The Pahrump Valley will be sunny, with a high near 102 degrees today. Wind will be out of the east at 11 to 14 mph, becoming south in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
With the 2016-17 school year kicking off Monday around the county, the Nye County School District is ready to handle all that comes with ushering in a new year.
After rain threatened the valley for the better part of the last week, with little precipitation actually falling in town, things are set to dry up heading into next week.
TONOPAH — A prairie falcon has been injured by the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant in Tonopah, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed.
In the torrid midsummer of Southern Nevada, the closest place for local folk to enjoy a cool outdoor escape is in the Mount Charleston area of the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area.
Editor’s Note: This is the second article of a four-part series on the first inhabitants of the Pahrump Valley. The first article ran July 22.
The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.
I supported legalizing “ride-sharing” in Nevada during last year’s legislative session despite concerns raised about safety and insurance. My position was that if a private citizen wishes to join a private ride-sharing club like Uber or Lyft and freely assumes all the risks associated with using the service, that’s their choice.
TONOPAH — Gentlemen, start your engines, the annual Jim Marsh Classic will be at the Tonopah Speedway.
CARSON CITY — As the first installment of Nevada’s new and controversial commerce tax comes due Aug. 15, there are concerns and confusion about the effects of the new levy.
These are the top five sports photos as selected by the Pahrump Valley Times staff.
This Sunday is a little-known military honor day surrounding one of the best known military honors.
Two Pahrump utility companies are looking to expand their service areas.
Heidi Hill always wanted a tortoise. So her sister, Joyce Wiedeman, who also lives in Pahrump, gave Hill a birthday present by paying the adoption fee for Shelly, a female Mojave desert tortoise.
If you haven’t stopped by the pvtimes.com page recently I would encourage you to go take a look.
The countdown is on for the biggest weekend of the summer in Goldfield.
A Pahrump man was cited for 21 separate counts of animal cruelty after 21 animals allegedly died of dehydration on his property on July 25.
GOLDFIELD – U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy kicked off his November re-election campaign with stops June 17-18 along the U.S. Highway 95 corridor, visits that included a Tonopah event and what’s described as a historic meet-and-greet in Goldfield.
Still coping with the closure of its hospital nearly a year ago, the Tonopah region got more bad news this week when it comes to emergency medical services.
Administrators from schools were outside Albertsons supermarket Friday morning reminding area residents about an annual back-to-school event. Valley Electric Associations Fill the Bucket campaign collects school supplies and distributes the items to area schools.
Like many kids raised in rural Nevada, as soon as my brother and I were old enough, my father taught us how to handle firearms. We got our junior memberships to the NRA and passed the NRA Hunter Safety Program as soon as we were old enough, a rite of passage as common as getting a drivers license. Growing up in Hawthorne, everybody I knew owned guns and I could hardly wait to go plinking with a .22 when the time came. Guns represented a common thread among us, we marked the beginning and end of duck season and deer season just as we waited for the start of football or basketball, and respect for the Second Amendment was woven into the fabric of my childhood.
Administrators from schools were outside Albertsons supermarket Friday morning reminding area residents about an annual back-to-school event. Valley Electric Associations Fill the Bucket campaign collects school supplies and distributes the items to area schools.
With recreational marijuana hitting Nevadas ballot in November, medical marijuana cultivation facilities and dispensaries across the state are gearing up for what could be a major shift for the business.
With school starting Aug. 8 in Tonopah, community members are offering a helping hand to make sure children in need have backpacks full of supplies in addition to new clothing.
A new renewable energy plant is proposed for the Mojave Desert just outside of Pahrump.