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IN PROFILE: Donna Torelli

Business: ProCare Hospice Marketer and Community Outreach

Age: 55

Background: “I was born in New York City and spent most of the next 40 years growing up in the Bronx and Long Island. I was the youngest of six children which didn’t give me a pass on the daily household duties of setting the table, cleaning up. I spent 20-plus years in investment banking, working as an administrative assistant for the same person for sixteen of those years. I was at Ground Zero on 9/11 and after surviving the day, it was time to relocate. My family and I moved to Pahrump in January of 2002 and I used my skills to transition into home health services and hospice.”

First Job: “I worked as a mail runner for an investment banking firm on Wall Street.”

Years In Business: “I have spent 20 years as an investment banker and the last 11 years in health care.”

Personal: “As an altruist, hospice offers the perfect setting to assist and provide for others who need help. I like doing charity work. I am active in the American Cancer Society for many years as well as the food bank and various fundraising charity events.”

Business Climate: “Pahrump is a town with a heart and we look out for each other, but it needs better infrastructure to provide both business and personal growth.”

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An illuminated oversized doughnut already overlooks Highway 160, in a central area of Pahrump where passersby will see it on their way to Death Valley. Many local leaders in the valley are excited about the grand opening of popular chain Pinkbox Doughnuts beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday inside the Pahrump Nugget Hotel & Casino.

Pahrump man injured in gunfire with deputy

Nye County Sheriff Joe McGill told the Pahrump Valley Times the incident occurred at a residence along Bunarch Road at approximately 7:30 a.m. on May 14.

Burn ban in place — what you need to know

A new BLM Nevada Fire Prevention Order is in effect through Oct. 31. The order, issued by the Bureau of Land Management, prohibits specific fire-related activities on all BLM-managed land in Nevada.

Nye County solar regulations nearing completion, moratorium extended

Nye County has spent the last year and a half working to create local regulations for the burgeoning solar industry and following plenty of research and the careful gleaning of input from various stakeholders, that process is finally nearing completion.

Motorcycle rider flown to UMC Trauma

Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services Chief Scott Lewis told the Pahrump Valley Times that crews were dispatched to a report of a serious two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Sandpebble Street and Kellogg Road on the south end of the valley at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8.

US 95 head-on crash kills one in Nye County

The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash along US 95 at approximately 2 a.m. on Monday morning, May 13, according to Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services Chief Scott Lewis.