Pahrump town employees can expect a few changes to their personnel policy after Tuesday’s town board meeting.
As Americans watch the march of the Sunni militant group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) converging on Baghdad, local Iraqi War veteran Nevada National Guard 1st Sgt. Richard Deutch could only observe with frustration.
A Nye County official blasted Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada in comments on the company’s integrated resource plan in front of the Nevada Public Utilities Commission.
Nye County commissioners are set to approve a $4.5 million settlement agreement with Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada Tuesday to settle the Blagg Road court case.
TONOPAH — A settlement agreement with Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada over the failure of an off-site trench for the Corrections Corporation of America federal detention center is up for approval when Nye County commissioners meet at 10 a.m. here Tuesday.
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 $16 million.
The longstanding tradition of selecting Miss Pahrump is the headliner for this weekend with eight young women competing for the title.
While all levels of fireworks are available in Nye County, the only pyrotechnics that can be legally used by the public are those which don’t attain high altitudes and are rated “1.4” on the scale measuring explosive power.
If you’re a senior citizen who took the plunge and began the painful journey of joining the high tech age — meaning that you have an email address, own a computer (or know your way to the library), and have added words like “google,” “operating system,” and maybe even “Kapersky” to your vocabulary — or — if you’re a young ‘un (my own definition of young ‘un includes anybody under 40 who grew up in the emerging world of technology), I hope to enlighten you a little bit more about what’s really going on out there.
A Nye County Sheriff’s sergeant was ensnared in a drug sting and arrested over the weekend after a subordinate became suspicious of the superior officer’s insistence that he be the one to book a bottle of pills into evidence.
Last Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m., Rosemary Clarke Middle School held their winter concert in the gymnasium. A full house of spectators greeted the concert performers. An estimated 1,500 attended the concert. The winter concert was organized and directed by Robert C. White.
Nye County Commissioner Butch Borasky formerly ran an excavation business, which he sold to run for county commissioner in 2006.
“Could you do a story about my husband’s recent Desert Bighorn Sheep hunt? It would be my Christmas present to him.” That was the first e-mail I’ve received with such an interesting request.
• Harold August Coleman was charged on Dec. 10 with obtaining money under false pretenses.
The former owner of the Dream Chaser Horse Rescue, who was arrested earlier this year on charges of first degree arson and animal abuse after she allegedly burnt down her home, was taken into custody again this month after she was charged with attempting to obtain a driver’s license using another person’s information.
This year the Lady Hornets basketball team is struggling to put experienced upperclassmen on the court with only two. Eaire Davis is one of those two and is leading the team in defense in this building year for the Hornets.
About a year ago, we made some changes after deciding to become one of those families in which the dad goes off to work and the mom stays home and writes.
WASHINGTON — Remember the new spirit of cooperation in Washington? That’s so last week.
WASHINGTON — Federal Judge John Gleeson of the Eastern District of New York says documents called “statements of reasons” are an optional way for a judge to express “views that might be of interest.” The one he issued two months ago is still reverberating.
Something has always bothered me about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Is it the neon glitz of the Las Vegas Strip or the snow-clad peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountain range?
A local man arrested numerous times over the last several years for drug-related offenses was sentenced to a maximum of 15 years in prison last week.
GOLDFIELD — Two men are behind bars following the discovery of a missing person found dead at the bottom of an Esmeralda County well last week.
Commissioner Dan Schinhofen formerly ran a landscaping business in California before moving to Las Vegas in 1994. He moved to Pahrump in 2004.
As it stands now the most grueling race in the world will be taking a vacation from the hottest place on Earth.
Some of the best football is always played at the end of the season when the playoffs are on the line. This was the case when the San Francisco 49ers faced off with a hapless Atlanta Falcons team who had nothing to lose and they were seeking revenge for last year’s loss to the 49ers in the playoffs.