The year 2018 started with a portent of potential commercial development in the Pahrump Valley.
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Roughly seven months after opening its doors for business in Pahrump, the Jack in the Box restaurant at 640 S. Highway 160 is maintaining brisk sales.
A mixed-use commercial project that includes plans for a major brand hotel and casino, as part of Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club’s overall development, made its way through the Nye County Commission in the early part of 2018.
One of the biggest health care providers in the Pahrump area completed its new large-scale medical facility in the area at the end of 2017.
Amargosa Days starts today, April 27, and runs through April 29 as part of a dynamic celebration, organizers said.
The Nye County town of Tonopah was in the spotlight in April with the Rural Roundup coming to town after a more than two-decade hiatus from the area.
Desert View Hospital was one of several medical facilities across Nevada to gain access to fiber-optic communication lines, which offer facilities the potential to benefit a patient’s access and speed of medical care.
Pahrump Valley Winery owner Bill Loken was counting down time to complete the facility’s latest expansion project.
Since the legal sale of recreational marijuana began last July, Grove Manager Zach Wright said the business has been utterly smoking.
A first of its kind national retail store in Southern Nevada for the working farm and hobby farm, along with animal owners, made its way to the Pahrump area at the end of 2017.
Nathan Adelson Hospice, which has served tens of thousands of patients across Southern Nevada, including Pahrump, grew its operations in the region in 2018.
Large-scale housing projects continued to make headway in 2017 and the early part of 2018. The existing single-family home market in Pahrump also saw median home prices rise during the same period.
Nye County gaming operators were “hot,” so to speak, from the summer of 2017 until the year ended—a roll that continued through the early part of 2018.
Valley Electric Association announced a roaring year for its financials in 2017, along with expansion efforts in a fiber-optic network in Pahrump and beyond and its entrance into the digital phone and TV space.
The footprint of Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club, which spans several hundred acres along Highway 160 at the south end of town, has had a year of growth, with more planned development on the way for the global destination.