Is James Oscarson a hero or heretic?

Beyond the lights of Pahrump, you’d be excused for not recognizing James Oscarson’s name.

Nye on Nevada, June 5

More funding for education approved

VFW riders to meet in Beatty for Vegas run

Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Nevada members from all around the Silver State are set to make a group motorcycle ride next week leading up to its statewide convention.

Southern Nevada extreme heat kills

As brutal summer temperatures arrive in southern Nevada, the need to avoid heat-related illnesses should be a top priority for Pahrump’s most susceptible individuals.

Sports Corner

Bowling News: Results of the certified 10-Pin Singles Tournament sponsored by Win Realty in honor of WR Sporting.

Model trains keep a-rollin through the years

Members of a local hobbyist group are hoping to keep their interest on track with the youth in the community.

Retired racer talks about the early years of racing

Don Brymer never raced at the Pahrump Valley Speedway. In fact he hasn’t been in a racecar since 2004. He is retired racer who lives quietly in Pahrump who will turn 80 next month and just wanted to share his many racing memories.

Christmas Lights

The Pahrump Valley Times is looking for area residents who do more than hang some lights outside to celebrate the holidays.

Annual ‘Breakfast with Santa’ set for Saturday

The Pahrump Valley Lions Club is inviting all children to age 12 for a free breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Pahrump Valley Auto Plaza. Those over 12 and up can enjoy breakfast with the children for $5 per person.

IN THE FIELD: Hunting dogscan be more than man’s best friend

Early humans were hunters, gatherers and scavengers as was their rival, the ancestral dog. Some remain so today, as do modern wolves and other wild canine species.

What the ‘less fortunate’ want you to know

You know those conversations in your head you wish you could say to people’s faces? You’re about to hear one.

Music at the Nugget and fundraisers abound

The public shouldn’t have any problem finding something to do this weekend. The calendar is full.

County fills Beatty advisory board, other appointed seats

Richard “Dick” Gardner, Kelly Carroll and Crystal Taylor were reappointed to two-year terms on the Beatty town advisory board by Nye County Commissioners Tuesday.

BLM hoping to extend comment period, says many misunderstand process

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has yet to schedule a public hearing in Pahrump on revisions to the resource management plan, but the BLM is looking into extending the comment period, set to expire Jan. 7, said Rudy Evenson, the bureau’s deputy chief of communications for the state of Nevada.

Beatty seeking a mountain biking boom

A rancher in the Beatty area has formed a nonprofit organization with the vision of turning the Oasis Valley into a state and national mountain biking destination.

School Menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of Dec. 8 – Dec. 12

California Lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $20 million.

State projecting short of desired tax revenues

CARSON CITY — If Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislative leaders want to increase funding for public education and other critical needs in the next two-year budget, they have a big challenge in figuring out how to pay for it all.

County asks for federal hearings on drought restrictions

Nye County Commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday asking U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., to hold hearings over BLM drought restrictions on ranchers in northern Nye County.

Death penalty cases cost state twice as much lesser punishments

Nevada murder cases in which prosecutors seek the death penalty can cost nearly twice as much as those with a lesser punishment, according to a state audit released Tuesday.

Crime Corner, Dec. 5

Man charged with sexual assault

Beatty rallied around charitable brothel owner

Array

In the Nov. 21 edition of the Pahrump Valley Times we ran an article talking about the growth of the brothel industry in Beatty. This week’s article is a continuation of that story.

One red light flickers out as another goes for broke

Las Vegas witnessed the rise of the megaresort on the Strip. Now a brothel may be setting a similar trend for the sex industry in which opulent brothel resorts cluster as close to Las Vegas as the law will allow. Or maybe it’s another gimmick.

Kulkin proposes steep room tax increase on board’s way out

A proposal to raise the town’s current room tax is expected to draw much discussion at the upcoming Pahrump Town Board meeting next week.

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