Nye County News

Nye County commissioners Tuesday were briefed on the difference between OSDS and ISDS by Dick Johnson, the manager of building safety and code compliance.

Both Valley Electric Association Chief Executive Officer Tom Husted and Nye County commissioners were steamed up Tuesday, and it wasn't because they were immersed in a solar-powered water heater.

Fernley's equilibrium in city government is being turned into a farce by a small group of dissatisfied residents who oppose several councilmen and the decisions they have made.

Crime is on the rise in Pahrump. The sleepy, quirky hamlet just an hour's drive from Las Vegas has seen a hostage situation, a hostile car theft, a convenience store hold-up and a car chase-turned-shootout all in one day.

A steel reinforcing and erection license for Steel Structures and Supply Inc. dba Pahrump Steel was revoked by the Nevada State Contractors Board last Wednesday.

I would like to explain this case to you. Back in 1989, I was the fire chief in Pahrump.

A resolution waiving permit fees for a solar hot water heater program by Valley Electric Association is on the agenda for the Nye County Commission meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

For the past 13,000 or more years, Nye County's history has been shaped mostly by its geography -- large and magnificent, to be sure.

Nye County sheriff's deputies believe they're taking an important new step in finding out what happened to a local woman who went missing 3 years ago.

A truck carrying concrete rolled over Tuesday morning on a rural Nevada highway in northeastern Nye County, killing the driver, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

AARON SCHULTZ /SPECIAL TO THE PVT Former Nye County Commissioner Peter Liakopoulos and his public defender, Tom Gibson, listen to Judge Robert Lane during sentencing Monday.

Beatty has now arrived in the 911 age, Milan Dimac, manager of information systems, told Nye County commissioners Tuesday.

Nye County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested a man this week, accusing him of lewdness with a 12-year-old girl.

A 57-year-old Pahrump man accused of molesting 10 children faces additional charges after Nye County sheriff officials say he tried to intimidate and bribe a victim's mother into preventing her child from showing up in court to testify against him.

Authorities say a 57-year-old Pahrump man has been arrested for allegedly molesting 10 children.

A former Nye County commissioner has been sentenced to five years of probation on a felony bribery conviction, plus three-year probation terms to run concurrently for two related misdemeanor charges.

Nye County Police have arrested 57 year old Samuel Hamett of Pahrump on child molestation charges.

The old Calvada sign at the corner of Highway 160 and Calvada Boulevard in Pahrump will be retrofitted into a new Nye County sign with an electronic message board.

Rory Reid, in his recently published vision document , sets forth as one of his major goals the pursuit of data center businesses to relocate to the Silver State.

Nevada Country Music Association, Nye County and the Lions Club will be partying in Honeysuckle Park starting at 11 a.m. tomorrow morning.