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Chamber to take on oversight of the Fall Festival

The Pahrump Chamber of Commerce will now coordinate the Pahrump Fall Festival, chamber officials announced this week.

Two Pahrump matriarchs pass

Two longtime matriarchs of the modern Pahrump Valley have died.

Obamacare alters new tax season

Americans filing tax returns this year can expect some major changes due to the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.

School district graduation rate drops

The Nye County School District saw its graduation rate decline last year, according to numbers released Friday by the state.

Pahrump’s largest casino owner merges with Minnesota company

Golden Gaming, owner of three Pahrump casinos, announced Monday it will merge with Minnesota-based Lakes Entertainment, giving the Las Vegas-based company ownership of a Maryland casino while transitioning into a publicly traded corporation.

Average state smoker spends $1.3 million on habit lifetime

The average Nevada smoker spends more than $1.3 million over a lifetime, including the cumulative economic toll of a pack per day for several decades, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs, according to the personal-finance website WalletHub.

Unions and Republicans ready for confrontation

The head of the Nevada AFL-CIO proclaimed Tuesday that “working families are under attack” by Republican lawmakers who want to weaken collective bargaining laws and pensions now that they control the Legislature.

Pahrump Valley Rockhound gem club rocks desert

The southern Nevada desert is the perfect location to learn the stories of the earth. That story, some experts assert, continues for approximately 4.5 billion years.

Crime Corner, Jan. 23

Lovers’ quarrel lands man in jail

Middle school teacher starts Kathy Galey scholarship fund

A new scholarship for $500 will be made available in the spring for Pahrump Valley High School students to honor Kathy Hofer Galey.

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