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The vehicles caused significant damage to rare plants. Those with information are urged to call the NPS Tip Line.
Survivor Jenna McKaye shares her story at a local awareness event.
Filmmaker Ted Faye and historian Robin Flinchum screened their new documentary, The Women Who Haunt Her, on Saturday, January 11 at the “Flower Building” in Shoshone.
The county resolution also aims to close an out-of-towners loophole.
On Sunday and Monday, July 25 and 26, two back-to-back storms blew through the Pahrump Valley, bringing hurricane-force winds and flash flooding that left a path of destruction in their wake and now, Nye County is striving to clean up the mess left behind, a process that will not only take enormous time and effort but will come with a fairly large price tag as well.
A small plane crashed and caught fire on U.S. Highway 95 northwest of Las Vegas early Wednesday, forcing the closure of the highway for several hours.
A fugitive wanted in connection with the killing of two in Oregon was captured by Nye County Sheriff’s Office deputies in Tonopah.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Tuesday told state officials that the number of fully vaccinated Nevada prison employees is “atrocious.”
It was like an almost exact echo of a previous debate when Nye County commissioners readdressed the use of the teleconferencing system for its public meetings during its Tuesday, July 20 meeting.
Following a June 2 vote by the Nye County Commission to pursue the potential sale of the county-owned Pahrump Medical Center, an agenda item regarding the fair market value appraisal for that facility went before the board on Tuesday, July 20. That appraisal, conducted by Fidelity Appraisals, came in at $1.8 million and a public hearing was necessary in order for the county to move forward with the possibility of a sale.
A popular tradition returns to Pahrump Valley High School on Saturday, July 31, as the annual Spaghetti Dinner and Bake Sale is scheduled for 6 p.m. inside the school’s cafeteria.
Outraged lawmakers are saying a wild horse adoption program should be halted and an investigation should be conducted following a report that some of the horses were sold to buyers and slaughtered for meat.
The loss of the tortoises illustrates the challenges of bringing alternative energy sources to the Mojave Desert while still protecting its biodiversity.
As monsoonal moisture made its way across the southwestern portion of the United States over the last couple of weeks, much of the severe weather had missed Pahrump, until the night of Sunday, July 25 when a substantial summer thunderstorm finally broke over the valley, dumping rain and bringing fierce winds that wreaked havoc in certain parts of town, all the while illuminating the dark sky with streaks of lightning for a period of several hours. The storm let up in the late-night hours but revived with ferocity the next day and though wind speeds did not match Sunday’s, the storm on Monday brought even more rain than the previous night and resulted in extensive flooding throughout Pahrump.
An agreement has been signed to turn the 3,000-acre dairy farm into a solar energy facility.
The Lee Canyon resort, which has a peak of 11,289 feet, receives an average of 129 inches of natural snow a year.
Here’s a rundown of the seven ballot questions on Nevada’s ballot and what advocates and opponents have to say about them.
Sentencing was set for January 6. Fiore’s attorney said he intends to appeal the verdict.
