Nye County News

Authorities issued an Amber Alert Friday evening for an 18-month-old boy from Pahrump, Nevada, who may be traveling through Arizona.

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

Ely sits in one of the most isolated corners of the state. The nearest communities of any size are hours away in any direction.

Al Balloqui, Pahrump's economic development director, filed an ethics complaint against town board member Frank Maurizio June 1. The complaint, along with the investigator's report, dated Sept.

Nye County commissioners will consider paying up to $25,000 to hire attorney Bonnie Drinkwater to investigate harrassment complaints against county staff and elected officials.

Geothermal projects in Nevada received about one-third of the $338 million in grants under the economy recovery package, including projects in Gabbs, in northwestern Nye County, and in Silver Peak, Alum and Fish Lake Valley in Esmeralda County.

Years of underground nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site have left hundreds of craters filled with radioactive rubble.

" Inmates in the Nevada state prison system aren't the only ones who have had brushes with the law.

Judging by a casual count of raised hands from a group of about 30 fifth-grade J.G. Johnson Elementary students, a handful have their own cell phones.

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.

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A steel reinforcing and erection license for Steel Structures and Supply Inc. dba Pahrump Steel was revoked by the Nevada State Contractors Board last Wednesday.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