Tribal members appointed to federal panel on Yucca

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission appointed two Timbisha Shoshone members to the Yucca Mountain Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel, a federal advisory committee tasked with collecting information pertaining to the licensing of the proposed nuclear waste repository.

Valley Communications Association introduces new digital products

Dozens of people poured into Valley Communications Association Inc.’s tech expo to learn about the association’s new digital services, including its digital TV service.

Festival of Trees gala set for Pahrump

Nathan Adelson Hospice, Southern Nevada’s largest non-profit hospice, is hosting its 13th Annual Festival of Trees event in Pahrump on Dec. 1 to help raise funds for hospice programs and services, organizers announced.

California Lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Saturday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $33 million.

Tractor Supply Co. hosts grand opening in Pahrump

Prior to its ribbon-cutting ceremony this month, the manager of Pahrump’s Tractor Supply Company made sure to note that the brand new business offers much more than its name suggests.

Nevada gets new partner in Internet gaming agreement

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval recently announced that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement, effective immediately.

Jim Hartman: The ‘fight for $15’ minimum wage

Republicans received decisive defeats in Virginia, New Jersey and local elections elsewhere on Nov. 7.

Celebrity auction brings in cash, laughs and entertainment to Parhump

More than a dozen local “celebrities” generated upward of $14,000 for a local non-profit agency, as the annual Nye County Celebrity Auction got underway on Saturday, Nov. 18 at the Pahrump Nugget.

Graffiti erased from Death Valley volcano

National Park Service employees had to roll out about 600 feet of hose to erase the latest graffiti at Death Valley: large letters and symbols scratched into the mud bottom of Ubehebe Crater at the northern end of the national park.

Hit-and-run kills pedestrian in Pahrump

Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating fatal accident Friday morning in which a vehicle struck a 52-year-old man who was illegally walking on the highway.

Pahrump Valley wrestlers look to have solid team this year

The Pahrump Valley High School wrestling team had a big year in 2014 when they won the state championship and since then it has been hard times trying to get back up to that form.

Gaming industry urges reconsideration of sports betting ban

A failed federal ban on sports betting is driving an illegal, underground market of at least $150 billion annually, argues legal papers filed in the United States Supreme Court by the American Gaming Association.