A Nye County Sheriff’s Office deputy was injured over the weekend after his vehicle was struck by a motorist.
This year, more than others, is about change in people rather than events. Sure, there were some events worth mentioning, but for the most part, 2016 was a year of people coming and going more than anything else. The PVT looks at 2016 sports in two parts, with the second part coming out in Friday’s issue.
Imagine standing in Walmart’s checkout line with a cart full of groceries not knowing whether you have enough money to pay for the items you and your family need.
More than 1,000 meals were prepared and served for the NyE Communities Coalition’s annual free Christmas dinner on Sunday as volunteer servers kept the meals flowing to a packed house. Approximately 500 of the meals were used for homebound deliveries. The coalition had to purchase 19 additional meals from Denny’s to feed all the home requests from seniors.
Nye County officials want their voice to be heard in the proposed military expansions in the northern and central parts of the county.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick as energy secretary, Rick Perry, is not saying whether he intends to push for a revival of plans to entomb the nation’s highly radioactive waste at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain.
Beatty resident Rupert Bragg-Smith got into a heated exchange with members of the Beatty Town Advisory Board at their Dec. 19 meeting.
The Hill reports that capital punishment is fading away in America.
The Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities is a research organization that works to inform the public on issues that confront the state. It is relatively new, and 2016 was the first election in which it had a prominent role. Much of its work was useful. It could have been better.
The coming New Year’s resolution should be pretty obvious, particularly when it comes to diet: 2017 will go down in history as the year when plant-based meats have revolutionized the food industry.
The largest proposed commercial subdivision in Pahrump was dealt another setback recently when Pahrump Regional Planning Commission members denied a request for a Tentative Commercial Subdivision application.
With the holiday season set to wind down with this weekend, gas prices have spiked slightly in the area.
Widening work on a 1.75-mile-long portion of Highway 160 in town is set to halt until the spring.
A brand new look arrived this month for a longtime Pahrump business.
A woman out on a morning walk made a surprising discovery in her neighborhood last Thursday.
The Beatty boys basketball team is off to a strong start this year, taking three games at the Round Mountain tourney last weekend. They beat Carlin 59-47, Eureka 57-46, and Round Mountain 59-58.
The Lady Trojans basketball team edged Boulder City in the final seconds of the road game 27-26 in a non-league win.
Some runners have the “right stuff” and what it takes to be long distance runners. Trojans runner Bryce Odegard is one of those runners.
Most people know her from the high school where she helped students out in the athletic office for 12 years.
Gary J. Miller is a senior Pahrump weightlifter who has 48 world records at that level and for his age group. At the end of November, he set some of those records at the age of 65. He competes in the 146-pound division.
Recent mountain lion sightings have prompted the Nye County Sheriff’s Office and Animal Control to issue a warning to residents on the north and south end of the valley.
The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.
Pahrump Historical Museum Director Marilyn Davis received some good news this week.
The Department of Motor Vehicles and the Nevada Highway Patrol want to remind moped owners that time is running out to register their mopeds before enforcement is set to begin.
DEATH VALLEY, California – Death Valley National Park is looking for volunteers to participate in several volunteer events over the holidays.
The spirit of giving is alive and well among members of the Pahrump Real Estate Advisory Council.
It’s Friday, there is one day left of shopping before Santa’s big day and you don’t have that present for the golfer in the family. Of course, there is always driving into Las Vegas and braving the traffic with all the other shoppers that don’t have a clue of what to buy. Or, you can simply drive out to the Mountain Falls pro shop for that golfer.
I never thought I would say this, but a Dallas Cowboys player epitomized the Christmas spirit when he jumped into a Salvation Army kettle.
James Taylor is the newest assistant boys basketball coach with the Trojans this year. The 29-year-old came to Pahrump from his home state of Utah to continue coaching.
TONOPAH – Funding concerns are being expressed about the Central Nevada Museum’s future, prompting the museum to look at additional non-government funding options.
