With a fantastic fundraiser hosted by the Pahrump Elks Lodge #2796 and an incredible, record-setting turnout for its Bunks Across America initiative, September was certainly a big month for Nye County Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP).
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Officials are hoping area residents will keep vigilant for suspicious individuals or activity.
No clear threat was directed to the school
The federal government’s Western Solar Plan places Nevada — and Nye County — at the center of the country’s clean energy goals. Many aren’t happy.
If readers have a great business idea but they could use some assistance with getting started or gaining momentum, the Launch Rural Nevada program is the perfect place to turn.
It must point to a recovering economy when a new real estate company opens here. Michael Selbach, former CEO and marketing director for the Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce, has been selling real estate for 10 years. He has finally decided to get his broker’s license and open his own company here.
Nye County School District Area 5 Trustee Pamela Lewis Hiler defended a decision to close Mount Charleston Elementary School, during a candidates’ night debate with her opponent Andy Alberti at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino on Oct. 7.
Manhattan in Nevada is far different from its namesake in New York: a tiny mining town with a few hundred residents.
A split Nye County Commission voted 3-2 on Oct. 7 to request Congress to act on a number of public lands issues, with the division occurring over language about wild horses.
A fire at the mill at Round Mountain Gold Oct. 1 will shut down the mill operations for a few months, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be any gold production.
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This is the seventh in a series of stories by historian Bob McCracken on the history of prostitution in Nevada and Nye County. A new feature in the series will come out every Friday for the next several weeks.
Nye County Commission Disrtrict 5 candidates tackled issues ranging from acquiring utilities, to taking over the functions of the Pahrump Town Board, to expanding a red light district, during a candidates’ night at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino on Tuesday.
The Candidates’ Debate Night on Tuesday had some testy exchanges between candidates for Nye County clerk, assessor and district attorney.
The concern was first raised back in August when Pahrump Town Board Chair Harley Kulkin announced the town may be in danger of losing members of the fire department.
The Nye County Clerk’s office in Pahrump has already received a few inquiries about same-sex marriage certificates following a Ninth Circuit decision Tuesday striking down the Idaho and Nevada ban on marriage rights for same sex couples.
The jury that will decide whether former Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore committed wire fraud was seated on the first day of her federal trial Tuesday.
A fiery crash involving a lithium battery truck and its aftermath shut down part of U.S. Highway 95 near Indian Springs.
The Pahrump judge and former Las Vegas city councilwoman was indicted by a federal grand jury in July on wire fraud and conspiracy charges.
Pahrump judge Michele Fiore pleaded not guilty to new charges in a short hearing on Monday.
