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Kohbarger resigns position with airport project

Former town manager Bill Kohbarger will not oversee the proposed Pahrump General Aviation Airport after all.

Nye County sales tax figures show increases

Nye County sales tax statistics continue to show increases, according to figures from the Nevada Department of Taxation.

Former resident charged in Las Vegas homicide

Just hours before her death, former Pahrump resident Karen Hevener was to receive an award from her longtime employer Southern Wine and Spirits in Las Vegas.

Man tells judge how meth messed up life

A man involved in a standoff with local police in July 2012 pleaded guilty to a single charge of being under the influence of methamphetamine last week in the case, telling the court he made a mistake by ever getting involved with the illicit substance.

Woman robbed of $10 at gunpoint

One man is in custody after he allegedly stole $10 from a woman and then pulled a gun on her when she asked him to give it back.

Residents don’t show concerns over latest Amargosa solar proposal

AMARGOSA VALLEY — A crowd of local residents turned out for a recent meeting on a proposed 65-megawatt photovoltaic plant by First Solar, but only a couple of people went up to the microphone to express concerns.

Police search for two men after armed robbery

Local police have taken one person into custody and are searching for two other individuals in connection to an armed robbery that occurred on Marne Court Sunday evening.

PETT interest not covering jail bond payments

County officials had planned to use the interest from the federal funds built up by the Payment Equal to Taxes from the Yucca Mountain project to pay off the bonds used for the new Nye County Detention Center when it was completed in October 2012.

Festival attracts 25,000 attendees

Except perhaps for the chilly start on Thursday, the 2013 Pahrump Fall Festival was deemed a successful event as upwards of 25,000 people attended the four-day festivities.

Half-cent sales tax resurrected

TONOPAH — Nye County commissioners Tuesday voted 3-2 to increase the sales tax one-half percent from 7.1 percent to 7.6 percent, though commission Chairman Butch Borasky said he wants a future ballot question on the matter to let voters decide whether to allow the tax to end on Dec. 31, 2015.

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