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Local families invited to Community Baby Shower

Raising a child can be hard. That’s something the members of Pahrump Mothers Corner understand all too well. In an effort to ease the challenges of parenthood, particularly for new and expecting families, this group of local moms banded together to host a Community Baby Shower and the event proved to be very popular, leading to its return for the third year running.

Tonopah to be home to experimental hypersonic testing facility

Ambitious. It’s an apt word to describe Michael Grace’s vision for the future of his company, Longshot Space Technology Corporation, which, if all goes to plan, will build what he calls the world’s largest potato gun.

Pahrump man arrested for elder abuse

A Pahrump man wanted by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office on suspicion of elder abuse was arrested while attempting to purchase multiple vehicles at a Las Vegas car dealership, according to authorities.

Nye sheriff explains why you shouldn’t flee from the law

A man suspected of driving a stolen vehicle out of Las Vegas led Nye County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a high-speed pursuit into Pahrump on Monday morning, April 15.

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Beatty officials in tizzy over lone bank closing

A lot of people are going to be hearing from the Beatty Town Advisory Board about the closing of the only bank in Beatty.

Hearing set on Mountain View Casino gaming license

LAS VEGAS — The Nevada Gaming Control Board is scheduled to hear an application for a non-restricted gaming license by Herbst Pahrump Acquisitions LLC for the Mountain View Casino at 1750 Pahrump Valley Boulevard, at 9 a.m. today in the Grant Sawyer Building, Room 2450.

Several new businesses open this week

New businesses continue to open doors to the public this week, and a restaurant which has appeared ready for business for almost a year will open its doors today.

Democratic candidates speak at party dinner

Democratic candidates for state treasurer and controller both emphasized their qualifications as certified public accountants, while lieutenant governor candidate Lucy Flores brought up her tough upbringing, in speeches at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner hosted by the Nye County Democratic Party at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino Friday night.

Crime Corner

COPS: Man in jail for assaulting woman, faces more serious sex charge

Man held on $120,000 bail in Tuesday stabbing

A local man is behind bars following a stabbing late Tuesday morning.

Man ID’d in Monday hit-and-run fatality

The ex-girlfriend of a man killed along a valley roadway is pleading for the public’s help in finding the driver of the vehicle that struck him early Monday morning.

Ex-PVHS coach faces life over sex charges

A former Pahrump Valley High School baseball coach is facing life in prison after being charged Wednesday with sexual assault and lewdness involving a minor under age 14.

VEA must pay $25,000 after PUC order

Valley Electric Association was ordered to pay a $95,000 fine for extending infrastructure to the Nevada National Security Site before Public Utilities Commission approval, but $70,000 will be held in abeyance for two years if there are no further violations of a 1963 agreement.

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