Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt led a 10-state coalition of attorneys general in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending the ability of state governments to effectively regulate groundwater usage within their state, his office announced.
U.S. Senator Dean Heller, R-Nevada, applauded President Donald Trump for signing a bill to help Nevada veterans and praised bipartisan collaboration to move important veterans’ legislation over the finish line.
If you’ve been reading my column or following Divas on a Dime online, you know I adore fun, lesser-known holidays. Any opportunity for a celebration, I say. Well here’s a holiday that most people will totally be on board with.
Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Aug. 28– Sept. 1:
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 $8 million.
The world’s largest solar and storage infrastructure project is set to take off near Tonopah, and officials said that it could impact the economy of the area.
It would be safe to say that 100-year-old Pahrump resident Geneva Dulaney is probably one of a handful of locals who can claim she was born not long after the June 19, 1917 solar eclipse occurred back when Woodrow Wilson was president of the United States.
The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection issued a modified permit for construction of a new mixed low-level waste disposal cell at the Nevada National Security Site.
BEATTY— They descended on the town between the hours of 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. and came by the thousands. Town residents said this year’s Vegas to Reno crowd was one of the biggest ever to hit the town.
With the 2017 football season kicking off this evening at Pahrump Valley High School, its marching band is ready in support of the school and the Trojans football team.
Trojans volleyball is rebuilding this year after graduating five seniors.
The Painted Lady Saloon may be the only bar in the town that will be showing the Mayweather-McGregor fight Saturday at 6 p.m.
The Las Vegas Golden Knights of the NHL have some new announcers to go along with the new pro hockey team.
The Pahrump Valley Trojans hope to pick up where they left off last year and continue with their winning ways. Today at 7 p.m. they host the Durango Trailblazers, a Las Vegas team featuring a spread offense.
Trojans Boys Varsity soccer schedule: Aug. 24, away, Virgin Valley 5:30 p.m.; Aug. 25-26, away, Green Valley tournament, 1:30 p.m.; Aug. 28, away, Somerset Academy (Sky Point), 5 p.m.; Aug. 30, home, Del Sol, 5:30 p.m.; Sept. 1-2, away, Spring Creek Cup Invitational, TBA; Sept. 6, away, Mojave, 5:30 p.m.; Sept. 11, home, Western, 5:30 p.m.; Sept. 12, home, Equipo Academy, 5:30 p.m.; Sept. 16, home, Boulder City, 11:30 a.m.; Sept. 19, away, Desert Pines, 4:30 p.m.; Sept. 25, home, Cheyenne, 5:3o p.m.; Sept. 27, away, Adelson, 4 p.m.; Oct. 3, home, Sunrise Mountain, 4 p.m.; Oct. 4, Mojave, 5:30 p.m.; Oct. 9, away, Western, 4:30 p.m.; Oct. 17, home, Desert Pines, 5:30 p.m.; Oct. 19, away, Cheyenne, 4:30 p.m.; Oct. 21, away, Boulder City, 11:30 a.m.; Oct. 23, home, Adelson, 5:30 p.m.; Oct. 25, away, Sunrise Mountain, 4:30 p.m.
Last week we discussed how someone receiving entitlements in Nevada could earn more staying on entitlements than going back to work.
Editor’s note: The author’s name of the first letter below, “Stupidity is more dangerous than malice,” inadvertently was not included in the Aug. 23 newspaper version of the Pahrump Valley Times. The full letter appears below today along with the name of that letter writer.
So let me get this straight: A group of about 100 conservatives – who publicly and emphatically condemned racism and totally distanced themselves from the white nationalists and neo-Nazis of Charlottesville fame – got a permit for a rally in Boston in support of free speech.
Valley Electric Association presented a $2,000 check to the Nevada Chapter of the Outdoor Adventure Foundation.
It’s an opportunity to learn the skills necessary to become a bona fide first responder in Pahrump and Nye County, as the need for volunteer firefighters at Nye County Technical Response Station 51 is urgent.
A 17-year-old is facing an animal cruelty charge following his arrest on Monday, Aug. 21.
Pahrump resident Scott Patton had enough of several juveniles riding dirt bikes up and down his street.
The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.
Hemp has come to Pahrump. Dan Harris, a local farmer, is growing a small 10-acre hemp field in Pahrump, which according to the state is perfectly legal.