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Nye County, Nevada — Officials were responding to an active shooter incident in Pahrump, Nevada Thursday afternoon. The Nye County Sheriff’s Officer sent out the following alert: “Deputies are on scene in the 3200 block of Kings Way. Deputies are taking rounds over head. This is an active shooter situation and all residents are advised to avoid the area and stay in your houses.” Further details were not available. It was unclear if anyone was wounded. SNIP Deputies taking rounds Nye County Sheriff

So far, Heidi Fleiss’s 2020 hasn’t exactly been a flying success. The former Hollywood madam — during the 1990s she furnished call girls to Charlie Sheen and other A-listers — began the year worried about the ­future of her macaw sanctuary. Since 2006, she has cared for some three dozen rescued birds at her extremely remote desert home in Pahrump, Nev., but three years ago she was allegedly fleeced out of a $400,000 inheritance that grew into a $4 million investment, leaving her penniless. Her lawsuit over that matter seemed stalled earlier this year. Then there was the pandemic and...

LAS VEGAS — Authorities in Nevada say Art Bell, a syndicated radio host best known for nightly shows in the 1990s about paranormal themes and conspiracy theories, died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly posted a brief Facebook announcement on Wednesday saying an autopsy determined the 72-year-old Bell died of "multiple drug intoxication from his own lawfully prescribed prescriptions." Coroner John Fudenberg in Las Vegas says Bell had the painkillers..

Art Bell, a radio host best known for a paranormal-themed nightly show syndicated on hundreds of stations in the 1990s, died at his home in southern Nevada, authorities said Saturday.

PAHRUMP, NV (FOX5) - Longtime Pahrump resident and radio host Arthur Bell died Friday at the age of 72, according to the Nye County Sheriff's Office.

Radio host Art Bell – known for his conspiracy theories and interest in paranormal activity and UFOs – is dead, according to the Nye County Sheriff’s Department in Nevada. “Community Announcement — Long time resident, and radio show host, Art Bell died today at 72 years old in his home in Pahrump Nevada,” the Sheriff’s Department has announced on Facebook. Few other details were provided. Sharon Wehrly, Nye County Sheriff, said that Bell passed away on April 13, 2018, adding that he was “best known for his conspiracy theories.” How did Bell die? That’s unknown, at least for now. He...

A Pahrump brothel has offered to host U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s retirement party. After the news that Reid would not be running for re-election in 2016, Sheri’s Ranch posted an open letter to Reid. Sheri’s Ranch, 60 miles west of Las Vegas, says several of the senator’s accomplishments have directly improved the lives of Nevada’s legal sex workers and thanked Reid for his years of service. Here is the text of the letter: Dear Senator Reid, The staff and courtesans of The Resort and Spa at Sheri’s Ranch (aka Sheri’s Ranch) would like to be among those who have officially...

A group fighting the establishment of a prison in Pahrump is among the latest to be sued for copyright infringement after a Las Vegas Review-Journal story allegedly was posted on its website. Righthaven LLC, the Las Vegas company suing website operators throughout North America over Review-Journal stories, on Tuesday filed suit in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas against Pahrump Life and two individuals associated with the group, Maren and Michael Scaccia. This was one of at least four Righthaven lawsuits filed Tuesday, boosting its lawsuit total since March to at least 128.

PAHRUMP, Nev.—Like a scene from a Western movie, the two top lawmen here are settling their scores in public. In May, a Nye County sheriff's deputy arrested the district attorney. The sheriff, Tony De Meo, alleges that the D.A., Robert Beckett, was misusing public funds. According to Mr. De Meo, public money had gone to supporting the local cheerleading squad, led by the D.A.'s wife, and to make a family friend's car payments. No charges have been filed, in part because Mr. Beckett, the D.A., refuses to charge himself. Meanwhile, Mr. Beckett appointed a special prosecutor to investigate possible abuses...

Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett was involved in two separate motor vehicle accidents Sunday, June 15, the latter of which resulted in his being arrested and booked on a single charge of driving under the influence. The first incident, a single-vehicle rollover, occurred at approximately 1:30 p.m. in Shoshone, Calif., according to the California State Highway Patrol. Although the driver is not listed by name on the press release, an employee at Two Star Towing confirmed the company was dispatched to the same incident and the driver listed on their report is Beckett. In addition, the vehicle towed from...

