It’s been almost two years since Nye County instituted a renewable energy generation facility application moratorium and residents and developers alike have been awaiting the new county codes.
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Check out the scene from the 2024 Pahrump Fall Festival. This year’s festival took place from Sept. 19-22 at Petrack Park.
The late Stan Brock founded Remote Area Medical (RAM) 39 years ago with the mission to provide free, quality health care to those in need. Next weekend RAM will be returning to the valley.
The jury that will decide whether former Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore committed wire fraud was seated on the first day of her federal trial Tuesday.
Desert View Hospital will facilitate a Community Needs Health Assessment and the public is invited to an information meeting to learn more about the purpose and process.
Nevada’s congressional delegation is united in being disappointed with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s updated Paycheck Protection Program guidelines as they pertain to gaming operations.
Like civilians knitting their bit on the home front during World War II, thousands of makers all over the world are crafting handmade masks to help protect their family, friends and front-line workers from the invisible, insidious virus, COVID-19. In and around Pahrump, efforts range from a highly organized volunteer team that hit the ground running as a brand-new nonprofit, to a one-woman endeavor in an isolated Tecopa bungalow. From Girl Scouts to grandmas, together they’ve turned out thousands of colorful masks, sewn from supplies they had on hand or purchased with their own funds, and donated them free of charge to anyone in need.
Kinross Gold Corporation, the owner of Round Mountain Gold Mine, one of the largest employers in Nye County, said that there were no recorded cases of COVID-19 among its employees to date.
The Director of Emergency Management in Pahrump provided an update on the COVID-19 outbreak in Nye County.
An additional activation of the National Guard is the second during the COVID-19 response, as Sisolak had called 106 on April 6, two days after the state’s major disaster declaration was approved by President Donald Trump. Those guardsmen stood up donation management and supply distribution operations.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Tuesday announced he is instructing the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to backdate all unemployment insurance claims to the earliest date of eligibility to help thousands of Nevadans gain easier access to unemployment insurance benefits.
With the COVID-19 crisis causing a steep dip in the economy, Nye County is striving to project exactly what impact the pandemic will have on its financial situation in the coming months and into the next fiscal year.
On Sunday, Dr. Marianne Hazelitt began her quest to be tested for COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Monday also reported 19 new cases, bringing the county’s total to 35, and raised the risk of contracting the virus to “moderate.”
A number of Pahrump businesses stepped up to assist feeding area school students during the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought about the closure of all K-12 schools in Nevada.
The jury that will decide whether former Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore committed wire fraud was seated on the first day of her federal trial Tuesday.
A fiery crash involving a lithium battery truck and its aftermath shut down part of U.S. Highway 95 near Indian Springs.
The Pahrump judge and former Las Vegas city councilwoman was indicted by a federal grand jury in July on wire fraud and conspiracy charges.
Pahrump judge Michele Fiore pleaded not guilty to new charges in a short hearing on Monday.
