When most people think about snakes, tarantulas or other exotic creatures, they tend to get the heebie-jeebies. One local man who has a fondness for the creepy crawlers turned his love for the animals into a business venture.
A pair of Pahrump teens were arrested over the weekend after allegedly attempting to sell stolen firearms.
Hailey Meads is Miss Pahrump and she will be at Spring Mountain Motor Sports Ranch’s lake this week raising money for Type I diabetes. On Saturday at 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Meads will be conducting a fundraiser called “Paddle for the Cure.” For this fundraiser people can paddle board, pedal boat or play beach volleyball.
After a months-long discussion, Nye County officials passed a bill that amended minimum lot sizes and water rights relinquishment requirements in Amargosa Valley.
The third annual Nye County Law Enforcement Torch Run was held on Saturday and was smooth sailing due to the hard work of the Nye County Sheriff’s Office. Each year the Special Olympics torch makes its way from Southern Nevada up to Reno where the summer games are held for the Special Olympics on June 3.
The Nevada high school state championship will be held this year at Mountain Falls Golf Course, a par 72, 18-hole course. Randy Mudge is the new golf professional and he talked to the PVT about what he thinks are the five toughest holes that the golfers will face at Mountain Falls.
LAS VEGAS – The Nevada State Democratic Party’s headquarters in Las Vegas were closed Monday amid security concerns following a tumultuous state convention over the weekend.
RENO — Nevada Republicans wrapped up their state convention Sunday by approving a resolution denouncing supporters of the new commerce tax and adopting a conservative platform that includes gun rights, state sovereignty and opposition to abortion.
The Pahrump Valley High track team will be sending four athletes to the state meet this week, which starts on Friday and ends on Saturday in Reno at Bishop Manogue High School.
The uncertain political climate in Washington, D.C. has Nevada officials guessing the future of Yucca Mountain.
The G.R.E.A.T. Games have entertained youth in Nye County for the past 19 years. G.R.E.A.T. stands for Gang Resistance Education and Training.
Judge Kim Wanker discharged the three-year-old drug case against Pahrump resident Heidi Fleiss on Friday.
One ticket matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto, with a payout of $23 million. The next jackpot will be at least $7 million.
Like teachers, faculty and additional paid staff, volunteers for the Nye County School district play a vital role in the education and well-being of all students.
The Lady Hornets did it again. They won the regional championship for the sixth season in a row. The team was first out of five teams. Beatty won with 179 points, Tonopah was second (131), Round Mountain third (40), Pahranagat Valley was fourth (36) and Indian Springs fifth (20).
A recent decision from a federal court in Illinois reaffirms that the essence of First Amendment freedom is the ability to criticize government officials.
Philip Rucker and Robert Costa of the Washington Post report that Mitt Romney and other establishment Republicans are unsheathing their threatened final sword: Attempting to put together an “independent” Republican presidential campaign versus GOP nominee-apparent Donald Trump. The draft effort’s reputed short list includes Ohio Governor John Kasich and U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE). Good idea or bad idea? Depends on how one looks at it.
My first encounter with the Pulitzer Prize was on April 18, 1977 at the Nevada Legislature when word arrived that the Nevada State Journal and Reno Evening Gazette (then jointly owned but separate newspapers) had received the award for a series of editorials denouncing a brothel owner that the newspapers had previously built up as a folk hero. The high school-style headline in that evening’s Gazette became a classic: “We win a Pulitzer Prize!”
In 1968, Eugene Kendrick worked as a clerk at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) office in area 12. He would stay at the site over the work week and make the drive back home to Las Vegas on weekends.
Two weeks ago, three men assaulted a 19-year-old American Muslim in Astoria, Queens. One suspect shouted “Arab” and punched the victim twice in the face. A second screamed “ISIS” and approached with a metal pipe. When a bystander appeared, the three suspects fled the scene.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s final supplement to the Department of Energy’s environmental impact statement for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear repository can’t be appealed in court, Nevada officials said.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office said three men are expected to be charged in an incident that occurred at Devil’s Hole in Death Valley National Park on April 30.
Rafael Flores loves the sport of racing and says he really can’t get enough of it.
Despite all of Ronald G. Wayne’s accomplishments as a co-founder of the Apple Computer Company in 1976, product development engineer, inventor, author, poet and artist, one of his main passions has always been stamp collecting.
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