Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue crews responded to a variety of service calls in recent days.
As winter officially begins on Dec. 21, flu season is already in full swing and for those who want to combat the illness before it starts, this week is as good as any to do so.
Students from two schools in the Nye County School District got up close and personal with drivers from various racing teams from Best in the Desert Racing Association on Friday morning.
Thursday is the last day that political signs can be displayed on state road rights of way, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation.
After a strong 2016 fiscal year, 2017 is off to a solid start as well, as September saw a 9.9 percent increase over the same month last year.
After months of delays for proposed amendments to the Nye County code regulating the brothel industry, it appears any changes won’t take place until the new year.
They say a family who races together stays together. Last weekend revealed that in off-road racing, this is more the case than not. There are many off-road racing families that do more than just watch.
The first Pahrump 250 in nine years was taken by driver Clyde Stacy from Bristol, Virginia of the RPM off-road racing team. He finished in four hours, two minutes and 36 seconds in the Trick Truck Division.
The Pahrump 250 made its triumphant return to Pahrump with Best in the Desert after a nine-year hiatus.
The member of a legendary band has found a novel way to provide Christmas cheer to the community beginning next week.
Congressman-elect Ruben Kihuen plans a rural tour in his district after he is sworn in next year.
CARSON CITY — An initiative petition that would automatically register motorists to vote unless they opt out will head to the Legislature next year after election officials in Nevada’s 17 counties reported the results of the signature-gathering effort on Thursday.
In the 1950s when U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy and other legislators, including Nevada’s Pat McCarran, spread stories of communists in government, journalism was their unwitting ally.
When she decided to return to Beatty, Mary Seale wasn’t sure what she was going to do.
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is opposing a proposal from federal prosecutors to split the 17 remaining defendants charged in the Bunkerville standoff case into three separate trials.
Nevada’s chief federal judge has upheld a protective order that keeps key evidence under wraps in the Bunkerville standoff case involving the Bundy family.
With the holiday season in full swing, area schools began performing their respective Christmas concerts this week.
Members of Pahrump’s Tribe Motorcycle Club will hit the streets of Pahrump on Sunday, Dec. 11, all in the name of goodwill, generosity and Christmas spirit.
The Department of Veterans Affairs clinic that recently opened here in Pahrump was a welcome addition to the town for veterans and their families who have been wounded or otherwise need medical care. I was at the ribbon cutting for the original clinic years ago, and that was greeted with open arms. But with the advent of the Middle East wars, it soon became overwhelmed with patients.
Each election I collect campaign materials from around Nevada and elsewhere. It helps to stay up on the techniques employed in them. I save television spots, leaflets, whatever. I send out requests to friends to save me their campaign mail pieces from the last couple of weeks of each campaign.
CARSON CITY — A recount of ballots in select precincts from five Nevada counties sought by a last-place presidential contender will not automatically trigger a statewide recount, even if the stipulated one percent discrepancy is found, a state election official said Wednesday.
In the 1989 movie “Batman,” Jack Nicholson, playing the Joker, declared, “This town needs an enema!”
After several years on the market, the infamous Binion Ranch has been sold.
A public-private partnership to help active duty military personnel, reservists, National Guard soldiers and veterans in Nevada access legal services helped more than 900 individuals in its first year, the state Attorney General’s Office reported Nov. 17.
Jake Pike moved up in class at the Pahrump Valley Speedway and went from the Mini Dwarf racer to a new Western Mod Lite racer on Saturday.
Besides being thankful for our blessings and time spent with loved ones, leftovers are probably the best part of Thanksgiving. Here’s a recipe for a hearty soup that uses every last bit of your leftovers, even the stuffing. In our home, we call this “Thanksgiving Soup” and look forward to it each year.