Reader thankful for compassion of sheriff’s office
A Nevada attorney was sentenced to 25 months in prison for filing false federal income tax returns, the U.S. Justice Department announced this week.
The Boy Scouts of America is changing the name to its program for older youth that’s been in place for over a century, the organization announced this week.
May came in like a lion Tuesday, as lightning flashed and thunderstorms pelted the Las Vegas Valley, and snow covered higher elevation areas on Mount Charleston, according to the National Weather Service.
Just weeks after the death of her close friend Art Bell on Friday, April 13 2018, KNYE 95.1 FM station owner Karen Jackson said she will continue to provide the local programming and information her listeners have come to expect within the Pahrump community for the better part of a decade.
Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed Sandra Douglass Morgan to the Nevada Gaming Commission, effective April 28.
Leading business, utility, and legislative experts will discuss how clean energy development can contribute to rural Nevada economies at a forum to be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 8 in the Valley Electric Association Conference Center, organizers announced.
It’s still early, but the head of McCarran International said she believes the airport could have another record-setting year.
After more than two years under state monitoring due to struggling financial issues, Nye County and the Nye County Hospital District were removed from a state watch list Wednesday.
A year ago, Sam Charles took his Pahrump Youth Softball Association Gold 12-and-under softball team to Las Vegas and won the Spring Fling hosted by the Northwest Girls Softball League. And Charles’ team made an impression.
Not that any suspense was involved, but the Pahrump Valley softball team made it official last Thursday.
It has been a rough year for the inexperienced Beatty baseball team.
In 2022, Social Security’s trustees’ report, the U.S. government’s retirement income program will begin paying out more in benefits than it receives in tax revenues. By 2034, a year short of its 100th birthday, Social Security’s $3 trillion in reserves will be gone. Benefits will have to be cut by nearly a quarter. And it’s all downhill from there.
The combination of crises like climate change, the need for new forms of energy, and the possibility that peak oil is near have heartened those who would like to see nuclear power stage a comeback, and also those who hope that such a revivial would create pressure for completing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump project.
The Wild West Extravaganza and Bluegrass Festival returns to Pahrump later this week at Petrack Park.
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 $10 million.
More than one hit-and-run crash occurs every minute on U.S. roads, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
Several representatives and leadership from a variety of local companies gathered at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino for the 20th annual Biz &Home Expo at the end of April to connect with the public and the area’s business community.
Nye County officials asked the Interim Legislative Committee on High-Level Radioactive Waste in Las Vegas to support the licensing proceeding of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
Valley Electric Association drew in hundreds to its annual meeting where highlights of positive advancement the cooperative has experienced in the past 12 months were given, along with other positive messages from the venue’s widely-known guest speakers.
Nye County Commissioner Lorinda Wichman was elected in 2008 and not long after assuming her seat on the board, she said she was designated as the county’s “noxious weed gal,” a position that led her to her involvement with the Tonopah Conservation District.
Did you know that one in three American adults is at risk for kidney disease? Major risk factors for kidney disease include diabetes, high blood pressure, a family history of kidney failure, and being age 60 or older.
National Small Business Week is being celebrated this week in the USA.