Clearly angry and frustrated, but indicating no intention of removing himself from his campaign for re-election, Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett, 49, spoke at length during a press conference yesterday afternoon. He was arrested Tuesday on 42 counts relating to the county-wide Bad Check Program. He used the press conference to introduce attorney Leslie Stovall, of Stovall and Associates in Pahrump, as a special prosecutor to try to get to the bottom of the matter. Beckett continued to deny any wrongdoing and maintained the charges against him were politically motivated. He said there had never been an audit request...

This letter is in regard to the small article hidden in the back pages of the Friday, Aug. 21 (PVT) issue reporting how town manager, Bill Kohbarger, has threatened any town employee or board member with "disciplinary action," should they reveal any town business without his approval. This stemming from the information "leaked" that Harry Reid was coming to Pahrump. His reasoning behind this action is "protestors showed up" and it was embarrassing. Our right to speak out against government was the first thing the Founding Fathers sought to protect. Our right to assemble to voice those grievances was included....

On Monday, Front Sight's assets were returned to Ignatius Piazza. After being in receivership for seven days, Front Sight Firearms Training Institute dodged a bullet but got hit in the wallet. Piazza is back in control of the organization he founded 12 years ago, pending his making a payment today of more than $600,000 into the already established fund for the members of a class action suit filed against him and Front Sight in November 2005. In a short hearing two days ago, U.S. District Court Judge James Ware, in San Jose, Calif., discharged George C. Fisher as Front Sight's...

At 11 a.m. Monday, Front Sight Firearms Training Institute and its president, Ignatius Piazza, went into receivership. All financial transactions involving the firearms training facility -- from accepting payment for classes to paying staff and vendors -- must take place through a court-appointed administrator. The facility and all assets have been seized by the court, down to the hundreds of firearms included as part of new members' benefits. However, despite the ruling, this weekend at Front Sight everything was "business as usual," according to Operations Manager Rick Morello. He said he knew nothing about the legal proceedings. "We have a...

It started when the Pahrump NV. Town Manager Bill Kohbarger placed on the town board meeting agenda a proposition banning guns from the city property. However, Pahrump residents caught wind of what Kohbarger and his leftist gun grabbing acolytes were scheming and by the time the board meeting started, scores of angry citizens were already packing the town hall. Read what happened next:

In a largely symbolic move reflecting frustration with the unwillingness of the federal government to enforce its own immigration laws, the Pahrump Town Board on Nov. 14 adopted an ordinance that bans the flying of foreign flags by themselves (as opposed to "below the Stars and Stripes," presumably) and declaring English the town's official language. They also threw in "denying town benefits" to illegal aliens. No one seems sure what benefits those would be. New Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo immediately called the measure unconstitutional and said he wouldn't enforce it. In fact, flag-flying and speaking Spanish are pretty well...

A decades-old political organization that supports Hispanic candidates and fights anti-immigrant legislation has picked Pahrump as the site for its first Nevada chapter. The Los Angeles-based Mexican American Political Association moved to launch a Pahrump chapter shortly after the Town Board there approved an ordinance that declared English the official language, denied town benefits to undocumented immigrants and banned the flying of foreign flags by themselves. Association member Al Castaneda said the group originally planned to open its first Nevada chapter in Las Vegas, but the location was changed because of "this little situation" in Nye County's largest

Pahrump resident Bob Tamburrino flies the Italian and Polish flags he and his wife raised on Saturday to protest a new town ordinance that disallows the flying of a foreign flag by itself, makes English the town's official language and denies town benefits to illegal immigrants. PAHRUMP -- In a small act of civil disobedience, Pahrump residents Bob and Liese Tamburrino on Saturday raised an Italian flag and a Polish flag over their garage. In a not-so-civil act, a vandal or vandals, in the middle of the night less than 24 hours later, egged their Italian flag. Advertisement Click here...

Ordinance declares English town's official language, limits flying foreign flags, denies benefits After a heated public meeting Tuesday night that was repeatedly interrupted by boos and applause, the Pahrump Town Board adopted an ordinance that targets illegal immigrants. The ordinance declares English the town's official language, sets restrictions on flying foreign flags and denies town benefits to undocumented immigrants. Approval of the ordinance was met with a standing ovation and cheers by many of the approximately 250 people at the meeting.

Many Pahrump residents who opposed a controversial town ordinance may have been intimidated into avoiding the public meeting about it Tuesday night, Hispanics in Politics President Fernando Romero said Wednesday. Romero said many oppose the ordinance, which declares English the town's official language, sets restrictions on flying foreign flags and denies town benefits to undocumented immigrants, but he can't blame them for not showing up to urge its rejection