Pahrump News

An Amber Alert has been issued for 18 month old Juliun Alarid who was taken by his father around 3pm in Pahrump.

Solar Millenium announced Monday the company would use a dry cooling system for two, 250-megawatt solar thermal power plants in Amargosa Valley.

An ethics complaint against Pahrump Town Board member Frank Maurizio came to light last week on the state's Commission on Ethics Web site.

HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT Pahrump Nugget Chef Bill Bitzer carries two new dishes added to the cafe menu.

GINA B. GOOD / PVT Charlie Benfante, president of the Pahrump Lion's Club, accepts a handshake and a donation of candy from Town Manager Bill Kohbarger.

A branch operated by failed Community Bank in Pahrump is getting new life. Meadows Bank, a community bank based in Las Vegas, has hired back all six former branch employees, including two who were considering jobs at Nevada State Bank.

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

The development and maintenance contract for the town's Web site is due to be awarded and 20 firms submitted bids.

The sparse environment of the Ely prison courtroom is so far removed from the life Rick Tabish once had, it might as well be another solar system.

HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT The red barn on Loop Road went up in flames Thursday during a live-fire exercise.

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.

Great Basin College plans to use almost $7 million in federal stimulus funds to fill budget gaps and operate several programs through its Pahrump branch campus.

The last movie at the Saddle West Hotel and Casino aired at 6:30 p.m. Thursday with the showing of "Where The Wild Things Are." It ends a 14-month run during which the banquet room, used for bingo games by day, was partially converted into a theater at night.

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

Pahrump gained 81 residents in the third quarter of 2009, increasing the population to 38,275, which is still 346 residents less than a year ago, according to estimates from the Nye County Planning Department.

Dan Rodriguez, the Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce president last year, who served as the interim executive director since Aug.

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.

GINA B. GOOD / PVT The League of Women Voters organized a baking lesson at the Pahrump Bakery last week.

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

A disturbing arrest out in Pahrump. The sheriff has leveled 40 counts of child abuse, lewdness and sexual assault against 57-year-old Samuel Vernon Hamett.