Officials with the Nye County Water Board, Utilities Inc. and the Nevada Rural Water Association have combined their collective efforts to bring water conservation materials in Nye County Schools for the brand new school year.
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An estimated 30 million Americans are expected to gain health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the sizable workforce needed to meet the increased demand is not available.
Pahrump Town Manager Susan Holecheck said she was confused by remarks made from a town employee during last Tuesday’s town board meeting.
Pahrump Town Board members agreed to move forward with the proposed Pahrump General Aviation Airport this month voting to approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nye County on the project.
A man facing life in prison on multiple child sex offenses was acquitted by a jury Friday.
The Town of Pahrump approved the hiring of an employee for the buildings and grounds department last week.
The number of programs to help distressed homeowners, potential home buyers and renters is confusing, but Pahrump residents got some help finding out what was available during the Aug. 9 Housing Helpdesk at the NyE Communities Coalition multipurpose room, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev. and U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Big 5 Sporting Goods is scheduled to open its newest location in Pahrump on September 18, 2014. The 10,000-square-foot, full-line sporting goods store is located at 2171 E. Carlton St. and will provide about 25 new jobs.
A District Court judge has made permanent a temporary restraining order sought by county officials earlier this month over a series of contract proposals that would have provided golden parachutes for top Town of Pahrump staff members.
Nye County commissioners will consider creating a peace officer advisory review board when they meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in commissioner’s chambers at 2100 Walt Williams Dr. on the Calvada Eye.
DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION — Aug. 4 was a sunny day in this dusty town between Amargosa Valley and Shoshone.
The Nevada Public Utilities Commission Wednesday gave its approval to a list of projects planned by Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada in the next three years in its integrated resource plan — including a Willow Creek golf course master plan, looping a pipeline to Desert View Hospital, Ishani Ridge subdivision and Firebird Circle. But a plan to extend 7,000 feet of water pipe down Highway 372 to the Mountain View Estates subdivision generated the most discussion.
The Desert Tortoise Group from Las Vegas drew an impressive crowd to an adoption workshop held Aug. 3 at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension offices.
Pahrump Town Manager Susan Holecheck was challenged by one of her own employees during this week’s regular town board meeting.
It would be safe to say that newly hired Floyd Elementary School Principal Von Sheppard is the only administrator at the Nye County School District who in 1985, set a University of Nebraska long jump record at 25.6 feet.