The smell of fried goodies, the rhythmic whir of carnival rides, cheers and dust rising from the rodeo grounds – Pahrump saw all this and more this past weekend as the town hosted its biggest celebration of the year, the Pahrump Fall Festival.
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Staff earned nine awards, including five first-place honors
Closing the regular season out strong, both Boulder City High School tennis programs earned a trio of victories to gain momentum heading into the postseason.
Southwestern Wilds secured four locally-famed wild horses at a recent BLM auction.
Live speakers, virtual guests and vendors will all be featured at the upcoming event.
Valley Electric Association Inc.’s board reversed its position on plans to potentially institute a tiered system for co-op customers that have or plan to install rooftop solar or other renewable energy power-generation systems and utilize Valley’s net metering program.
The Internal Revenue Service is automatically waiving the estimated tax penalty for the more than 400,000 eligible taxpayers who already filed their 2018 federal income tax returns but did not claim the waiver.
More than $2.4 million in state-funded equipment for workforce development programs at Nevada colleges was authorized earlier this month to remain with the schools to continue the various specialized training to support the employment needs of the state’s industries.
A presentation was made by the Workforce Connections (WC), Southern Nevada’s local workforce development board, and others, at the NyE Communities Coalition building to highlight millions in federal funding being put into Nye County and other parts of Southern Nevada employment and training programs.
Two Pahrump men are facing charges following an argument, which ended up turning physical.
One person was transported via Mercy Air, following a two-vehicle crash along Nevada Highway 160 earlier this month.
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in the Saturday, August 16 drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $72 million.
An excessive heat warning is in its second day as high temperatures continue in the Pahrump region.
The planned, five-story hotel just outside the gates of the Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club could be a Marriott-brand hotel. The commercial project could get underway by the end of 2019.
National Purple Heart Day is a day set aside for the remembrance and honoring of the brave men and women of the U.S. armed forces who have been injured or lost their lives in service to their country.
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Nevada’s Department of Public Safety is investigating over a hundred searches the sheriff made for people’s strictly protected law enforcement information since his term began four years ago, McGill told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday.
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.
