Blagg Road News Today

Denton police, using a drone and a K-9, apprehended a 56-year-old man who they allege stole wiring from a Denton Municipal Electric substation Friday.

Rainstorms have been a prominent feature of both winter and summer weather over the past few years and the fallout means area roads, already a subject for continual complaint, are getting even worse. While Nye County Public Works is doing all it can to tackle maintenance and repairs, department director Tom Bolling said it’s been a real struggle to keep pace with the constant demand.

An officer-involved shooting remains under investigation by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office following the shooting of a suspect on the north end of Pahrump.

It took 9 months to repave 1.2 miles at a cost of $950,000.

Septic issues, water well woes, design flaws and more are to blame for the delay. Here’s what we know.

The much-delayed Basin Avenue improvement project has been inconveniencing drivers for seven months. Officials initially said everything would wrap prior to Pahrump’s Fall Festival which attracts thousands of motorists to the area. But it could come down to the wire.

As of 3 p.m. Friday, crews were back on the scene of a fire that had largely been contained on Thursday afternoon.

Pahrump first responders are at the scene of a structure fire along the 3800 block of West Quail Run Road according to the Nye County Sheriff’s Office.

The project began in February but has faced paving contract obstacles. It was projected to be done by this summer, but should now wrap before the Fall Festival, officials say.

THE HILL — Tina Meyers has been homeless in Pahrump since August 2018, ever since she says her ex-husband was arrested for kidnapping.