Pahrump News

06/12/2024

06/11/2024

06/10/2024

The Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. countywide. Polls will be open in Amargosa Valley, Beatty, Pahrump, Round Mountain, Tonopah, and the Yomba Tribe in Reese River Valley.
See attached for polling addresses.

Ballots can also be dropped at any Nye County Polling Location on Election Day, and during regular office hours at:
- Clerk’s Office, 101 Radar Road, Tonopah
- Clerk’s Office, 1520 East Basin Ave, Pahrump

Mail-in Ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday, June 11th, to be counted.

Here is the Notice of Offices and Terms for which Candidates will be nominated.

Primary Election information page, including all sample ballots.

Here is the Statewide County-by-County Early Voter numbers.

County Results will be posted to the Primary Election page, Nye County page, and State Election website.

06/10/2024

On 6/10/2024 at approximately 1025 hrs., Nye County Sheriff’s Deputy Ruesch was responding to a disturbance call in the area of Terrible’s Lakeside Casino. Upon Deputy Ruesch’s arrival, he became engaged in a physical altercation with a male. While this was occurring, an unidentified private citizen stopped and assisted Deputy Ruesch. With the help of the private citizen, Deputy Ruesch was able to take the male into custody without injury to himself or the suspect. Sheriff McGill and his staff want to public thank this private citizen for coming to the aid of Deputy Ruesch. This selfless act by the private citizen helped bring this incident to a peaceful end.

06/08/2024

Lucy Smith is crowned the 2024 Miss Pahrump
1st Attendant Tailey Hastings
2nd Attendant Emilee Rodriguez

06/07/2024

The second Movies in the Park of the 2024 season is Saturday, June 8th, at 8:15 p.m. This week's movie is the 1971 family comedy classic "W***y Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," starring Gene Wilder. The movie is rated G and runs for 1 hour, 40 minutes.

From IMDB: "A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of W***y Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory."

Come down to Ian Deutch Memorial Park (1600 Honeysuckle St.) and enjoy a FREE movie sponsored by the Town of Pahrump. The snack bar is also open and run by a non-profit organization.

Barbecues and fires are not permitted. The National Weather Service projects a temperature of 97 degrees at showtime.

06/07/2024

Please join us for our Annual Meeting on June 14th. We look forward to seeing you.

06/07/2024

06/07/2024

Please be advised that scammers are calling Valley Electric members regarding a "Rebate," and they ask for bank and/or card information to be able to give the member the funds. Valley Electric will NOT ask for any bank information over the phone.
If you are suspicious about any call, please hang up and call the organization directly. NEVER give any personal information out over the phone.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at 775-727-5312.

06/07/2024

06/07/2024

Sheriff McGill recently presented Captain Means with his P.O.S.T. Management Certificate. The Management Certificate is awarded after successfully completing the 200 hour P.O.S.T. Management course. The course material consists of a variety of topics specifically related to the management of a law enforcement agency. Please join us in congratulating Captain Means on his accomplishment.

06/07/2024

Search & Rescue Garage Sale

Southern Nye County Search & Rescue is having a garage sale to raise money to support their operations. Southern Nye County Search & Rescue is an invaluable resource for the NCSO. Please come out and support them.

06/07/2024

Wildland Fire News
FOR RELEASE: June 7, 2024
Contact list (alphabetical by agency)
Bureau of Indian Affairs – Christopher Henrie – (435) 674-9720
Bureau of Land Management – Shane Kelly – (702) 279-4157
Bureau of Reclamation - Vernon Cunningham – (702) 280-3442
Clark County Fire Department – Brian O’Neal - (702 455-7757
Mesquite Fire Rescue – Jorge Macias – (702) 419-3042
Moapa Valley Fire District – Stephen Neel - 702-817-3179
Mount Charleston Fire Protection District - Jason Douglas – (702) 305-4010
National Park Service – John Haynes- (725) 295-0753
Nevada Division of Forestry – Raul Arroyo – (702) 439-1615
Pahrump Valley Fire & Rescue - Scott Lewis - (775) 727-5658
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Jenner Harsha – (916) 291-3791
USDA Forest Service - Erica Hupp - (775) 771-4777

Southern Nevada Fire Restrictions Order Announced

LAS VEGAS – On June 8, 2024 the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Clark County, Moapa Valley Fire Protection District, Mesquite Fire Rescue, Mt. Charleston Fire Protection District, National Park Service, Nevada Division of Forestry, Nye County, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and USDA Forest Service are implementing fire restrictions in Southern Nevada.

