Pair of new traffic signals to go live on SR-160

When traveling to and from Las Vegas on State Route 160, be prepared to stop at a pair of new traffic lights on the other side of the hump.

Fatal DUI suspect release questioned by family, community

The family of the victims of Saturday’s deadly DUI crash are asking for answers about why the woman initially arrested was released on her own recognizance.

School bus carrying 32 high school students hit

No injuries were reported after a car collided with a Nye County School District bus at the intersection of Calvada and Pahrump Valley boulevards just before 1 p.m. on Tuesday. The bus was carrying 32 Pahrump Valley High soccer players en route to a game in Las Vegas. The bus sustained minor damage to the crossing arm. The female driver of the car was cited. The crash is the second in two days involving a school bus. Monday’s noninjury incident involved an empty bus on Red Rock Drive.

Annual grape stomp returns this weekend

Pahrump Valley Winery owners Bill and Gretchen Lokken are pleased this weekend’s annual Grape Stomp contest will occur under sunny skies and mild temperatures, unlike last year when rain put a damper on the final day of the event.

BLM officials pushed education public lands shooting

On one of his recent shifts, Shane Nalen, supervisory ranger at the Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District, ran into a man who was shooting up a TV at the shooting range off Bell Vista Avenue.

Girls golf: Trojans win their second Sunset match

Senior Krista Toomer and sophomore Makalea Petrie led the girls golf team to their second Sunset League win of the season on Thursday at Mountain Falls.

Trojans sports roundup

Trojans boys soccer has been going through a rough defensive spell, giving up 12 points in the last three games and dropping their first two conference games.

Trojans outplayed and outclassed by Desert Pines

On Friday, Pahrump Valley was outclassed by Desert Pines, who showed the Trojans why they are the best football team in Class 3A. The Jaguars offense ran at will for 298 yards total offense on their way to a 56-6 rout.

Cross-country team fights for respect at Falcon Invitational

The Trojans cross-country team got mixed results at the Falcon Invitational on Friday. The boys junior/senior was the best Pahrump team, finishing with a fifth place (180 points) out of 15 schools.

Area first responders endure busy weekend

Numerous fires throughout the valley made for a busy weekend for members of Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue.

When you thought it couldn’t get any bigger

The Big Dick’s Pizza sign has come down at its former location at 1061 Gamebird Road after three years. But not to worry, Mike Cappa, owner of Big Dick’s, just moved to a new location at 3971 E. Kellogg Road.

U.S. Senate candidate Heck campaigns at Fall Festival

U.S. Senate candidate Joe Heck stopped at the Pahrump Fall Festival at the invitation of the Nye County Republican Party on Saturday.

Independent candidate Hansen making pitch to voters again

Independent American Party candidate Janine Hansen is making her pitch to Nevada voters again, as she is getting ready to face off with incumbent Pete Goicoechea.

PV Times nets 10 Nevada Press Association awards

The Pahrump Valley Times took home several Nevada Press Association Awards at its annual awards banquet Saturday night, including the top group and individual awards.

Nevada’s undocumented immigrants declined from 2009-2014

Nevada’s undocumented immigrant population dropped from 2009 through 2014, though the proportion of residents without legal status to remain in the U.S. remained highest in the nation, at 7.2 percent of the total state population, the Pew Research Center reported Tuesday.

Photo exhibit brings splendor of Nevada to Capitol Hill

Some of the Silver State’s most spectacular landscapes went on display Monday in Washington, D.C., as a weeklong photo exhibit called “Home Means Nevada” debuted in the rotunda of the Senate Russell Building.

Myers: Politics borrows product placement

“If I had a bowl of Skittles and I told you just three would kill you, would you still take a handful? That’s our Syrian refugee problem,” Donald Trump Jr. was quoted as writing last week.

Knapp: Crony capitalism and political privilege: Earthshaking, literally

In 1962, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel pumped 165 million gallons of waste fluid into rock 12,000 feet below the surface of the earth at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal and noticed that the pumping was accompanied by a number of small earthquakes. Six years later, the U.S. Geological Survey monitored seismic activity as the Corps pumped some of that water back out, observing a noticeable increase in seismic activity after the pumping.

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