Nye County deputies failed to seek medical care for Stevie Miller at the county jail as she vomited, seized and showed signs of a deadly drug overdose for hours inside the county jail before her death, according to arrest affidavits.
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An uncorroborated weapon-related report in the area lead to the Wednesday morning lockdowns.
Sponsorships for this year’s event, benefitting Sleep in Heavenly Peace, are nearly filled
Following the BLM announcements about the projects, conservation group Basin and Range Watch raised concerns about desert tortoises in the area.
Lack of a reliable vehicle is putting a pinch on this nonprofit’s ability to rescue lost and abandoned animals.
Pahrump resident Alex De Jong is planning somewhat of a “wild” event on Saturday, as well as celebrating his 41st birthday.
As one of its final acts before the changeover in board members that came with the new year, the Nye County Commission had approved a rate increase request from Pahrump Valley Disposal and garbage collection rates were set to rise just over 19% as a result. That rate increase is now on hold, as commissioners were required to rescind the action taken at the board’s Dec. 30 meeting due to a procedural error.
For more than two decades, Nye County has been tossing around the idea of establishing what would be the very first county-owned public shooting range and though it has taken many years to get to this point, the county now appears to be finally gaining some momentum on the long-sought project.
The Nye County Cinderella Girl Youth Development Scholarship Program and Pageant is just one week away and organization officials are encouraging the local community to get involved.
Heather Korbulic, executive director of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, on Thursday, Jan. 28 issued a statement in support of President Joe Biden’s special enrollment period to encourage Americans to purchase health insurance plans from their respective exchange marketplaces.
Nevada’s 2020 public high school graduating seniors marked a slight increase over 2019 in ACT composite scores, with the average composite score increasing from 17.7 to 17.8, bucking the national trend where composite scores fell for the third year in a row.
The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange enrolled 81,903 Nevadans during the 2020 health insurance open enrollment period, connecting tens of thousands of Nevadans statewide to Affordable Care Act-compliant health plans. These enrollment figures exceed 2019’s enrollment figures by 4,493, a 5.8% increase.
The Division of Industrial Relations on Tuesday announced updates to Section 618 of the Nevada Administrative Code related to occupational safety and health training requirements for workers in the convention services industry. The updated regulations provide guidance and details on the statutory requirements found in Nevada Revised Statute Sections 618.9920 – 618.9931.
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U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto want to ensure that Yucca Mountain never serves as a nuclear waste dump site.
Nevada was awarded the federal money to help modernize the state’s rural health care system and bolster access to it, officials said.
Suspended Justice of the Peace argued her 2026 reelection campaign will be “clouded by misinformation” without an expedited appeal in a filing Friday.
Carlos Blakely, 19, and Anthony Aguilar, 18, who were arrested in connection with the killing of Joey Perry, appeared before Justice of the Peace Kirk Vitto in Pahrump on Thursday morning.