Interagency fire restrictions prohibit:
Setting, building, maintaining, attending, or using open fire of any kind is prohibited, except campfires within approved fire pits and grills provided for in developed recreation sites. Controlled flame devices such as portable stoves and lanterns with shut-off valves, using gas, jellied petroleum, or pressurized liquid fuel are allowed.
Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or camp trailer, or while stopped or standing in a three-foot diameter area barren or cleared of all flammable materials.
Operating or parking a vehicle or other motorized equipment over or on top of dried/cured vegetation.
Any Hot Work involving electric or gas welding, cutting, brazing, or similar flame or spark-producing operations.
Recommended Actions:
Have a shovel, fire extinguisher and/or at least 5 gallons of water on hand in the event of an unintentional fire start.
Utilize nevadafireinfo.org to obtain information on fire activity and additional restrictions.
The following persons are exempt from this order:
Person with a permit specifically authorizing the otherwise prohibited act or omission.
Any federal, state, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force, in the performance of an official duty.

This Fire Prevention Order is effective 12:01 AM, on the 8th day of June 2024 and will remain in effect until the 31st day of December 2024, unless rescinded earlier.

VISIT NEVADAFIREINFO.ORG to see full restriction order information and helpful maps.
These restriction orders are considered Stage I. Stage II fire restrictions may be implemented later. The Southern Nevada District BLM has year-round fire restrictions that always limit certain activities. The Southern Nevada Fire Prevention Group works diligently to make fire restrictions easy to understand. Fire restrictions may be different in other areas of Nevada.
Agency-specific exceptions/exemptions and additional restrictions in place:

Bureau of Land Management, Southern Nevada District Year-Round Fire Restrictions
Possessing, discharging, using, or allowing the use of fireworks, pyrotechnic or incendiary devices.
Possessing, discharging, igniting, or causing to burn; explosives or explosive material, including binary explosive targets.
Discharging a firearm using tracer, incendiary, or steel-component ammunition. [Use of tracer or incendiary ammunition are always prohibited on public lands].
Operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting devise properly installed, maintained and in effective working order. (43 CFR 8343.1(c)).
Clark County
Clark County allows:
Small fires for religious or ceremonial purposes, cooking, and warmth of human beings provided they don't become a public nuisance.
Outside the Las Vegas Valley, when such fire is set on a field used for growing crops in the course of disposing of unused portions of a crop and intermingled weeds resulting from an agriculture operation.
Domestic burning of material originating on premises, exclusive of garbage, at a property used exclusively as a private residence or dwelling where there is no collection service available for such material.
Any burning so permitted must be controlled so that public nuisance or traffic hazards are not created as a result of the air contaminants being emitted.
National Park Service
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Wood or charcoal fires allowed in grills of developed picnic areas and campgrounds where a host is present
Wood or charcoal burning devices allowed on the shoreline where natural vegetation is at least 100 feet from the shoreline.
Barbecue grills allowed on private boats outside the harbors of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave. Rental boats are authorized to use barbecues attached to vessel if allowed under rental boat agreement. All vessel barbecue fires must be at least 100 feet away from shoreline vegetation.
Smoking is allowed outside of an enclosed vehicle in areas that are cleared of all flammable material for at least three feet. Ci******es must be discarded in a car ashtray or an ashtray in a developed area.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Fires are never permitted within monument area.
Nevada Division of Forestry
In Nevada state parks, park staff may or may not allow campfires on a day-to-day basis based on current local weather conditions. During Red Flag Warning issuances or other weather events, park staff may post signage stating that campfires are not allowed.
Nye County
No discharging of fireworks, pyrotechnics, or incendiary devices.
Pahrump, NV only:
Property owners must obtain a burn permit during burn season at 300 North Highway 160, Pahrump, NV.
The Burn moratorium is from May 15th-November 1st. No burning is permitted during this period of time.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Desert National Wildlife Refuge
While fire restrictions are in effect, fires are not allowed anywhere on the Desert National Wildlife Refuge outside of the Desert Pass Campground.
Use of the fire rings at the Desert Pass campground is required while restrictions are in force. No rock rings or ground fires are allowed.
Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge
Visitors are required to use grills or the provided fire rings. No rock rings or ground fires are allowed.
USDA Forest Service
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area
Campfires are only allowed within the approved fire pits or grills provided in developed recreation sites. A developed recreation site has Forest Service signage that designates it as an agency-owned campground or day use area and is identified on a Forest Service map as a site developed for that purpose.
Operating a chainsaw or other equipment powered by an internal combustion engine between 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. is prohibited during fire restrictions.
Outdoor smoking is only authorized while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is clear of all flammable materials.
Year-round fire restrictions are also still in effect for the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. For details on what is prohibited, visit https://bit.ly/HTNFFireRestrictions or www.nevadafireinfo.org. To learn more about fire restrictions, check out these frequently asked questions at http://bit.ly/FireRestrictionsFAQs.

