Residents in Tonopah and the Esmeralda County communities of Gold Point and Goldfield are mourning the loss of the three people killed in the head-on collision between a pickup and an SUV along U.S. Highway 95 south of Tonopah in Esmeralda County on Dec. 28.
This column is the first in a series presenting the findings and conclusions of Nevada’s 2016 Popular Annual Financial Report, which we wrote and issued (online at controller.nv.gov) as part of the Controller’s office normal activities and duties.
Attention: Nevada business owners. First, there was The Great Depression. Then there was The Great Society. Now get ready for…
This column looks at three pretty much unrelated ideas that have been on my mind lately: the size of the universe, artificial intelligence, and American core values.
Farewell to 2016, arguably the worst year for religious freedom in living memory.
One of the 17 defendants in the Cliven Bundy case wants a federal jury to visit the spot where the armed standoff unfolded in 2014 between supporters of the Nevada rancher and federal agents who impounded his cattle.
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 $67 million.
Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Jan. 9 – Jan. 13:
There’s a famous story about a philosophy professor who fills a jar with golf balls and asks his class if the jar is full. They say yes. Then he adds pebbles to the jar and lets them fill in the space between the golf balls and asks “Now, is the jar full?” The class answers yes. He next adds sand to the jar and asks the class again, they answer yes. Finally, he adds water to the jar filling all the space between the sand, pebbles and golf balls. The class agrees, now the jar is truly full.
You don’t have to travel much more than an hour from Pahrump to reach Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. However, the area boasts some of the finest canyon hikes in our region. One in particular will please most anyone or any group. Pine Creek Canyon it is not only pleasing to the eye but also offers historical interest.
Death Valley National Park and the Death Valley Natural History Association have transportation grants for school groups participating in field trips to the park available.
Some people can’t sit still and they just have to fill that void.
The Lady Trojans’ dominated Sunrise Mountain with a strong offensive performance for their first conference win of the season, winning 56-18 on Tuesday.
The Trojans wrestlers ran away with their first home wrestling match of the season, 51-27 against Cheyenne.
The Trojans boys basketball team came up short in the fourth quarter and ended up losing a close one to Sunrise Mountain, 53-42.
After a fairly pleasant weekend, the work week will begin with a strong chance the area will see some precipitation come Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
A Pahrump man was arrested this week after allegedly tried to bribe a law enforcement officials.
Pahrump’s Petrack Park will get brighter after Nye County commissioners approved a bid for its lighting.
Nye County will submit an Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP) and support information to the Federal Aviation Authority for the Beatty, Gabbs, and Tonopah airports.
At least four people were displaced after a fire gutted the interior of their home late Tuesday evening.
Despite opening up the 1.75-mile stretch of Highway 160 in town after taking the road from two travel lanes to four, but not being 100 percent complete, the cones popped back up Monday morning.
The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.
Donald Trump ran for president in part on a promise to “drain the swamp” that is Washington, D.C. He positioned himself as a political outsider, beholden to no one and capable of bringing sweeping changes to a federal government set in its ways. But as Inauguration Day approaches, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the fundamentals aren’t going to change much.
After two sentencing hearing continuances, the woman who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from shooting a puppy in front of her two young children will be sentenced Feb. 3, at 9 a.m.
Two Nye County commissioners moved into new roles at the beginning of 2017.
After dropping her son off at Pahrump Valley High School Wednesday morning and on her way to work, a local woman’s normal daily routine ended up anything but routine.
