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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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.
A semi-truck driver hauling what was described as low-level hazardous waste along Highway 95 near Tonopah, was transported to a Las Vegas hospital after suffering from an unknown medical condition.
The president of the United States, it appears, was indirectly responsible for a hot air balloon landing on a south-end neighborhood in Pahrump.
An antique automobile sustained significant damage after becoming engulfed in flames.
With a new effort underway to bring the very first public charter school to the Pahrump Valley, many have expressed concerns regarding how a bill before the Nevada Legislature might affect the fledgling educational institution.
A local Pahrump artist has taken the reins of a venture that offers area residents or travelers to southern Nye County a chance to create their own “works of art” in just one short session.
As the April tax-filing deadline nears, many taxpayers may rush to finish their tax returns or find they need extra time to get them done.
Employment in Nevada declined by 900 jobs over the month but is up 48,400 jobs over the year, the largest annual increase seen in February since 2006, the state said in a recent announcement.
Developer Joel Laub, who plans to turn the replica Old West town into a luxury housing development, closed his purchase of the property on Tuesday, county records show.
A Beatty man whose power was shut off was arrested this week, accused of threatening to kill VEA employees.
Nye County Commissioner Leo Blundo campaigned on a platform of public communication and transparency, and to this end, he held his first town hall-style meeting and invited the public.
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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.
