By Mark Waite TONOPAH — Nye County Commissioners will discuss the process of hiring a new county manager when they meet here at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The meeting can be viewed by video conference at the Nye County Commissioners Chambers at 2100 Walt Williams Dr. on the Calvada Eye in Pahrump. Commissioners terminated County Manager[...]

By Kelsey Givens A man smoking inside his home may have sparked the fire that killed him on Tuesday. The victim, whose name is being withheld pending notification of family members, was found dead in his home around 2:30 p.m. at 1200 N. Leslie St. Emergency Medical Services first received a call about a man[...]

Pahrump Valley Times The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to conduct a prescribed burn the week of Feb. 6-13, on the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge NWR . The fire will eliminate hazardous fuels excess growth in specific areas of the wildlife refuge in order to protect infrastructure from wildfires that might occur[...]

The following information was provided by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office. All crimes are alleged and all defendants are presumed innocent: • Adair, Justin Eric, 27, was arrested Jan. 31 and booked into the Pahrump jail on a charge of criminal contempt. Bail was set at $1,000. • Andersen, David Alan, 51, was booked into[...]

By Mark Waite Nevada Commission on Ethics Executive Director Caren Jenkins found three out of four ethics complaints filed against Nye County Assessor Shirley Matson to be credible enough to move forward with a hearing in front of a panel of commissioners. The date for a hearing has not been set. Jenkins concluded in a[...]

By Mark Waite Nye County Assessor Shirley Matson is threatening to get an injunction against District Attorney Brian Kunzi for blocking her from firing two employees in the assessor’s office. Matson threatened to file an injunction in an email to the Pahrump Valley Times and to Donna Cox, executive director of the Concerned Citizens for[...]

By Kelsey Givens A woman struck and killed on State Route 160 last week was a mother of five and an accomplished equestrian. She also suffered from mental illness. Julie Bloom, 52, of Arizona, battled with severe schizophrenia for nearly 20 years, her daughter, Andrea Bloom told the Pahrump Valley Times. The debilitating illness likely[...]

“He was a young man after God’s own heart, who laid his life down to help a fellow Marine.” — Tony Allen (Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman’s stepfather) By Kelsey Givens A Marine killed in Afghanistan will be remembered best for his loyalty and love of life, friends and family said. Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman, a 2007 Pahrump[...]

By Kelsey Givens A 60-year-old man was arrested Friday on charges of possessing child pornography after the illicit material was found on his personal computer by a computer repair shop employee. Victor Troutman was taken into custody after Nye County Sheriff’s detectives were alerted to videos and images of children, “engaged in various sexually explicit[...]

By Mark Waite Valley Electric Association had a good year in 2011, with a healthy $4.6 million in margins, according to a report delivered by VEA Chief Financial Officer Rick Eckert to the board of directors Tuesday. The margins, or profits, rose from $2.7 million in 2010 and were more than the $3 million budgeted.[...]