Calling all parents of this year’s kindergartners – saving for your child’s future just got easier.
Pahrump medics returning from a transport in Las Vegas happened upon a single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 160 on Monday, Jan. 23.
My wife and I have resided in Pahrump for nearly three years, having moved here from Las Vegas where we resided for seven years. We purchased land, and have a lovely home and garden. We like Pahrump. Alas.
I read the 2017-2018 secured assessment roll article in the Jan. 13th newspaper with interest, as it has been a longtime discord with the approach of market value assessment. As every real estate agent will quantify, aesthetics is a major driver of market value. Thus, people that have trashy yards, unsightly and unkempt property, get a huge benefit over those that keep their property maintained and aesthetically appealing and are greatly penalized because their properties are assessed at a higher rate.
Casinos in Nye County saw their gaming wins decrease 1.6 percent to $46.9 million in 2016 compared to the year before, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
The article written last week by Tim Burke is overall an interesting read, except the end of the article where Tim states, “We have become so disconnected from one another that we don’t know our neighbor, we don’t know the issues that our friends and families are dealing with, and we no longer make time for helping others because we think we are too busy and ‘it’s not our problem’. Fear has brought us to this point…” Tim goes on to say, “…Or do we continue down our current path to the point where we are all carrying a weapon for protection? Do we give in to fear? Or do we find another way?”
On Jan 19, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association granted independent status to Boulder City’s football program at its meeting in Reno.
On Jan. 21, Pahrump Elks Lodge 2796 sponsored Desert Haven Animal Society’s pet adoption drive. Pictured from left are members Margo Browne and Donald Wagner with his newly-adopted friend Leah. The trio are joined by Elks members Dennis London and Don Harrison.
Calling it close again, the Lady Trojans played their second straight nail-biter, beating Boulder City 35-33 in the last nine seconds on Friday and then beating Mojave in the last second, 37-35, on Monday.
For the second time in two games, the Trojans boys lost a game due to foul trouble. They lost Friday’s to Boulder City because key shooters fouled out, and Monday’s game aginst Mojave was similar.
A woman was rescued by Death Valley National Park and California law enforcement last week after she was stranded overnight in frigid temperatures at the popular tourist destination.
Marijuana is legal to possess in Nevada, but using it anywhere but inside of a private residence is a big no-no.
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 $8 million.
UPDATE: A Pahrump man was arrested Sunday for allegedly propositioning a minor for sex.
Marta Becket, a dancer who performed for more than four decades at the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction, California, died Jan. 30, 2017 at 92.
This month the Nevada Department of Veterans Services held its 2017 Legislative Summit in Las Vegas. Emceed by department outreach manager Blake Boles, the department shared its vision with several hundred veterans by discussing recommendations concerning upcoming legislation.
Two Pahrump Valley High School art students were featured at a Las Vegas event called “Break These Chains, Live Free” at the Fremont Street Experience on Jan. 21, where their art was prominently displayed.
After a string of storms dropped 1.66 inches of rain on the valley last weekend, residents can expect the exact opposite over the next week in town.
A true musical virtuoso has scheduled a special concert performance in Pahrump on Saturday.
“In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide,” US president-elect Donald Trump tweeted in late November, “I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” Kind of a sore winner. And now that he’s no longer just president-elect but actually president, he’s doubling down and says he “will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD …”
The Clark County coroner has identified a Pahrump man who died Tuesday when he crashed a stolen motorcycle on northbound U.S. Highway 95 in Las Vegas.
Last month I began to tell the story of Leon Cooper, a WWII veteran who took part in the bloody battle of Tarawa.
The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.
The Pahrump Transportation Committee was told Jan. 18 by the state what went wrong with a denied grant application and gave the group some tips on how to get the funding this year.
Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske stopped in Pahrump on Jan. 20 to talk about voter registration fraud.
Boulder City girls basketball coach Paul Dosch, 44, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer on Dec. 5 and is adamant that he will remain on the sidelines.
The Lady Trojans basketball team lost a heartbreaker on Tuesday night to Western, 29-28, at home in a battle for third place.
The Trojans wrestling team traveled to Desert Pines on Wednesday and took on a team with six seniors and did surprisingly well in their 39-30 loss.
A recent column by gaming reporter Richard N. Velotta pointed out that in the next couple of months some 83 percent of Strip resorts and casinos will be hitting both tourists and locals with paid parking thanks to a decision last year by the corporate bean-counters at MGM Resorts International.
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