Robin Hebrock

Nevada Site Specific Advisory Board recruiting members

The devices aim to help law enforcement perform their duties better at night.

Hundreds gathered for the annual event.

The Nye County Commission addressed two controversial items regarding the Fifth Judicial District Court this month — an order issued by the court that restricts weapons in any courthouse facility and another pertaining to a proposal to move the district court from its current locations in Pahrump and Tonopah.

Christmas Eve will be the last chance for local families to revel in the Christmas festivities at the Ferris Family Christmas Land.

Ladies with the Nevada Silver Tappers and Ms. Senior Golden Years, along with area veterans, spent Saturday morning at the Chief Tecopa Cemetery on East Street in Pahrump, wandering through the sprawling graveyard picking out the stones of former military members who were buried at the site. They adorned their final resting places with Christmas wreaths.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #10054 and its VFW Riders have helped make Christmas a whole lot brighter for area families this year by providing a huge donation of gifts to support the local Toys for Tots program.

Nye County Commissioners have voted 5-0 to oppose a controversial solar project planned for the area.

Nye County is searching for a new county health office to ensure the communities its serves receive adequate public health care.

The Community Christmas Eve Dinner hosted by the Pahrump Holiday Task Force is expected to welcome hundreds of hungry attendees Friday throughout the three-hour event. There will be plenty on the buffet line to tempt the appetite.

A Pahrump Valley roadway that provides access to both Death Valley National Park and Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is expected to receive nearly $34 million in federal grants for widening and repavement.

The Nevada Supreme Court has denied an appeal from Nye County District Attorney Chris Arabia, who was reprimanded for firing a deputy assistant that worked in his office.

A local family once again is giving others the chance to capture special holiday moments at their second annual Christmas Land, a holiday-themed event that’s free and open to the public.

The afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 12 was filled with holiday cheer and spectacle during the Nevada Silver Tappers’ 30th Annual Christmas Benefit Show. Despite a venue change to the Bob Ruud Community Center that reduced the maximum capacity for the event, the show raised $4,030 to support veteran causes and the local Nathan Adelson Hospice office, according to organizers.

Prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty for a Pahrump man accused of torturing and shooting Roy Jaggers, the 27-year-old man found dead in Cathedral Canyon on Aug. 1.