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County votes out IPMC

Commissioners opt to eliminate the much-criticized International Property Maintenance Code

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Wildfire near Carvers in Nevada’s Nye County

Firefighters this week continued battling a wildland fire in northern Nye County, a blaze that had grown to 120 acres.

College and career fair sweeps through Pahrump

Students from across Nye County swept through Pahrump this fall to learn about the future opportunities in the workforce and through universities in the state and beyond during a college and career fair at Pahrump Valley High School.

California residents seek refuge from wildfires with family in Nye County

Sharon Robinson-Schwartz, 70, of Oroville, Calif. was visiting her daughter in Tonopah in early November when the Camp Fire, the most destructive fire in California state history, broke out in the town of Paradise, though the blaze is also affecting several surrounding areas as well. Robinson-Schwartz’s home sits just blocks outside the mandatory evacuation zone.

Swastika found in front of Pahrump home

The morning of Wednesday, Nov. 14 appeared to be just another day as two-year Pahrump resident Rebecca McCullough pulled out of her driveway to take her young children to school.

Car enters duck pond in Pahrump, driver flees

Area first responders found themselves responding to a head-scratching situation earlier this month.

1 transported after Nevada Highway 160 crash in Pahrump

At least one person was transported to Desert View Hospital following a two-vehicle collision along southbound Highway 160 and Wilson Road late Wednesday morning.

Pahrump Valley Obedience and Rally Trials wrap up

Petrack Park was awash in pets and owners as the Pahrump Valley Obedience Club of Nevada hosted its 11th annual Three All-Breed Obedience and Rally Trials.

Shoshone celebrates old West Days

This year’s Shoshone Old West Days ran Nov. 2-Nov. 4. Festivities included music, dancing, food, crafts, a deep-pit mesquite barbecue, lectures, walks, and more, organizers said in announcing the event on social media.

Another Pahrump marijuana establishment nears opening

Nevada Natural Medicines LLC went before the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission this week for a request to have land that was previously zoned for marijuana rezoned for such use, a necessary housekeeping item in order for the company to meet its state-provided deadline for operation.

Expert studies sex and stigma in Nevada’s legal brothels

Sarah Blithe, an associate professor of communication studies in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno, checked her email on her phone while at the Virginia City Camel Races event years ago and read a new call for research about “hidden organizations” put out by Management Communication Quarterly.

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