This Sunday, May 17, marks one full year since a group of Pahrump health care providers gathered under a new umbrella called Spring Mountain Medical Group, with a vision of providing “health care as you’ve always imagined it.” Back then no one could have imagined the way COVID-19 would change the daily practice of medicine, but with nearly a hundred years’ combined experience between them, these doctors “are very creative and know how to adapt to get results in differing environments,” said SMMG Practice Manager Levi Rogers.
As mid-May nears and students complete final exams, there is one group of students whose time at the University of Nevada, Reno is ending without the planned and expected fanfare.
By Terri Meehan Special to the Pahrump Valley Times
The idea of strolling through the garden on a glorious spring day followed by a flock of beautiful full-feathered laying hens just sounds so romantic, doesn’t it? I often hear from friends considering the virtues of country life, how they would love to have a garden complete with chickens to take care of the weeds.
The Internal Revenue Service on Monday issued a letter explaining why some Economic Impact Payments might not be the amount recipients expected, as payment amounts vary based on income, filing status and family size.
Officials from the Las Vegas Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, are retooling their Scouting for Food Drive, in response to the COVID-19 virus outbreak.
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in the Saturday, May 9 drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $27 million.
Officials at Pahrump’s Inspirations Senior Living are making an effort to reassure the safety of residents living at the facility amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Leading political figures from California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington sent a letter to the leaders of both houses of Congress urging federal budgetary assistance for states and cities who have suffered severe economic impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued an alert listing safety tips employers can follow to help protect dental industry workers from exposure to the coronavirus.
Nevada Census 2020 reported this week that response rates to the census in Nevada are trailing the rest of the nation, and rates in Nye County significantly trail the state overall.
Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System is leading the way in providing virtual mental health care appointments to veterans during a time when many are isolated at home because of COVID-19.
By Richard Stephens Special to the Pahrump Valley Times
The few, the brave, the weary. Those words could describe members of the Beatty Volunteer Ambulance Service in these times. In the middle of the night, in the middle of a meal, in the middle of just about anything, the pager will go off, and volunteers must hustle to respond to anything from a ground-level fall to a highway accident, to a threatened suicide.
Inyo County has formed a Local Business Task Force to act as a liaison between business and government health officials during the process of reopening the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
