Richard Stephens captured these photos from this year’s event, which featured food vendors, music, a classic car show and several creative competitions, from bed races and Halloween-costume contests to the pickle liquor hoot ‘n holler.
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While sitting at my desk, having just returned from a Colorado elk hunt, and eating a plate of elk track stew, I was reflecting on great wildlife artists and hunters. Yes, the elk won this time.
Halloween was a fang-tastic affair in the Pahrump Valley, with thousands of youngsters arraying themselves in ghoulish, ghostly and glittery attire to hit the town for trick and trunk or treating.
If you drive to 2851 Sunset St. in northwest Pahrump, you’ll come across what at first glance is one of the most unusual and weird sights you’ll find in Nevada: Coffinwood.
After receiving just one bid that far exceeds the budget allocated for the Pahrump Fairgrounds Water System, Nye County officials say the county will do the project with in-house labor.
Dedication is a highly admirable personal quality and it is one that is exemplified by longtime Pahrump resident Reggie Knight, who was recently honored for decades of commitment to the Disabled American Veterans of Nevada.
For many years the Pahrump Elks Lodge #2796 has supported community organizations by way of fundraisers and other events.
While attending a recent Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn banquet I was reminded of our outdoor traditions. I’m seeing an increasing number of youth, with their parents, at these functions.
Gray was instrumental in the establishment of the Beatty Museum and Historical Society and served on the museum’s board of directors.
Several dozen families participated in the event which provided numerous prizes for players, according to Tanya Carson, who served as the main organizer of the Sept. 16 event.
In a surprising quirk of geology, Monday’s magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Mexico triggered 4-foot-tall waves in Devils Hole, a detached unit of Death Valley National Park in Nye County’s Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
More than $71,700 dollars has been raised to help care for nearly 300 dogs that were seized from kennel operators in Amargosa and Pahrump last month.
Remote Area Medical will make its seventh trip to the Pahrump Valley next month and in an effort to ensure all is ready for the free health care services clinic, the Pahrump RAM Committee has been hard at work. Organizing such a large event is no small task and committee members have spent months preparing.
Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program aims to spark interest in youth aviation. Free plane rides for children will be offered from Calvada Meadows Airpark on Saturday, Sept. 24.
