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Wehrly tops Marshall in early vote count

Nye County District Attorney’s investigator Sharon Wehrly led the hotly-contested sheriff’s race with 25 percent of the vote after early voting totals were released late Tuesday evening, while the two county commission incumbents Butch Borasky and Dan Schinhofen were poised for easy Republican primary wins.

PVHS graduates more than 220 seniors

Pahrump Valley High School Principal Max Buffi called it the “greatest show in town” as Friday’s 2014 commencement ceremony got underway just after sundown.

Drunken brawl at ranch race turns into riot Saturday

Five people were arrested and two officers sent to a local hospital with minor injuries following a riot at the White Glove Ranch on Betty Avenue Saturday afternoon.

Nine counties approve Yucca Mountain resolutions

County Commissioner Dan Schinhofen last week proudly noted a ninth Nevada county, White Pine County, joined the list that have approved resolutions asking to complete the licensing process on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.

Former deputy county clerk faces felony charges

A former Nye County Clerk’s Office employee has been charged with unlawful use of public money after she allegedly admitted to a superior in December she had borrowed more than $2,000 from the office’s cash drawer and was unable to pay it back.

RPC recommends master plan update

Local residents are voicing problems with the master plan despite the Pahrump Master Plan steering committee’s years-long efforts to finalize revisions to the last plan, which was adopted in 2003.

Bankruptcy trustee says court erred in NRMC appointment

The office of the United States Trustee recently filed a motion with the federal bankruptcy court of Nevada claiming the appointment of Nye Regional Medical Center’s Patient Care Ombudsman (PCO) Jerry Seelig as the Tonopah hospital’s responsible officer in the case may be against the law.

Front Sight expansion plans include new shooting ranges

About 32,000 students took classes at Front Sight Firearms Training Institute in the last year, according to Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Meacher. The number almost equals the entire population of Pahrump.

NCREDA program funds first revolving loan

The owners of a recently opened small business in town is crediting its success on a newly created program.

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