Pahrump News

The Golden Gaming takeover of Terrible's Town and Terrible's Lakeside Casinos took a major step forward Wednesday, as the Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended approval of the acquisition by a 3-0 vote.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Audubon Society will lead the 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count Feb.

Pahrump, NV - The Pahrump man accused of going on a shooting tirade while in the buff says he's sorry.

The history of Pahrump cannot be accurately recorded without the inclusion of the first businesses and the people who owned them, how the town's beginnings relied and revolved around thos businesses, and offer a snapshot of the future.

W hen a group of three dozen British bicyclists passed through Pahrump on a trip from Death Valley National Park to Las Vegas to draw attention to land mines, the coordinator of the trip, Max Kramer had some simple advice: "You should have some designated bike routes through Pahrump so you can make it through town without killing yourself." He ... (more)

A man was behind bars after authorities caught him firing off rounds while naked on his back porch in Pahrump, Nev.

Pahrump, NV -- A Pahrump man is behind bars after authorities caught him shooting off rounds while naked on his back porch on Thursday morning.

Opponents of Jim Rhodes' proposed 4,700-home hilltop development near Blue Diamond are celebrating a small victory in their battle to preserve Red Rock.

Veteran Las Vegas gaming figure Blake Sartini has gained preliminary state approval to become the biggest slot machine route operator in Nevada.

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, won almost half the Nye County Republican vote during that party's Saturday caucus.

One of the things Ron Paul and his supporters cite when asked about how the public is reacting to the Texas congressman's message is the numbers.

It took some doing, but Newt Gingrich strolled into Xtreme Manufacturing on Thursday looking like a presidential candidate and not a man whose gravity-defying campaign was winging it.

The patriotic Pahrumpers from Precinct 31 had crowded into Mrs. Odegard's sixth-grade classroom at Rosemary Clark Middle School this morning to talk politics.

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Three-term Nevada District 36 Assemblyman Ed Goedhart, R-Amargosa Valley, said he won't run for the state Senate as planned in this year's election and is bowing out of politics to run a new farming venture.

GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul used the final day before the Nevada caucuses to shore up support in what's considered his key stronghold in the state, rallying a boisterous crowd to get out the vote.

Pahrump people can tell the significance of a hole in the ground - such as the one just off the main road through this Nevada town, in which Ted Binion, a drug-addled casino heir, buried silver bars and rare coins worth up to $15 million.

It's two months and counting until the 13th Reno-Tahoe Open, and a band of area business people is... I thought it would be as easy as muttering the words in that headline to sign off from this column... Mitt Romney is scheduled to hold a business roundtable and meet with employees at the Western Nevada Supply in Sparks at 8:10 a.m. At 12:25 p.m., ... (more)

On rare occasions, when a brave -- or foolish -- local official here proposes banning firearms from government buildings or meetings, he is met with howls of protests by sidearm-wearing residents who pack public hearings.