Several youth from Pahrump and other areas in Southern Nevada met for the first meet-play event of the 2018 season of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge program—where children, ages 12-18, learn how to design, build and program robots, among other things. The program also includes a competition between teams across Nevada, which could lead to local youth entering a world championship.
In the video, Highway Patrol spokesman Travis Smaka talks about emergency lighting on vehicles before a shout is heard off-camera. He turns around just as a sedan barrels off the opposite side of the highway.
State rules that took effect Oct. 1 mandate that online retailers without a physical presence in Nevada must collect and pay sales tax of 8.25 percent in Clark County. This means a purchase of $100 online will have the added sales tax of $8.25
Halloween in Pahrump will be filled with the scary to the entertaining.
If everything Question 6 supporters say is true, there’s no need to vote for it. Question 6 is a constitutional amendment that would require that Nevada get 50 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. Nevada’s current renewable portfolio standard is 25 percent by 2025. As a constitutional amendment, voters would need to approve it in 2018 and 2020.
Former President Barack Obama told thousands of Nevadans on Monday that they can’t stay out of this election if they want changes in the White House and Congress.
Nye County sheriff’s deputies order residents of longtime encampment for homeless to leave, but county and city have no place for them to go. Community members aim to fill the void and come up with some long-term solutions.
There are lots of silly attacks in politics, but liberals acting aghast over Republicans criticizing California is especially laughable.
Lake Mead ranger Thomas Kenneth “T.K.” Brown was honored in the most appropriate way as a fireboat was named in his memory this summer.
The association on Thursday announced the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018, which includes former Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Philip Hannifin and Bally Technologies and Scientific Games executive Richard Haddrill.
Volunteers kicked off Green the Mountain and picked up trash Saturday in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area.
One by one, members of the Rancho High School color guard placed a red rose onto a white and blue wreath on Friday at Nellis Air Force Base — each representing a Nevadan listed as missing in action in U.S. military conflicts.
The Bureau of Land Management has announced plans to transfer ownership of the ghost town to Esmeralda County, ending a decadeslong property dispute that has prevented residents from getting clear title to the land.
Situated 60 miles west of Las Vegas, Pahrump has legal brothels, widespread gun ownership and a lot of retirees. But along state Route 160, not far from the RV Superstore, those with a taste for sports cars have a place to burn rubber.
Vice President Mike Pence made his second visit in Las Vegas on Friday to tour Nellis Air Force Base, speak to the airmen and stump for U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and gubernatorial nominee Adam Laxalt.
