Pahrump News

Nye County commissioners will meet with the Hafen family, owners of Pahrump Utility Company Inc., to discuss a proposed $5.5 million county acquisition of the utility during a 10 a.m. workshop today at commissioners' chambers.

Daniel McArthur, the town's external auditor, presented the report, which reflects the accounting period from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.

Dermatologist Dr. Jeffrey Gunter was given a conditional use permit by a 5-2 vote of the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission Wednesday for a 62-space recreational vehicle park at 2810 W. Bell Vista Ave., but not a waiver allowing for a convenience store, higher RV densities and reduced setbacks.

The purchase of Pahrump Utility Company Inc. is on the agenda when Nye County commissioners meet at 10 a.m. Monday at commissioners' chambers, 2100 Walt Williams Dr.

James Casey was granted a continuance Wednesday until the June 12 Pahrump Regional Planning Commission for a hearing on his request for a conditional use permit to keep five chimpanzees on his property as part of his "Great Ape Experience." But advocates from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA , who traveled from out of state and ... (more)

On one hand, Angie Wilson said she's looking forward to when the health care overhaul takes full effect in 2014 - it'll allow the northern Nevada tribal health clinic she directs to maximize its limited resources.

One item of much interest was the discussion and decision to accept or reject Contour Entertainment's Phase II interim report for the town's proposed tourist destination "Adventure Springs." Due to time constraints, results of the agenda's action items will be published in Friday's edition of the Pahrump Valley Times.

Walt Rubio, owner of W.R. Sporting Goods, thinks Pahrump could attract foreign tourists as well as locals to an official shooting range on West Bell Vista Avenue.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals plan to protest an application by a property owner on Our Road for a conditional use permit to own chimpanzees at the 6 p.m. meeting today of the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission.

PETA is urging the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission to vote on May 15 to deny notorious animal abuser Mike Casey a permit to keep four chimpanzees and a monkey in Pahrump.

Public works director Dave Fanning said there have been 884 waivers of landfill fees and that report was about two years old.

COPS: Two men arrested for June break-in at dead man's home Two men were arrested last week after it was allegedly discovered they had stolen several items from a deceased man's home last November.

It's not even mid-May and already an engine crew from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Pahrump firefighting base was in California, helping with a wildfire that broke out last weekend.

The Pahrump Senior Center sponsored an excursion last month, to Reno, Carson City, Virginia City and Lake Tahoe.

For the second year in a row, Mountain Falls will be the venue for Pahrump Valley High School's PVHS prom on Saturday.

A prominent local volunteer and one other charged with sexually abusing a mentally disabled woman over a period of several years were bound over to District Court this week after graphic testimony was heard from the victim in the case.

Nye County will have until July 31 to appeal the revised flood map for the Pahrump Valley proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA .

Pahrump Town Board members and staff will get an update on the latest phase of a proposed tourist destination called "Adventure Springs" during next week's regular town board meeting.

Nye County commissioners approved a sixth change order on the Pahrump jail project Tuesday for $236,414, raising the final cost from the original $16.6 million to $17.7 million.

The Nevada Department of Transportation will widen shoulders and flatten out slopes along sections of Highway 95 as a safety precaution, according to a 2013 work plan presented to Nye County commissioners here Tuesday.