With the first House passage deadline of the 2019 legislative session in our rearview mirror, I can’t help but reflect on the past few months. There are hundreds of bills still pending on issues ranging from education to economic development.
Structure fires and a vehicle crash dominated the majority of emergency service calls throughout the valley over the past several weeks.
This Sunday is Cinco de Mayo so we’re going to see lots of wonderful themed parties. I’m so excited, I have this recipe I’ve been holding back just for this weekend. Last year, I attended a party and a friend brought a fresh fruit salsa with cinnamon tortilla chips. It was the hit of the party!
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in the Wednesday, May 1 drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $41 million.
In one of the most anti-climactic games imaginable, the Pahrump Valley High School softball team wrapped up its third consecutive Sunset League championship Tuesday with a 13-3 victory over Mojave in North Las Vegas.
Described as an annual town party, the 2019 Amargosa Days celebration wrapped up this past weekend with an evening fireworks display.
Nye County is in the midst of preparing for the coming fiscal year, addressing its tentative budget at a special meeting held Tuesday, April 30.
It was supposed to be a doubleheader that would settle the Class 1A Central League baseball championship. It turned out to be a single game that left Beatty still waiting to clinch a spot in the postseason.
Red Rover Fitness has a simple goal: to get kids sweating and smiling at the same time.
The Nye County Commission, sitting as the governing body for the town of Pahrump, recently approved the town’s tentative budget for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1 and runs through June 30, 2020.
Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said Tuesday she struck a deal with Energy Secretary Rick Perry to remove a half metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium from the state starting in 2021, with assurances that no future shipments will come from South Carolina.
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a series on Valley Electric Association Inc.’s annual and special meeting. Watch for more on pvtimes.com or in the Pahrump Valley Times print edition. See video with the story on our Facebook page.
The town of Pahrump is now home to a brand new recreational destination.
After narrowly escaping abandonment in December 2018, the Southside Trailhead project is now complete and opening ceremonies are planned for Sunday, May 5, to coincide with the festivities at the Wild West Extravaganza.
Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of May 6 – May 10.
MERCURY — Former Nevada National Security Site Fire Marshal Brian Dees has been named the site’s next fire and rescue chief, site officials announced this week.
The Our Lady of the Valley Choir is preparing to sing at the inaugural Melvin Corpin Memorial Concert at 6:30 p.m. on May 11 at Our Lady of the Valley Church, 781 E. Gamebird Road. The music spectacular will be a tribute to Melvin’s life’s work and feature music composed and arranged by him.
The Amargosa Days horseshoes tournament had a bigger prize than most of the events held during the year, and Mike Nicosia and Don Brown of Pahrump, along with Larry Fellows of Las Vegas, benefited the most.
Curling is just about the friendliest sport there is, possibly because without contact with the opponent, one of the big reasons for trouble simply does not exist.
The memory of a 6-4 loss to Del Sol on April 3 in Las Vegas was fresh in the minds of Pahrump Valley High School baseball players when they took the field Friday for a rematch against the Dragons at Rod Poteete Memorial Field.
Las Vegas’ airport continued to see increased traffic in March with 4.4 million passengers travelling through its gates last month.
Last week, Nevada historian Alicia Barber posted an article on the KUNR website about the Reno cribs, the remains of a longtime cathouse just east of downtown Reno that eventually evolved into just a row of small rooms for rent in an elongated brick building a few hundred yards across the river from the Reno Police Department.
Higher limits are now available for borrowers interested in U.S. Department of Agriculture farm loans, which help agricultural producers purchase farms or cover operating expenses.
A summer program equally popular among parents and children is scheduled to return to Pahrump next month.
The Nevada office of the U.S. Small Business Administration will host an Access to Capital event for existing small businesses that have a need for capital at an event set from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., May 10, at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort, 3000 Paradise Road.
The 21st annual Biz and Home Expo swept through Pahrump at the end of April, with longtime businesses in southern Nye County and others new to the area participating.
The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest recently welcomed Deborah MacNeill as the area manager for the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area.