In the turbulent late-1960s, Paul Laxalt’s tenure as governor (1967-1971) was best remembered nationally for his phone conversations with the eccentric and wildly-rich Howard Hughes encouraging his acquisition binge of Nevada gaming properties that helped rid Las Vegas of mob influences.
Southbound traffic along Highway 160 was diverted through the parking lot of a fast food business following a two-vehicle crash in front of Wells Fargo bank at the corner of Wilson Road.
Nevada Highway Patrol Troopers are investigating the deaths of two motorcyclists in recent days.
Students and teachers throughout the Valley Electric Association service territory can now look forward to a new school year with the knowledge that thousands of dollars worth of school supplies will help make their academic endeavors a success.
Attorneys general from 15 states filed court papers Monday supporting Nevada’s opposition to a drug company’s lawsuit that halted the execution of death row inmate Scott Dozier.
Sometime in the night of Aug. 5, the Cook Bank ruin in Rhyolite was trashed by one or more persons supposedly conducting an unauthorized photo or movie shoot.
It was an evening of blazing heat in the Pahrump Valley but that did not stop the dozens of residents who came out to attend the Purple Heart sundown ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 7.
Fourteen-year-old Jake Pike isn’t legally able to drive on the streets, but Saturday night you could catch him in Victory Lane at Pahrump Valley Speedway.
The biggest change for Beatty High School football players this year isn’t a new coach or a hotshot transfer. In fact, it’s right under their feet.
For more than a decade, Pahrump chiropractor Mike Taylor has given his time to be Pahrump Valley High School’s unofficial athletic trainer.
A project to widen Highway 160 in southwestern Clark County will also include roadwork on the state highway’s eastbound lanes from the western edge of Mountain Springs all the way down to the Nye County line.
Goldfield’s biggest event of the year brings out people from many parts of Nevada and across the country.
Beatty, Nev., is known for its burros, and a recent roundup by the Bureau of Land Management isn’t likely to change that.
Nevada businessman and Assembly District 36 Republican nominee Dennis Hof has had two of his business licenses yanked and the Love Ranch brothel and Crystal Watering Hole have now been shut down.
The Women’s Resource Center of Southern Nevada has a new ally, by way of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.
Public comments are being sought on street and freeway improvements across the state, the Nevada Department of Transportation said.
Parents and students are gearing up for another school year in Tonopah and surrounding towns in the area.
Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Aug. 13 – Aug. 17:
Members of the Beatty High School student council were already at work a week and a half before the start of school, planning activities for the coming year and providing service to spiffy up the campus.
Some of the top softball teams in the area will be coming to Tonopah this weekend to compete in the first Gary Jewett Invitational Co-ed Softball Tournament.
Students and parents are gearing up for another year at Pahrump and other southern Nye County towns.
The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.
It’s back to school time already! (I know!) Many of us are about to have our lovely, relaxing summer come to crashing halt and the rigors of routine thrown in our sun-kissed, freckled faces.
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 $22 million.
