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How Nye’s sheriff auxiliary operations are evolving

With their trademark, creased light blue button-down shirts, Nye County Sheriff’s Office auxiliary officers are always visible at scenes of vehicle crashes, structure fires and other incidents involving public safety. But there are now changes underway into the auxiliary program in terms of operations, certain procedures and appearances among the officers, including new polo-style shirts.

Connecting causes and community — Pahrump Volunteer Fair set for May

Thanks to an AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund grant, Nevada Volunteers is embarking on three years of Volunteer Fairs that will take the organization all across the state and the very first stop will be right here in Pahrump.

Landscape Tour will highlight local yards

The Pahrump Valley Garden Club is all set to hold its 16th Annual Landscape Tour and anyone with an interest in gardening, plants or yard art will not want to miss out. This year’s event features six local yards, all hand-picked by the Garden Club members to give attendees a wide variety of landscape types to peruse.

GALLERY: Celebrating the lives of lost loved ones

Butterflies are a symbol of transformation and one of the most transformative things a person can experience is the death of someone they love.

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Day spa, salon vandalized in Pahrump

The owners of a local salon, day spa and boutique arrived at their business Wednesday morning and discovered the place had been vandalized.

Experts: Obamacare repeal could leave rural Nevada in peril

As Senate Republicans continue their efforts to repeal Obamacare, Nevada officials are worried that the move could be devastating for rural Nevada counties, including Nye.

Dan Simmons’ Sportsman’s Quest: The hunt starts here

Well, it’s that time again. If we were lucky, we drew that coveted local game tag. If not, we’ve made plans for an out-of-state or out-of-country hunt; both have become more popular and reasonably priced.

California Lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $51 million.

Report ranks Nevada high for deaths on rural roads

Nevada’s rural roads have the nation’s sixth-highest fatality rate in the United States, a national study released Tuesday shows.

House committee approves bill to restart Yucca Mountain project

A bill to restart the stalled Yucca Mountain project was approved by a full House committee on Wednesday after members tried to appease Nevada by striking a provision dealing with state water rights.

Rollover crash kills 2 women in central Nye County

Two motorists died when a vehicle they were traveling in near Tonopah rolled over while heading along Nevada Highway 376 in central Nye County near Tonopah, the state Highway Patrol reported.

Trump Cabinet member visits Pahrump, announces millions

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke made an official stop in Pahrump on Monday to announce millions of dollars in federal funding for local governments around Nevada and across the nation.

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