The public is urged to contact the local USDA Forest Service office at (702) 872-5486, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at (702) 515-5450, National Park Service at (702) 293-8990, Bureau of Land Management at (702) 515-5000, or visit nevadafireinfo.org if they have any questions.

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Kirsten Cannon, APR
Public Affairs Specialist
Southern Nevada District
4701 North Torrey Pines
Las Vegas, Nevada 89130
Office: 702-515-5057
Cell: 702-595-2034
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06/06/2024

Swim Lesson signups start Monday

The Pahrump Community Swimming Pool will hold swim lesson signups on Monday, June 10th, and Tuesday, June 11th, starting at 11:30 a.m. both days

Class times and dates are not available at this time.

The toddler swim lessons are supported by a grant from the Southern Nevada Chapter of the International Code Council.
https://www.nyecountynv.gov/DocumentCenter/View/46501/Item21

Pahrump Community Swimming Pool webpage.
https://pahrumpnv.gov/178/Community-Swimming-Pool

06/05/2024

Attention Graduating class of 2024 🎉
Diplomas are ready early! Please feel free to come in to the PVHS main office any time between 7am and 2:30pm, Monday through Friday until the office closes June 14th. We look forward to seeing you!
A quick reminder that if you were awarded an honor stole and you want to keep it, please bring $20 cash or the stole to return. If you borrowed a tassel and want to keep it, please bring $15 cash or bring the tassel back to us.
If you borrowed a cap and gown, you must bring them back in order to pick up your diploma!

Please remember that if you need someone other than yourself to pick up your diploma to fill out the google form, linked here, https://forms.gle/BxUY7Vyg5RAtdQwC9 or they won't be able to pick it up for you.

Congratulations class of 2024!!!

06/05/2024

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06/05/2024

Excessive Heat Warning issued for Southern Nye County
The National Weather Service has issued an EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS for Southern Nye County, effective 10 a.m. Wednesday to 9 p.m. Friday.

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions for early June. High temperatures were 107 to 114 for Pahrump Valley and Amargosa Valley, and 118 to 122 degrees for Death Valley National Park.

Please Note that Beatty will be under a Heat Advisory from Wednesday through Friday, with 102 to 104 degrees highs.

Excessive Heat Warning, Wednesday to Friday
Heat Advisory for Beatty, Wednesday to Friday

06/04/2024

Park employee died in off-duty vehicle crash

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. – Rigoberto “RJ” Avina died in a vehicle crash in Death Valley National Park on May 26. Avina had worked for the National Park Service for nearly 3 years but was not on duty at the time of the accident.

“RJ's passing leaves a hole in our community’s heart,” said Superintendent Mike Reynolds. “He was a smart young man with a bright future. I will miss his smile and grieve for his family’s loss.”

Avina, 28, of Pahrump, NV, had worked in Death Valley National Park’s maintenance division since September 2021. He was survived by his wife and two young sons.

Avina died in a single-vehicle accident on CA-190. Vehicle crashes are the leading cause of fatalities in Death Valley National Park.

-www.nps.gov/deva-

Death Valley National Park is the homeland of the Timbisha Shoshone and preserves natural resources, cultural resources, exceptional wilderness, scenery, and learning experiences within the nation’s largest conserved desert landscape and some of the most extreme climate and topographic conditions on the planet. Learn more at www.nps.gov/deva.

NOTE: There is a Go Fund Me set up for the family
https://gofund.me/eb35f193

06/04/2024

The Las Vegas Spaceport said it has recieved approval from Clark County for its first construction permits for the project that aims to launch aircrafts into Earth’s airport.

06/03/2024

Two vehicle crash on Postal Road and Loop Road. Medics are assessing for possible injuries.
Photo credit: Eddie O’Brien

06/03/2024

Two vehicle crash on Highway 160 and Dandelion Street. Medics are assessing three patients for injuries. An additional medic unit has been requested to respond. Three patients are being transported to Desert View Hospital via Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue ambulance.
Photo credit: Eddie O’Brien

06/02/2024