Historic merchantile burns to the ground

The historic Mercantile Building, located near the famous Bottle House in Rhyolite, burned to the ground Saturday afternoon after being struck by lightning.

County pitches Beatty Airport for new drone testing program

Nye County Community Development Director Darrell Lacy thinks Beatty Airport could tap into the lucrative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone testing program in Nevada.

New radio station will be based at KPVM-TV

KPVM-TV owner Vern Van Winkle announced last week an East Coast company will begin airing a Pahrump country-western radio station beginning early next month.

VEA continues to receive recognition

In recent months, Valley Electric Association Inc. (VEA) has received recognition on a local and statewide level as a result of our cooperative’s innovative renewable energy efforts and our ongoing commitment to building a positive work environment for employees.

Nevada Dems resent usurpation of their dumb stunt

On April 6, 2010, Nevada Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sue Lowden suggested that patients might barter for health care.

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Trojans win in double overtime

The Trojans men’s basketball fought hard for their first league win in double overtime on Tuesday night. The game was a real roller coaster ride as the team fought for the lead, got it, lost it, tied it and finally won it in the second overtime period 67-64.

Federal budget bill doesn’t fund PILT payments

The much heralded bi-partisan 2014 budget bill passed by Congress recently doesn’t include funding for the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program, in which the federal government attempts to reimburse counties for the property value of federally-managed land.

Pahrump has its own biggest losers

Fifteen of the town’s biggest losers have been chosen to compete for some cash, and no it’s not all the town’s politicians. The “Biggest Loser Competition” has begun, a spin-off of the TV version has been launched in town by Custom Health and Fitness Gym and CrossFit 160.

Last Chance Park application gets fresh endorsement

Pahrump Town Manager Susan Holecheck picked up the endorsement of Nye County commissioners Tuesday on the town board’s application for a recreation and public purpose lease from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for the long-proposed Last Chance Park.

WORK AT HOME SCAMS: Separate the wheat from the chaff

Everyone would like a great paying job they can do from the living room. Unfortunately, most of those work-from-home opportunities will cost you more than you’ll ever make. Before you sign up and give them your credit card information, run those seemingly fabulous get-rich offers past the following:

Crime Corner

COPS: Ex-employee arrested for pawning stolen inventory

Kinder, gentler impact fee ordinance OK’d

The agenda item was supposed to be about merely altering the impact fee ordinance to allow payments in installments, but two county commissioners Tuesday ended up voicing their opposition to the fees.

Nye supports lawsuit against SNWA pipeline

Nye County commissioners Tuesday voted to support the Central Nevada Regional Water Authority, which signed on as a plaintiff in an expected lawsuit opposing the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s pipeline project.

Firefighters show off new living quarters

Fire personnel stationed at Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue’s (PVFRS) Station 3 welcomed the public to an open house on Thursday.

Trojans wrestlers down 6 of 7 opponents

The Mohave Thunderbird Invitational in Bullhead City, Ariz. was a real grind for the Trojans wrestling program. The competition started last Friday and ended on Saturday and the team wrestled four times on Friday and three times on Saturday.

Ron and Dan’s excellent Amazon adventure

My fishing pal, Ron Cross, a Pro Bass Circuit fisherman from Pahrump, Nevada, and I finally realized a life-long dream — a marvelous adventure to Brazil’s Amazon basin.

Treasured town icon takes on new name, new look

longtime watering hole, a favorite hangout for many north-end locals, has been transformed into a modern establishment.

Hearing held in arson suspect’s ID case

Defense counsel for a woman accused of attempting to procure a driver’s license under another person’s name to avoid prosecution claimed during a preliminary hearing this week their client wasn’t attempting to obtain another identity, but rather to renew her sister’s expired license for her.

Deal in works to close Kingdom strip club

Local residents may notice a wholesome new look at the intersection of State Route 160 and Homestead later this year.

Refurbished pumper truck to cost $150,000

Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Services were granted funding to purchase an engine pumper apparatus to replace the one that suffered “catastrophic mechanical failure” late last month.

Complaints dog public administrator’s office

A year and a half after filing a complaint, Amargosa Valley resident Linda Bromell got at least a partial answer Tuesday on her request for an investigation into the public administrator’s handling of his late sister’s estate.

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