While the native California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) can be found in several areas in California, including Joshua Tree National Park, and near Palm Springs, there is one hidden spot in Arizona where they also can be found.
The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.
Group arrested on burglary, drug charges
Senior Jacob Oseguera scored 31 points to lead Beatty over rival Tonopah at home last Friday, 41-32.
The Rosemary Clarke Middle School boys basketball A-team was on the road last week playing against Faith Lutheran and then competing in a tough tournament in Las Vegas.
Kids may have had the dream of slugging it out with Mike Tyson or battling on the ropes with Floyd Mayweather, but seldom try because of lack of instruction. After all, boxing lessons are hard to come by. That used to be true here in the valley, but not any longer.
Tuesday night’s game with Beatty was a blast from the past for some native Pahrumpians who remembered the days when the Hornets played Pahrump on a regular basis.
Turning a successful 7-10 split into a spare in bowling is a difficult feat to accomplish, but not as difficult as providing adequate care to area veterans, according to Denise Flanagan of Pahrump’s Wounded Warrior Project.
Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Jan. 23 – Jan. 27:
Why are people so crazy about popovers? It could be the combination of the golden, crisp exterior and the melt-in-your-mouth tender interior. But I believe the thing that makes popovers truly irresistible is the thrill of opening the oven door to see what spectacular heights they reach as they “pop over” the top of the muffin tin.
Soggy conditions are expected for much of the weekend for the valley, as a series of storm systems continue to make their way through the area, which could drop up to an inch of rain on the valley, according to the National Weather Service.
Dr. Barbie J. Taylor, a well-known and now retired Pahrump psychologist, has another addition to her long list of achievements.
Erupting volcanoes, Alka Seltzer-propelled rockets and Mentos Diet Coke geysers may be a new part of the curriculum for students at J.G. Johnson Elementary School.
Every year federal and state courts issue countless free-speech decisions – some protective of free-speech values and some inimical to those values. During calendar year 2016, one of my favorite decisions came from the pen of federal appeals court jurist Bruce M. Selya.
Talk about your political one-upsmanship.
Tonopah’s Clown Motel is the recipient of national honors as 2017 gets underway.
Capital One has acquired a tax equity stake in the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, an investment of up to $78 million, SolarReserve announced Jan. 17.
My husband and I were smart, we felt. We prepared for our retirement and we were doing very well on our fixed income in our new home that we moved to, away from the big, scary city southeast of us.
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $71 million.
At the request of the Nevada Department of Transportation, Nye County commissioners identified the most critical road projects in Pahrump that will compete for funding with other projects around the state.
A member of a pioneering family of the early days of Pahrump has died.
Recently Las Vegas was awarded the distinction of having some of the most expensive auto insurance rates in the county and still climbing.
The first time John Lewis marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge outside Selma, in 1965 on the way to the Alabama state capitol during a voter registration campaign, police were waiting for him and his colleagues on the other side. Officers fractured Lewis’ skull.
CARSON CITY — When Gov. Brian Sandoval delivered his final “State of the State” address Tuesday night, Nevada lawmakers received a written report card from the administration highlighting achievements realized over the past six years.
The Pahrump Valley is set to have one more nationally familiar food option in the near future as fast food chain Jack in the Box is set to come to town.
Covering the harsh winter weather around Tonopah and nearby areas isn’t the easiest of tasks.
A special “Thank you” to all the Valley Electric guys and Suddenlink guys who spent the better part of Thursday afternoon, Jan. 5, replacing the two 52-year-old power poles on West Wilson Road that were knocked down by an inattentive female driver.
In reference to the attorney general ‘s opinion, paraphrased, because the new Background Check Act states private party transfers and sales must be completed utilizing the FBI background check system and the FBI has taken the position that the Background Check Active, as currently written, cannot function.
