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Nye County solar moratorium extended again

It’s been almost two years since Nye County instituted a renewable energy generation facility application moratorium and residents and developers alike have been awaiting the new county codes.

Fall Festival fun — PHOTOS

Check out the scene from the 2024 Pahrump Fall Festival. This year’s festival took place from Sept. 19-22 at Petrack Park.

Free clinic to offer medical, dental, vision care

The late Stan Brock founded Remote Area Medical (RAM) 39 years ago with the mission to provide free, quality health care to those in need. Next weekend RAM will be returning to the valley.

 
Jury seated for Fiore wire fraud trial in Las Vegas

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.

Weigh in on the local state of healthcare

Desert View Hospital will facilitate a Community Needs Health Assessment and the public is invited to an information meeting to learn more about the purpose and process.

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A conversation with a witch helps dispel myth

Janie is a witch. She takes her religion, Wicca, very seriously and has agreed to talk with the Pahrump Valley Times during this Halloween season to dispel some myths about her beliefs in hopes of giving people a better understanding of what witchcraft is and what it is not. Janie agreed to this Q&A as long as we did not reveal her last name. She asked me to use her witch name, Saeden. She has been a witch for the past six years of her life and practices Wicca with her husband. The two live in Las Vegas.

New planning director sees potential for development

Newly-hired Nye County Planning Director Bobby Lewis sat in his office this week, with a Pahrump Regional Planning District zoning map on the wall behind him and a copy of the latest population estimates on his desk.

Town voted in upgrade for firefighters

All five Pahrump Town Board members were in agreement with providing Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue crews the equipment to safely get their jobs done.

Southern Inyo County builds a responder crew

Billy Eichenbaum moves with a bit of a hitch in his gait. At 60, he finds it hard sometimes to climb in and out of a high vehicle, to bend and to lift heavy things. But after years of sleeping with one ear tuned to his hand-held radio, he finds it almost easy to wake in the black of night and don the superhero suit that turns an ordinary person into an emergency responder.

Dolan announces bid for commission seat

Bill Dolan, Pahrump Town Board’s vice chairman, this month announced his intention to run for the Nye County District 5 Commission seat presently held by Dan Schinhofen.

Man gets 6 years in prison for 2010 sex assault

A man charged with coercing an 18-year-old woman into having sex with him in 2010 was sentenced this week to a maximum of six years in prison for the offense.

Ex-DA’s nephew charged in Las Vegas casino shooting

A suspect identified as the shooter in an early morning incident Monday at Bally’s in Las Vegas that left one man dead and two others injured is reportedly the nephew of a former Nye County district attorney.

BUSTED … AGAIN: Fleiss charged in pot DUI

Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested early Tuesday morning after police say she was driving under the influence of marijuana just more than a day before a scheduled court appearance on charges related to a marijuana grow operation discovered at her Pahrump home earlier this year.

Man, 80, nabbed selling ads in magazine that fired him

Police arrested an 80-year-old Las Vegas man over the weekend after he allegedly attempted to sell fraudulent magazine ads to several local businesses.

Man tells police he got high to protect undercover cop status

One man was taken into custody on a charge of impersonating a public officer this weekend after he allegedly told police he had smoked methamphetamine to keep his cover as an undercover cop.

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