37°F
weather icon Partly Cloudy

News

Lincoln Day Dinner returns to Pahrump

This year’s Lincoln Day Dinner will feature Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony, Pahrump Justice of the Peace Michele Fiore and conservative commentator Wayne Allyn Root.

THE LATEST
Senior Menus

Pahrump Senior Center

State’s COVID testing now screens for new variant

The Nevada State Public Health Laboratory has begun screening people for the B.1.1.7. variant of the novel coronavirus, state COVID-19 Response Director Caleb Cage and Chief of Testing Dr. Mark Pandori said at Wednesday’s briefing on the state of the pandemic in Nevada.

A few new characters now roaming Goldfield

Goldfield has new welcome signs in the form of donkeys thanks to a federal grant awarded by Travel Nevada, a state agency that promotes Nevada as a travel destination.

UNR taking Cattlemen’s Update to Zoom for two days

The University of Nevada, Reno will host the annual Cattlemen’s Update virtually via Zoom Jan. 12-13. For more than 40 years, the University has held several sessions across Nevada in January to provide ranchers with current research-based information about issues that may affect the efficiency, productivity, profitability and sustainability of their businesses and Nevada’s cattle industry.

Annual EPA grant will be used for water projects

The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection on Tuesday announced that $1 million in Clean Water Act grant funds provided by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency will be used to complete 11 projects to reduce “nonpoint source pollution” and improve water quality across the state.

Local Tier-1 workers receive COVID-19 vaccine

Local health care workers received the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine late last month.

Civic engagement will be topic of humanities series

Nevada Humanities has been awarded $50,000 by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of a new national initiative, “Why It Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation”, which will explore civic participation as it relates to electoral engagement in a multivocal democracy.

Shotgun discharge prompts NCSO response

What started out as an early evening barbecue resulted in the arrest of two Pahrump brothers late last month.

Nye County accepting applications for coronavirus block grant

Nye County is currently accepting applications for the second and third rounds of Community Development Block Grant funding that have been made available to communities across the United States as part of the CARES Act.

Kidnapping suspects are arrested

The two suspects who allegedly kidnapped a female from Las Vegas and transported her to Pahrump where she remained concealed and confined for more than nine months have been apprehended.

1 276 277 278 279 280 987
MOST READ
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE
Lincoln Day Dinner returns to Pahrump

This year’s Lincoln Day Dinner will feature Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony, Pahrump Justice of the Peace Michele Fiore and conservative commentator Wayne Allyn Root.