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.
Robert Otteson is the commissioner of officials for Central Nevada, a newly formed association. He is also a volleyball official. He said during the November month of playoffs some Tonopah officials had the honor of officiating the high stake games.
Two performances of the Silver Tappers 23rd Annual Christmas Benefit Show were held Sunday evening at the Saddle West Hotel and Casino showroom. The event raised more than $3,800 for local charities.
• Keri Lynn Rash was charged on Nov. 13 with obtaining or possessing credit card without consent of cardholder, two counts and fraudulent use of credit card or debit card or identifying description of credit account or debit card; presumption of knowledge of revocation of credit card or debit card, nine counts.
It does not matter how many children, nieces and nephews already reached the milestone. When one of them earns a driver’s license, a wave of nervously proud nausea surges. Crests of mixed emotions crash over us as we remember what we were like as newly licensed drivers. We begin to avoid eye contact with the teen, fully aware of the impending question.
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