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.
Rosemary Clarke Middle School in Pahrump is keeping its “Perfect Attendance Program” in effect going forward. Students have had improvements in attendance and academics since the program’s implementation, according to the Rosemary Clarke Middle School Attendance Team.
More vacancies were opened on Valley Electric Association Inc.’s board of directors with the resignation of a second board member in early May, Peter Gazsy.
MERCURY — Former Nevada National Security Site Fire Marshal Brian Dees has been named the site’s next fire and rescue chief, site officials announced this week.
After narrowly escaping abandonment in December 2018, the Southside Trailhead project is now complete and opening ceremonies are planned for Sunday, May 5, to coincide with the festivities at the Wild West Extravaganza.
The town of Pahrump is now home to a brand new recreational destination.
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a series on Valley Electric Association Inc.’s annual and special meeting. Watch for more on pvtimes.com or in the Pahrump Valley Times print edition. See video with the story on our Facebook page.
Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said Tuesday she struck a deal with Energy Secretary Rick Perry to remove a half metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium from the state starting in 2021, with assurances that no future shipments will come from South Carolina.
The Nye County Commission, sitting as the governing body for the town of Pahrump, recently approved the town’s tentative budget for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1 and runs through June 30, 2020.
Nye County is in the midst of preparing for the coming fiscal year, addressing its tentative budget at a special meeting held Tuesday, April 30.
Described as an annual town party, the 2019 Amargosa Days celebration wrapped up this past weekend with an evening fireworks display.
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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.
