 overall, 2-0 Division IV Southern) outscored Indian Springs (0-11, 0-2) in the first half 30-12.

IN PROFILE: Sharon Mayfield

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Letter to the Editor

What happened to the real Christmas?

Local woman succumbs to wrong-way crash injuries

The woman who Nevada Highway Patrol investigators believe caused a head-on collision last Wednesday has died.

Kellogg Park moves closer to bidding parts of first phase

Discussions continue on developing the proposed 80-acre Kellogg Park slated for the south end of town with plans for the first bids to be issued by June.

Kiwanis group works to feed homeless youth

The Nye County School District is seeing more students every day who arrive on their area campuses without having breakfast and not bringing anything for lunch.