State gaming win has best May ever; $1.3B collected by casinos

Golden Casino Group Pahrump Nugget is one of more than 400 gaming properties shuttered across the state due to an executive order by Gov. Steve Sisolak. Gaming has been shut down in the state since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

People walk past signs advertising MGM Rewards perks at the Aria hotel-casino on Friday, June 17, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Steel Brooks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

By Richard N. Velotta Special to the Pahrump Valley Times

June 30, 2022 - 7:51 am

Nevada casinos continued their blistering win pace, collecting $1.3 billion statewide, the best May ever and the fourth highest monthly win total in state history, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Thursday.

Most of the revenue was generated on the Strip, which benefited from another month of special events that drew big crowds.

Analysts had warned of a possible downturn in May because it had one fewer weekend day than in May 2021. But that wasn’t the case, as Las Vegas hosted the Canelo Alvarez-Dmitry Bivol super light heavyweight title boxing match May 7 at T-Mobile Arena, the Electric Daisy Carnival music festival occurred at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway May 20-22 and Pearl Jam and the Eagles performed at the MGM Grand Garden on May 20 and May 28, respectively.

Aerial view of Burson Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada on Thursday, November 15, 2018, where developers ...

Nevadans now need to make at least this much to afford a mortgage

By Patrick Blennerhassett Special to the Pahrump Valley Times

April 4, 2024 - 11:01 am

A new study shows that the income needed to afford a median priced home in the state has risen 56 percent in the last four years.

Mason Voehl, executive director of environmental advocacy group Amargosa Conservancy, takes a p ...

In Amargosa Valley, wildflowers abound in wildlife refuge — PHOTOS

By Alan Halaly Special to the Pahrump Valley Times

April 4, 2024 - 9:26 am

Desert gold wildflowers sprawl for acres in certain parts of the Amargosa Basin, west of Las Vegas and just past the California border.

Will these 5 Nevada species go extinct?

By Alan Halaly Special to the Pahrump Valley Times

March 27, 2024 - 7:45 am

These species, listed under the Endangered Species Act, are at risk of being lost from the only place they exist in the world — Nevada.

Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald, top left; Jessie Law, top center; James DeGr ...

‘Fake electors’ jury trial moved to January 2025

By Taylor R. Avery Special to the Pahrump Valley Times

March 6, 2024 - 7:50 am

Attorneys for the six Republicans indicted for submitting fake electoral documents estimated that the trial could last three weeks.

Identity of 1980 Nye County shooting victim determined through DNA

By Marvin Clemons Special to the Pahrump Valley Times

February 29, 2024 - 12:03 pm

The then unidentified man was shot several times on a dirt road about a mile east of U.S. 95 and 60 miles south of Tonopah, according to Nye County and state law enforcement.

EDITORIAL: Ranked ‘avoid’: Ranked choice voting increases ballot errors

Special to the Pahrump Valley Times

February 27, 2024 - 8:40 am

Voting gimmicks won’t fix what’s wrong in Nevada politics. It’ll only leave more people rightly wondering if their vote even counted.

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PHOTOS: Is Disneyland’s new Pixar Place Hotel worth $500 a night?

By Brady MacDonald The Orange County Register

February 19, 2024 - 7:32 am

Disneyland’s new Pixar Place Hotel is commanding $500 a night for standard rooms and hundreds more for premium rooms and suites.

EDITORIAL: Biden’s ‘diminished faculties’ a great concern

Special to the Pahrump Valley Times

February 13, 2024 - 3:56 pm

Mr. Hur’s bleak evaluation of the president’s acuity should be of great concern to American voters. Mr. Biden simply isn’t up to four more years.

L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal Rainstorms can bring heavy flooding to the valley, someth ...

From potholes to projects, rain putting strain on road department

By Robin Hebrock Pahrump Valley Times

February 9, 2024 - 7:00 am

Rainstorms have been a prominent feature of both winter and summer weather over the past few years and the fallout means area roads, already a subject for continual complaint, are getting even worse. While Nye County Public Works is doing all it can to tackle maintenance and repairs, department director Tom Bolling said it’s been a real struggle to keep pace with the constant demand.

One person is dead after a single-vehicle rollover crash that occurred along U.S. 95 near mile ...

Nye County sees 123% spike in roadway fatalities: 2023 among deadliest years in decades

By Mick Akers Special to the Pahrump Valley Times

January 30, 2024 - 7:59 am

Traffic fatalities in 2023 were down compared with fatalities in 2022, but it was still one of the deadliest years on Nevada roads in nearly two decades.