By Charlene Dean Dream Chaser Ranch Horse Rescue is still in trouble. Maybe more now than ever, according to part-owner Diane Davis, who said she has had no contact with mortgage holder Chase Bank, since laws passed in November 2011 required the financial institution to initiate the foreclosure all over again. Davis purchased the property[...]

By Charlene Dean Ever considered becoming a foster parent? As stated in a recent article published in the Pahrump Valley Times, Pahrump has a shortage of volunteers willing to give support and love to youth at a traumatic time in their lives. The Division of Child and Family Services Foster Care Recruitment office offers a[...]

By Terri Schlichenmeyer – “The Bookworm Sez” It was hardly worth picking up. There was once a time when a penny spotted on the pavement was worth something. You could buy lots of things for a penny back then, and saving them was rewarding on many levels. Now they’re tossed and forgotten in desk drawers[...]

Special to the Pahrump Valley Times The 2012 season for the High Desert Shorts International Film Festival, founded by Linda Kass, always starts with a poster contest at Pahrump Valley High School. Once again, the art students of art teacher Crystal Dabrowski put talent to paper in creating a lot of different ideas for the[...]

By Kelsey Givens For a small, rural town, there is a lot of activity on the Internet search engines when the public starts asking questions about Pahrump. When did Pahrump first get phone service? How many people lived in Pahrump in 2000? Which celebrities have called Pahrump home? Answers to these questions and more can[...]

By Charlene Dean If you haven’t made plans for a Valentine’s Day celebration, it’s almost too late for reservations. The PVT has rounded up the options here: • Symphony’s at the winery is unavailable. A spokesperson said the restaurant has been booked solid for a while. • Stockman’s Steakhouse at the Pahrump Nugget is still[...]

Pahrump Senior Center The menu (subject to change) and activities for the week of Feb. 13 — Feb. 17: Menu — soup and salad bar, 2 percent milk and juice available daily: Monday — shepherd’s pie, Sicilian veggies, fruit cup; Tuesday — herb-baked chicken, rice pilaf, peas, butterscotch pudding; Wednesday — chili cheese baked potato,[...]

By Charlene Dean 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 those businesses, and offer a snapshot of the future. One of those original businesses is Ace Hardware, and the spirit of the entrepreneur[...]

Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Audubon Society will lead the 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 17 through 20. Darlene Feener, an expert birder and member of the West Branch of the Red Rock Audubon Society, WBRRAS, will lead structured bird walks to Willow Creek and Mountain Falls. Feener, a bird-lover since she[...]

By Charlene Dean When the New England Patriots and the New York Giants hit the field for the Super Bowl at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, you’d better have a spot picked out if you plan to watch the game from somewhere besides your sofa. There are a lot of choices, some offer freebies and some charge[...]