Pahrump News

Henry "Butch" Neth, a former Nye County Commissioner from 2000 to 2004 and member of a prominent Pahrump real estate family, was indicted by a Clark County grand jury last week on four counts of securities fraud and one count of embezzlement.

A local business, My Paralegal, 361 S. Frontage Road,A which provides paralegal services within the community is expanding and will now provide bona fide legal representation to their clients under the moniker of My Law Firm.

Two candidates didn't make the list of hopefuls profiled in the special political supplement published in the Friday Pahrump Valley Times, one running for a local office, the other a candidate for federal office.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10054 on Homestead observed the holiday with an annual service at Chief Tecopa Cemetery on West Street in Pahrump on Monday.

The "brushfire" wars of the 21st century don't always draw the kind of public interest and support as the Battle of Midway or the invasion of Normandy.

Kiran Hill speaks Wednesday during a Republican primary debate in Pahrump for the 4th Congressional District.

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Crews for Wulfenstein Construction will be putting a final layer of asphalt on Dandelion Street starting Friday, working through the Memorial Day weekend, Nye County Public Works Director Dave Fanning told county commissioners Monday.

The board voted 3-1 to spend $207,000 with Contour Entertainment Inc., the company tasked with creating a destination concept touted by board members as among the only means they have of trying to create jobs in Pahrump.

Stakes are high when thieves target Nye County's old and abandoned mining sites looking for valuable metal.

It's been seven years since three Pahrump properties were declared nuisances by Nye County commissioners, but code compliance officer George Bernath said they still haven't been cleaned up yet.

Nye County Commission Chairman Lorinda Wichman got the support of her board Monday to pursue a county lands bill, hopeful it won't be tampered with by environmentalists once it gets to Washington, D.C. Wichman had memories of a White Pine County bill, which was sponsored by U.S. Sens.

Candidate Kiran Hill, second from left, speaks Wednesday during a Republican primary debate for the 4th Congressional District in Pahrump.

Chris Brown didn't get any support from Nye County commissioners Monday for the Contour Phase II project, the theme park they already pitched to the Pahrump town board titled Adventure Springs.

Meadows Bank on Tuesday opened a new loan production office in Reno and hired veteran banker Dennis Williams to oversee its operations.

May 21 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned our 'BB' issue-level and '1' recovery ratings to Las Vegas-based Affinity Gaming LLC's $35 million super priority revolving credit facility and $200 million senior secured term loan, due 2017 and 2019, respectively.

The subject of Tyler Coyner's salutatorian speech to his Nevada high school classmates two years ago was how people can learn from their mistakes.

Tim Hafen, a longtime community leader in Pahrump, will receive the Great Basin College Community Service Award, during commencement ceremonies for the class of 2012 at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Elko Convention Center.

Conservatives who argue there is no such thing as a temporary tax or fee set by the government, may see part of their prediction come true Monday, when Nye County Commissioners consider a bill to make permanent a $30 landfill parcel fee.

A driver suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs may be to blame for a single vehicle rollover accident that injured four people just over the California state line Thursday morning.