Nye County commissioners held an emergency meeting at 3 p.m. Monday to authorize District Attorney Brian Kunzi to file a restraining order preventing the Pahrump Town Board from entering into new or revised contracts with top town employees that would continue after the town board is dissolved Jan. 5, 2015.
I read Mr. Ferrell’s progressive outlook on things and felt a response was in order. Let me say right off I am not a supporter of Mr. Schinhofen and that I consider Senators Graham and McCain to be progressives.
Sometimes I participate in a sort of email round robin discussion group with my brother and friends and recently we were discussing what happened to the Sambo’s restaurant chain and that led to a discussion of the story, “Little Black Sambo.”
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 $9 million.
Months after concrete dividers were set up along Highway 160 near Mesquite Avenue, Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada began the Highway 160 trench backfill project July 28.
Nye County voters bucked statewide trends in two races higher up the ticket in Tuesday’s primary election.
A suspect in the July 2013 murder of a Silver Peak man has reportedly taken a plea deal in the case and will be sentenced on a single charge of second degree murder next month.
Almost 30 percent of the registered voters turned out for Tuesday’s primary election in Nye County, with the main draw the sheriff’s race, where Sharon Wehrly, a county resident since 1965 and special investigator for the district attorney’s office, captured almost one-fourth of the vote split among 10 candidates. She garnered 1,634 votes.
The fight to keep the Pahrump Town Board functioning as a legitimate government body is far from over.
The Pahrump Valley Museum and Historical Society will host its next lecture in the series Saturday, June 14 with Susan Sorrells as the guest speaker talking about the Dublin Gulch Caves and their history.
It’s hard to decide what to do for Dad every year. Especially if money is tight, and let’s be honest, many of us are so tight we squeak! But dear old Dad’s special day doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Here’s a frugal but fantastically fun picnic inspired by our hero, Dad.
The column last week was, in retrospect, about reading between the lines BEFORE you sign on the dotted line or tattoo the word VICTIM on your backside.
nother week, another series of senseless gun crimes in America, one particularly gruesome one a little too close to home.
• Dillon Thomas Major was charged on May 24 with attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon and domestic battery with use of a deadly weapon.
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 $12 million.
The first two requests to rezone property for medical marijuana establishments were recommended for approval by the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission Wednesday.
Nye County School District’s superintendent and several top administrators and teachers at Pahrump Valley High School were sued in District Court late last month over allegations they allowed a high school freshman to be bullied by classmates.
he event, which began 37 years ago and founded by Pahrump icon and businessman Ray Wulfenstein, has gone through some changes in format over the years, but the Miss Pahrump Pageant has been a tradition since 1976.
Sandy Stell, a former California sheriff’s deputy who finished first runner-up three years ago, captured the Ms. Senior Golden Years 2014 crown after pageant festivities at the Saddle West Hotel and Casino Saturday night.
Tom Saitta, Tommy Deering and guest songstress Kai Brandt will perform at Sanders Family Winery on Friday and Saturday, June 20th and 21st. Gates open at 6 p.m. Show begins at dusk. Tickets are $15 per person.
Residents have a big weekend ahead again and a couple of new options during the week. The choices will be even bigger next weekend with the Spring Mountains Run here for three days.
