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Nye County solar moratorium extended again

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.

Fall Festival fun — PHOTOS

Check out the scene from the 2024 Pahrump Fall Festival. This year’s festival took place from Sept. 19-22 at Petrack Park.

Free clinic to offer medical, dental, vision care

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.

 
Jury seated for Fiore wire fraud trial in Las Vegas

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.

Weigh in on the local state of healthcare

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.

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Pahrump man remains at-large after 3-hour standoff with SWAT team

Authorities surrounded the residence of Anthony Bell, 27, Wednesday night and sheriff’s office deputies, detectives and SWAT team members evacuated neighbors from nearby homes.

Duckwater School likely to close as enrollment drops

Nye County Assistant Superintendent Kyle Lindberg told the Pahrump Valley Times, only five kids are currently enrolled there. Enrollment could fall to just two students for the 2023-24 academic year, according to district projections, and most agree that keeping the school open hardly makes sense.

Nye commissioners allocate $286k for new NCSO radar units

In February, the Nye County Commission allocated $268,200 in revenue collected from a Public Safety Sales Tax to purchase new radar units for the department’s entire patrol fleet.

‘Don’t fence me in’ — Beatty says solar projects just not a match for town

BEATTY — People here on the whole, continue to oppose the development of solar-energy projects in areas near the town. A sizable crowd showed up for the Beatty Town Advisory Board’s Utility Scale Solar Projects Workshop on Monday, Feb. 27 where Nye County Director of Planning Brett Waggoner told them that he was there to get their input. “It’s your meeting,” he said. “I just want it to be productive.”

6th annual Veterans Extravaganza a ‘one-stop-shop’ for military resources

The 6th Annual Cles Saunders Memorial Veterans Extravaganza is set for Friday, March 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bob Ruud Community Center at the corner of Highway 160 and Basin Avenue. Here’s what you need to know.

69-year-old Pahrump man ID’d in fatal shooting

The Nye County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who was shot and killed early Tuesday evening Feb. 21, as 69-year-old Kenny Bent, of Pahrump. Bent’s son remains hospitalized after a man allegedly opened-fire on them.

1 dead, 1 hospitalized in Lewis Street home fire

An early afternoon structure fire killed an elderly man while another individual was transported with undisclosed injuries to Desert View Hospital just before 3 p.m., on Saturday Feb. 25.

This CPR class at the Pahrump library could save someone’s life

February is American Heart Month, and with Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s dramatic on-field cardiac arrest and subsequent resuscitation, the awareness of first aid techniques to save lives has grown.

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