Nevada Humanities moves exhibitions series online

As part of the ongoing Nevada Humanities Exhibition Series, a new exhibition, “Colors of the West: Youth Art from the 2020 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering,” opened online June 4 at nevadahumanities.org and will be on display as a virtual gallery indefinitely.

Grant will help NSHE corequisite education

The Nevada System of Higher Education has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the ECMC Foundation to assist NSHE’s seven degree-granting institutions in the implementation of corequisite math and English to full scale.

Good crowd welcomes racing back to Pahrump Valley Speedway

An overflow crowd and a full roster of drivers — taking COVID-19 restrictions into account — greeted the return of racing to Pahrump Valley Speedway on Saturday night.

California Lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in the Wednesday, June 10 drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $14 million.

DIVAS ON A DIME: The iron-clad secret to the best pizza at home

Don’t know about you, but I feel comfort foods are taking on a new importance right now. I feel the need to be making them, sharing them, and eating them. This week I’ve been working on the most universal of comfort foods – homemade pizza.

Nye County approves final budget for coming fiscal year

Following almost weekly discussion over the past two months regarding the county’s financial outlook in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Nye County Commission gave approval to its final budget for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1, during a special meeting held Friday, May 29.

Pahrump’s Movies in the Park providing weekend entertainment

In light of the continued COVID-19 pandemic, public events are quite scarce these days but for residents of the town of Pahrump, nearly every weekend into August comes with a chance to round up the family, grab some blankets and lawn chairs and head out to Ian Deutch Memorial Park for an evening of cinematic entertainment at Movies in the Park.

Lauver, Odegard named top Pahrump Valley senior athletes

On the wall in the hallway outside of the gym at Pahrump Valley High School is a display of plaques honoring former Trojans who were honored as senior athletes and scholar-athletes of the year.

Cable, Lindberg named top scholar-athletes at Pahrump Valley H.S.

Koby Lindberg, who participates in soccer, basketball and golf, and Kaden Cable, who plays softball and volleyball, were named Pahrump Valley High School’s senior scholar-athletes of the year.