A Las Vegas-based couple has opened a new ethnic foods market in hopes of capturing the market created by Pahrump’s growing Asian and Pacific island population.
The Bureau of Land Management has readied 12 wild burros caught in the Pahrump Valley for adoption, tentatively scheduled for Jan. 26. The captured burros, or wild donkeys, range in age from a few months to approximately 12 years.
Last week the dedication of Nevada’s third national monument, Tule Springs Fossil Beds, brought out a name from the past. News reports noted that Willard Libby, a Nobel chemist who developed carbon dating, had done some fossil work at Tule Springs in 1962.
Pahrump residents traveling over the Spring Mountains to celebrate New Year’s Eve tonight might want to reconsider.
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 $9 million.
There’s great news for local residents who plan to celebrate the New Year by way of libations and return home safely.
In sports there are definite winners and losers. This year’s most important sports stories have been characterized as either a win or a loss.
The surprise defeat of at least two elected officials serving Nye County and the arrest of the candidate for sheriff made the short list of Pahrump Valley Times’ top news stories for 2014.
While you’re supposed to be appreciative of gifts someone has spent the time and money to give you, there’s nothing fun about stacking up a closet full of bad Christmas presents you’ll never use.
At Valley Electric Association, Inc. (VEA) we are proud of the employment opportunities we’ve created in the communities we serve.
In an interview with conservative talk-show host Alan Stock on Dec. 16, 2014 — in which she discussed her situation relating to IRS tax liens filed against her businesses — Stock asked conservative Republican Majority Leader Michele Fiore to name the three individuals Fiore said were working to undermine conservatives in the Republican Assembly Caucus.
Newly released records suggest federal prosecutors had enough evidence to charge U.S. Sen. John Ensign of Nevada with lobbying or campaign finance violations, but backed off because of fear of losing in court and “undue deference to public officials,” according to a watchdog group that sued for access to the documents.
A shooting rampage that left two Las Vegas police officers, a good Samaritan and the two attackers dead, a standoff between the feds and a Southern Nevada rancher, the legalization of gay marriage in the Silver State, and a political storm that left Republicans in charge of the Legislature and all state offices topped the news in 2014.
A local woman’s home was destroyed by a fire on Christmas day, leaving her and two roommates seeking a place to stay and losing nearly everything.
Bureau of Land Management said that the current public comment period for the Las Vegas and Pahrump field offices draft Resource Management Plan and draft Environmental Impact Statement has been extended from Jan. 7 to Feb. 6.
Senior centers throughout Nye County have received an early holiday gift from Valley Electric Association; free electric for the month of December.
Pahrump’s long-awaited Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic has been delayed again, according to U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford’s Rural Community Liaison Laurayne Murray.
Nye County Commissioners denied a solid waste permit for B.A.E. Industries for a mulch and compost facility on 10 acres along Cook Road owned by the Settlemeyer Trust in Amargosa Valley, the latest dispute over dumping in the sparsely populated valley.
Stu and Evie Egerton live halfway between ‘Sin City’ and Death Valley.
Two strong friends in faith from Pahrump, Bill Lewis and Arika Ostr0m, will be cycling through the four corners of the United States starting on Jan. 1. The trip should last a year.
Desiree Veloz started running four years ago. For her, running was a challenge. Veloz is a teacher on assignment for the School District. She needed a physical activity that would keep her from falling back into the world of anorexia. Running has done just that and more. In October she ran her first marathon.
The man who police say commandeered a Nye County Sheriff’s deputy’s cruiser back in October is still awaiting arraignment.
A local auction company wants to make Christmas extra special for area children this holiday season.
Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo blasted county officials for a lack of communication during his 12 years in office, as county commissioners delayed approving a vehicle for the Nye County Search and Rescue Service in the southern command, until his successor Sharon Wehrly takes over.
