Brandi Johnson, mother of a pre-kindergarten child, said the town of Pahrump has very few options for parents looking to prepare kids to enter the school system.
The boys and girls Pahrump Valley High School cross-country team gears up every weekday for a morning workout. Those runners thinking of joining the team this year are free to run with them.
For the past 14 years, the Lakeview Executive Golf Course at 1471 E. Mount Charleston Drive has been under private ownership and just getting by. This could all be coming to an end as the Nye County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to move forward in the process of buying the course. They made an offer of $650,000 (see front page story).
If you run a lot just for fitness, then you might know what a HOKA is. A HOKA is not a foreign word, but if you are not a runner you might think it is.
Lakeview Executive Golf Course could soon be purchased by the town of Pahrump, after officials approved moving forward with the idea.
U.S. Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D-North Las Vegas, introduced an amendment to a House appropriations bill to eliminate $120 million for Yucca Mountain licensing.
The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.
The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, 15 miles northwest of Tonopah, is fully online and generating electricity for the first time in more than eight months, officials said.
The Trojans football team is hitting the gridiron in mid-July in preparation for the upcoming season.
The Pahrump Valley Trojans girls soccer team will be at Draft Picks washing cars on Saturday, July 22 from noon to 4 p.m. The girls will be accepting donations and proceeds will support the girls soccer team.
“The stakes are high and there is no trophy for second place,” Col. Julian “Ghost” Cheater, new leader of the 432nd Expeditionary Wing, says at change-of-command ceremony.
A large-scale resort company that owns two hotels and a golf course inside the gates of Death Valley National Park is adding new amenities and updating existing spaces at its properties with a multimillion-dollar renovation. One of the properties will open in the fall.
Pahrump officials plan to capture feedback from tourists visiting the town through a survey – the latest initiative in the town’s tourism marketing efforts.
A shallow 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck early Monday on the Nevada National Security Site in Nye County, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
As the legal, recreational marijuana business takes hold in Nevada’s larger cities, marijuana commerce will also be coming to conservative rural Nevada within a year, said the state senator who led the push for a statewide marijuana system at the Legislature.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions made a brief reference to the ongoing Bunkerville standoff trial Wednesday when he offered praise to the lead prosecutor, but he declined to take a side in the case that his Justice Department is prosecuting.
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 $56 million.
Valley Communications Association plans to conduct a scheduled systemwide software upgrade Friday to its broadband network, resulting in a scheduled interruption.
A career fire prevention technician on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Spring Mountains National Recreation area was recently recognized for his efforts for the past 24 years.
The latest health care initiative from the Trump administration and the Republican Party’s leaders in Congress seems set to sink just like the last version.
Editor’s note: this letter initially was sent to Tim Burke, local columnist for the Pahrump Valley Times.
In the Seattle Times, the headline is “Nevada Sen. Dean Heller is the man to watch on health bill.”
Nevada’s 1st U.S. House District Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, said she has not ruled out a run for the U.S. Senate, even though former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has put his backing behind another Democratic candidate.
A Nevada business owner was convicted by a federal jury of tax evasion, the U.S. Justice Department announced.
More than two dozen law enforcement agencies statewide are joining forces to crack down on drivers exceeding speed limits or driving aggressively through July 30, the Nevada Highway Patrol announced.
Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue crews were met with a series of fires over the past week.
The Valley Communications Association Inc. (VCA) named a new chief operating officer in mid-July.
Gov. Brian Sandoval offered details of his initiative as the newly elected chairman of the National Governors Association on Saturday, getting some help from special guest Elon Musk of Tesla to talk about technological innovation and what it means for the nation and world.
The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the tax industry warned tax professionals to beware of spear phishing emails.
The Thai Coconut Bay restaurant in Pahrump will have a few new dishes added to its menu in the coming months with new ownership taking over at the beginning of July.
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