Congressional candidate Hardy hoping for rural Nevada votes

Former U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy, who is running for his old seat in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District, hopes that rural voters will help to win the swing district.

Dennis Myers: One more way the workers were hurt

Nevada state legislators like Jim Marchant, Jim Wheeler, and – at the federal level – Dean Heller, have been touting crumbs offered to workers in the form of bonuses by corporations as a result of the Republican tax cut enacted by Congress.

Change could be coming to Saline Valley’s airfield

Death Valley National Park’s Chicken Strip is famous among recreational pilots for its dramatic desert scenery and the challenges it poses to small plane pilots, the park officials said.

California lottery

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.

Times wins general excellence at annual Press Association Awards

The Pahrump Valley Times received the award for “General Excellence” during the 2018 the annual Nevada Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest banquet in Las Vegas over the weekend.

Feds awarding millions to fight crime

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that grant awards to Public Safety Partnership member sites as part of $10 million in funding to support state, local and tribal law enforcement departments and agencies and their partners who are fighting violent crime in jurisdictions across the United States.

New policy designed to reduce ‘appraisal inflation’

The Federal Housing Administration announced that it will begin requiring lenders originating new Home Equity Conversion Mortgages commonly referred to as reverse mortgages, to provide a second property appraisal under certain circumstances.

 
2 Nevadans to be added to Gaming Hall of Fame

The association on Thursday announced the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018, which includes former Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Philip Hannifin and Bally Technologies and Scientific Games executive Richard Haddrill.

New employer tax credit for 2018 and 2019

The IRS announced that eligible employers who provide paid family and medical leave to their employees may qualify for a new business credit for tax years 2018 and 2019.

Motorcyclist killed in Nevada rural wreck

The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal motorcycle wreck in rural Esmeralda County.

Blowout blamed for fatal crash on Highway 160 near Pahrump

The Ford Explorer overturned after hitting the right shoulder of the highway on Wednesday, ejecting both the 22-year-old driver and 20-year old passenger. Neither of the men was wearing a seatbelt, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

 
Fireboat named in honor of late ranger in Nevada

Lake Mead ranger Thomas Kenneth “T.K.” Brown was honored in the most appropriate way as a fireboat was named in his memory this summer.

Pahrump area resident recounts the Oct. 1 tragedy

While flags flew at half-staff on Monday, as decreed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, Pahrump resident Denise Koch is reflecting this week on the 1 October mass shooting during the 2017 Route 91 music festival on the grounds of the Mandalay Bay resort.

Pahrump Fall Festival attracts thousands

“Modern Country with Attitude,” was the theme for last weekend’s annual Pahrump Fall Festival.

Pahrump band just short of Hawaii trip funding

The Pahrump Valley High School marching band is edging closer to meeting its goal of raising enough funds to travel to Hawaii for a special performance to remember the Pearl Harbor attack. The assemblage was invited to perform for the 77th anniversary of the event.

Beatty ground game chews up Green Valley Christian

Beatty High School’s football team was eager to bounce back from its loss to perennial power Pahranagat Valley, and Green Valley Christian found itself in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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