Denise H. Rohan, the first female national commander of the American Legion (coincidentally sworn in during the group’s national convention in Sparks in 2017) toured Southern Nevada.
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The American and Nevada flags are shown flying at half-staff in Pahrump, a tribute to an Air Force Thunderbirds pilot killed when his jet crashed April 4 on the Nevada Test and Training Range.
Tye Hardy won his third bull riding competition of the season to highlight the efforts of the Pahrump Valley rodeo team April 7-8 during the Nevada High School Rodeo Association’s Fallon event.
From midnight to 5 a.m. April 11, maintenance was planned on fiber-optic cabling that carries Valley Communications Association’s digital TV services. The maintenance will affect approximately two-thirds of the channels, but most channels from 3 through 89 should be unaffected, Valley said in a recent announcement.
Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of April 9 – April 13:
There are many tragic and memorable events that occurred during America’s role in the 20-year-long Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War.
Strong symbolic gestures greeted those attending the special Vietnam Veteran “Welcome Home” ceremony last week.
Community support continues for three local youths who were critically injured late last year.
Editor’s note: Reporter Selwyn Harris spoke with local residents about the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Harris offers his personal recollection as part of this story.
Life is filled with experiences that shape a person and one of the most harsh and tragic experiences of all is the death of a loved one.
Petrack Park served as an ideal venue for Pahrump’s 2018 Community Easter Picnic.
“Nye County Honors our Heroes” is now emblazoned on the Pahrump community and residents and visitors alike can take in the display that proudly proclaims this along Calvada Boulevard.
Representatives from the town of Pahrump made their way to Canada in the first half of March on a mission to attract new visitation to the local area.