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The Nevada primary is meant to narrow down party selections ahead of the November general election, but for some local races, Nye County voters voiced their final decisions on Tuesday.
The former Nevada Test Site may have changed its name but that can’t erase the legacy of concern left behind following decades of nuclear testing there.
Nye County voters overwhelmingly rejected Question 1 on Tuesday, a ballot measure that would’ve added a 5-cent tax per gallon on diesel and certain special fuels to help build and maintain public highways.
He cited major flood events on Labor Day 1968, and in February of 1969 or 1970, the first of which, according to Forsyth hit the town with an 8-foot wall of water, and the other with 15 feet of the same.
According to Metro, four out of the six drug overdoses were preliminarily identified as fentanyl overdoses.
Pahrump enjoyed a dazzling display of fireworks for Independence Day, while others enjoyed events all weekend. See pictures of the events.
Officials at Death Valley National Park reported that visitors spent $104 million in surrounding Nevada and California communities last year, according to a new National Park Service report.
At a Pahrump Foster Care Panel, foster parents and state officials said Nevada’s rural foster care system is in need of loving, supportive homes.
A Pahrump man is facing burglary and other charges after deputies arrested him while trying to escape on a motorbike.
This year’s events began at 10 a.m. on Monday with a small parade, consisting mostly of the town’s emergency services vehicles.
“What has been a slow motion train wreck for 20 years is accelerating, and the moment of reckoning is near,” the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority told Congress.
An ongoing Pahrump Valley Rotary Club program is returning Saturday as members plan to collect books for distribution to students throughout the Nye County School District.
The town of Pahrump is preparing to publish its first-ever tourism magazine and Pahrump Tourism Director Arlette Ledbetter is more than a little enthusiastic about the new product, telling the Pahrump Valley Times that “Highway 160 Magazine – Pahrump, Your Basecamp to Adventure” will be a valuable publication for both tourists and locals alike.
A local developer announced plans just last month to construct a new roundabout on Highway 160 — weeks later, the Nye County Commission approved funding to install a second new traffic circle on Pahrump’s main road.
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NYE COUNTY VOTES: Primary results will settle many local races this election season
Post-primary: 2 commission seats decided
It’s a ‘no’ on Question 1: Nye voters overwhelmingly reject fuel tax
Testing shows no sign of radioactivity in Beatty/Amargosa water
LGBTQ foster recruitment a focus for Pride Month
Red Cross disaster relief teams from across the nation are mobilizing to support evacuees in states slammed by storms.
President Joe Biden brought a theme of affordable housing to Las Vegas, highlighting a comprehensive plan that would invest nearly $260 billion in the need.
Lake Manly, atop a salt flat, was formed after a deluge of rain over the past six months flooded the national park in California.
At least 30 percent of seniors will experience loneliness around the holidays, and a lack of social interaction can carry significant risks to health and longevity.
