Bright and early on the morning of Thursday, May 30, the parking lot of the Pahrump Nugget was alive with activity as Special Olympics athletes from the Pahrump Valley prepared for departure to something they have been looking forward to for many months, the 2019 Summer Games.
Memorial Day may have been celebrated by a large portion of Americans on Monday, May 27, but for the members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, including Pahrump’s own Post #10054, the true observance did not take place until three days later on May 30.
Several Nye County schools will be moving to a four-day school week with the first year of implementation planned for the 2019-20 school session.
Local commercial truck drivers beware, as the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles Compliance Enforcement Division is once again cracking down on vehicles belching out thick black smoke in the Pahrump Valley.
Fun and games were the order of the day at Floyd Elementary School, as the campus’ Field Day got underway.
Beatty resident Randy Schroeder and his daughter, Kaci, were among those participating in the 2019 Operation Battle Born Ruck to Remember, culminating on Memorial Day.
Memorial Day was observed nationally on Monday, May 27 and in the Pahrump Valley, it was truly a day of remembrance with an array of events to held to commemorate the occasion.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford recently warned Nevadans to be wary of a door-to-door medical billing scam targeting Nevadans at their homes.
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in the Wednesday, May 29 drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $49 million.
Valley Electric Association warned members about “calls from unscrupulous callers warning members that their accounts are past due and that they need to pay to avoid being disconnected that day.”
A new National Park Service report shows that 1,678,000 visitors came to Death Valley National Park in 2018 and spent over $140 million in Inyo County and Southern Nevada communities.
A 13-year-old local boy is recovering after being shot by his father.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford’s bill strengthening school safety became law after it was signed by Governor Steve Sisolak, the attorney general’s office announced May 29.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office is seeking leads regarding a recent suspicious shooting on Bronco Street.
Two people are dead following separate vehicle crashes this month.
