As I get settled here as editor of the Pahrump Valley Times, one of the biggest journalistic priorities is making sure that we continue to emphasize having a newspaper with “fair and balanced” coverage while being thorough.
Willie Lucas threw a no-hitter to beat Mojave 5-0 in the championship game of the Cowboy Classic to help the Trojans win the tournament.
And they’re off! The boy down the street is racing to help the older lady cross the street. But wait, here she comes. Jerry, his neighbor, might get there first. It will be close …
The group quietly met on the infield of the track. There were no grand ceremonies or bands playing. It was just a quiet meeting of old friends getting together to celebrate old times.
Beatty baseball has played five games since April 4, winning two of them. The Hornets played one game with Mineral County at home and lost 21-10 on April 4. The team then hosted Spring Mountain and swept them in a doubleheader on April 7, winning 15-1 and 12-10.
The Nye County personnel policy manual that contains changes to the employment of relatives rules has a criminal violation, according to the Nye County District’s Attorney’s Office.
Nye County approved resolutions that allowed augmentation of ending balances of various county funds.
CARSON CITY — Bills passed Feb. 8 by a Senate committee expand membership of the Nevada Veterans Service Commission and set procedures for disposing of memorabilia left at state veteran memorials.
The Trojans grapplers got one medal winner out of the seven that were sent to state in Reno on Feb. 10-11, and finished 13th out of 18 schools with 10 points.
In basketball, momentum can change at the drop of a hat and only needs a catalyst.
Knights player Alyssa Hanks led Round Mountain past Beatty, recording a double-double and scoring 28 points and 19 rebounds on Friday night. With the disappointing 47-29 loss, the Lady Hornets lost their bid for the second-place seed in the playoffs.
Special Olympics is looking for a friendly bocce ball coach for the upcoming season, which starts on March 2 through April 27.
Implementing fully legalized marijuana in Nevada should be tough.
U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei of Nevada introduced legislation in the last Congress to give certain select lands to Nevada, and is expected to introduce a similar measure in the new Congress. Note that I did not phrase it “RETURN certain select lands to Nevada,” as common usage has it, which, however, is disputed. Many experts on the topic say the lands never belonged to the state.
On February 1, a gang of violent thugs managed to shut down a speech scheduled to take place at the University of California at Berkeley, metaphorically making the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s into that movement’s grave site.
A resident is asking for a judicial review of the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission’s decision that prohibited him from keeping a trailer on his property.
LAS VEGAS — Defiant cattle rancher Cliven Bundy tossed court orders out the window of his truck and tried to pay grazing fees to Clark County instead of the federal government, a Justice Department lawyer testified Monday as prosecutors began to establish the chain of events that led to an armed standoff in Bunkerville in 2014.
DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, California — Artists aren’t the only ones who found inspiration in desert dancer Marta Becket.
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Saturday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $12 million.
Reno-based Shaw Engineering has been hired to develop potential project costs and describe the benefits of the projects related to the Basin 162 Groundwater Management Plan.
Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson wants to prevent any city or county in Nevada from becoming a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court adopted a professional conduct rule Friday, advising attorneys to tread carefully when it comes to marijuana.
CARSON CITY – A proposal was introduced Monday in the Nevada Legislature to nearly double the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour.
Out of a field of 48 students, four received top honors following the Nye County School District’s 2017 Spelling Bee at Pahrump Valley High School on Feb. 7.
Beta Sigma Phi, Laureate Omicron Chapter, gives back to the community in giving Pahrump Rehabilitation and Health Center Valentine’s cards, sugar-free candy and flower cups for the residents to enjoy.
A series of motor vehicle collisions and structure fires made for a busy start of the month for area first responders.
The interior of Pahrump’s Gold Town Casino has a fresh new look as of this month, as Gold Town Discount Liquor is now open for business.
Tractor Supply Co., the biggest chain of rural lifestyle stores in the United States, wants to open its first Southern Nevada store in Pahrump.
Laxmi Iyer, MD, MPH, has joined the medical staff at Desert View Hospital as an oncologist, the hospital announced last week.