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Feds plan wholesale review of manufactured housing rules

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a top-to-bottom review of its manufactured housing rules as part of a broader effort to identify regulations that may be ineffective, overly-burdensome, or excessively costly given the critical need for affordable housing.

Ag department spends $1.5B in U.S. rurals

The U.S. Department of Agriculture invested in nearly 400 projects to provide essential services for more than 7 million people in rural areas across the country in fiscal year 2017, the department announced.

Magic Kingdom’s castle reign coming to quick end in Pahrump

Dr. Peter J. Shield’s Magic Kingdom, an antique mall that made a grand entrance just before the holidays at the castle-shaped building at Highway 160 and Homestead Road, is closing up shop after operating in Pahrump for a little over a month.

Nye County launches new taxpayer funded website redesign

Those visiting www.NyeCounty.net in the past week and a half may have been surprised to see a totally different format following the launch of the county’s newly redesigned website on Monday, Jan. 15.

Nye County selects former manager Pam Webster for vacant Treasurer seat

Nye County Treasurer Richard Billman officially resigned earlier this month and the Nye County Commission has decided to appoint former Nye County Manager Pam Webster, who retired from her managerial post just weeks ago, as interim head of the treasurer’s office.

Pahrump area agency hosting series of Life Skills classes

Grocery shopping, maintaining healthy nutrition habits and managing the family household budget each month may seem like a fairly common practice for most local residents, but that’s not always the case according to Kristy Mills, program manager for the Pahrump Family Resource Center.

Pahrump residents band together to fight water order

As promised, following the Nye County Commission’s 3-2 decision to forego pursuit of legal action to halt Nevada State Engineer Order #1293, a group of Pahrump Valley residents and business owners have banded together to file an appeal on their own.

Beatty craft show hopes to grow

Even with the enticement of free pancakes in the morning, the first of what is planned as a monthly craft show in Beatty drew only a handful of vendors and few customers on Jan. 13-14.

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