An early morning power outage affected a large portion of the valley Monday morning as moderate to light rain fell on town.
The Nye County unemployment rate rose slightly after dropping to its the lowest percentage in eight years last month.
LAS VEGAS — The state’s Legislative Commission’s Subcommittee to Study Water continued discussions about potential bill draft requests ahead of the Nevada Legislature session that begins in less than a year.
Desert View Hospital is ready to celebrate a major milestone and the community is invited to join the party.
The electric utility industry is about to undergo significant changes, Valley Electric Association Inc. officials said at the co-op’s 2016 annual meeting.
Nevada State Sen. Ruben Kihuen wants to focus on the infrastructure if he is elected to represent Nevada’s 4th Congressional District.
The Trojans came close to winning a major invitational on Friday. For the Trojans boys, the title of the Boulder City Invitational on Friday came down to one event, the pole vault. A first-place showing would have given Pahrump the win. Trojans pole vaulter Nico Cipollini had bested the vaulters at the meet before, but it wasn’t to be.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday said he will pursue legal options to force the federal government to fund the management of Nevada’s wild horse population at appropriate levels.
Three years ago when Gov. Brian Sandoval and other state officials announced the state’s new slogan was “A world within. A state apart,” I printed it on a card and took it to a post office. I asked people to read it and tell me what it meant. The most common reply turned the question back on me: “What DOES it mean?”
For one of the world’s most endangered species, the Devil’s Hole pupfish is having a pretty good year.
The Lady Trojans got pounded by Spring Valley on Friday on the road 11-1 with the Grizzlies getting back at Pahrump for their only loss earlier in the season, where the Trojans downed them 3-2. The team then got their frustrations out at Desert Pines (1-21 overall, 0-11 Sunrise League) in non-league action on Saturday, beating up on them 21-5.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court will hear oral arguments May 2 on whether a referendum to put the state’s new commerce tax to a public vote meets legal muster to continue.
Two people escaped serious injury Sunday when their vehicle hit a utility pole and caught fire.
The former sheriff’s deputy who accepted a felony plea agreement last month for drug charges will not go to prison at this time, but will not be able to hired as a police officer elsewhere.
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 $18 million.
The State of Nevada Commission on Ethics penalized former Nye County Tax Assessor Shirley Matson a total of $5,000 for her two counts of misconduct while in office.
A new federal development grant will allow the Nye County School District to expand its Pre-Kindergarten and Early Childhood Special Education programs for the upcoming school year.
Area residents needing various information about filing Social Security claims have an ally via Pahrump’s Advance Resource Method Solutions, or ARMS.
Like the Energizer bunny, Christopher Badia keeps on going. He is a one-man show dedicated to getting a BMX course in Pahrump for the kids. For the past three to four years he has been like a broken record, hitting up every person that would listen to him and telling people that Pahrump needs a BMX course for kids.
The Trojans baseball team is hanging onto playoff hopes by a thread.
We’re tough on crime here in Nevada. Very tough.
I watch a lot of youth sports. It comes with the territory. As I was watching a youth baseball game, I saw a parent coaching his kid from the sideline. He was screaming at the top of his lungs at his kid, telling him to watch the ball and to take his head out of his butt. He used harsher language.
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1 dead, 1 arrested after fatal stabbing at Pahrump park
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