Richard Stephens

Pahrump

Journalist at Pahrump Valley Times

Reporter at Freelance

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2025 Small Town Weekend section - A small town, big car pizzazz

1 week ago | elrenotribune.com | Richard Stephens

Posted in: El Reno is a small, car-loving town that puts on a big classic car festival every year. A Small Town Weekend, set for June 6-8, is expected to attract as many as 10,000 people. The weekend pays tri...
Sourdough Saloon reopens under new ownership by Nick Houck and Marco LoPiccolo

4 weeks ago | pvtimes.com | Richard Stephens

One of Beatty’s most iconic and venerable businesses held a grand re-opening Friday, May 9. The Sourdough Saloon is back open under new owners Nick Houck and Marco LoPiccolo. The exact age of the saloon is open to debate, with some claiming that the main building dates from the earliest days of the Rhyolite boom, and others estimating that it might date from the 1940s. The original building has expanded over the years, including an outdoor dining area, but it retains a rustic Old West look.
Beatty Airport master plan discussed at open house event on May 7

1 month ago | pvtimes.com | Richard Stephens

The master plan for the future of Beatty’s airport was the subject of an open house event at the Beatty Community Center, May 7. Attendees perused large posters regarding various features and options of the plan and listened to presentations by, and asked questions of, representatives of the county and of contractor AtkinsRealis.
Beatty hosts Bighorn Outback Explorers’ annual poker run April 25-26

1 month ago | pvtimes.com | Richard Stephens

Beatty looked like the off-road capital of the world April 25 and 26, as the town filled with 4x4s and ATVs for the Bighorn Outback Explorers Annual Poker Run. At the April 28 Beatty Town Advisory Board meeting, BOE president Debbie Baker said that this year’s event was an “outstanding success,” with 195 vehicles participating. A majority of participants came from Nevada, with Pahrump and Tonopah well-represented, but there were others from California and Utah.
Beatty’s Cottonwood Park celebrates Earth Day

1 month ago | pvtimes.com | Richard Stephens

Beatty’s Cottonwood Park will attract more butterflies, bees and hummingbirds than ever thanks to this year’s Earth Day event held April 22. The Beatty General Improvement District partnered with the Nature Conservancy and the Southern Nye County Conservation District to plant a variety of native plants that attract pollenators. It was an expansion of the pollenator patch started last year in the northwest corner of the park.
AngloGold Ashanti addresses Beatty Town Advisory Board

1 month ago | pvtimes.com | Richard Stephens

AngloGold Ashanti representative Steve Yopps has compared one of the company’s proposed gold mining projects, called the Expanded Silicone, to the mine in Round Mountain, saying that it could have an operational life of forty to fifty years. He made this statement during a presentation at the April 14 Beatty Town Advisory Board meeting.
What does C and S Disposal recommend to keep burros out of trash dumpsters?

2 months ago | pvtimes.com | Richard Stephens

Years ago, Beatty residents were relieved and happy when Beatty Disposal, part of C and S Waste Solutions, installed garbage dumpsters for its customers. This solved an annoying problem caused by the town’s wild burro population. Previously, folks had used various sorts of barrels to hold their garbage and the burros would get into them, usually by knocking them over, pulling out the garbage and scattering it everywhere.
Grindr offers fertility treatment package for employees

Mar 3, 2025 | progress.org.uk | Joanne Delange |Richard Stephens

A California-based tech company has begun offering its workers up to $300,000 to pay for fertility treatments, including IVF and surrogacy. In 2025, Grindr, the company behind the LGBTQ+ dating app, transitioned to a new health plan. By teaming up with Carrot Fertility, they have offered all employees with more than 18 months tenure a package of support to fund various routes to parenthood, totalling up to $300,000 over five years.
CKMS 102.7 FM - Radio Waterloo

Feb 24, 2025 | radiowaterloo.ca | Richard Stephens

Host, Richard H. Stephens, Fantasy Author, welcomed guest authors, Daryl J. Ball, Sruthi Amalan, and new Reader’s Delight host, Suzanne Craig-Whytock to speak a bit about themselves and read an excerpt from their writings. Daryl J. Ball is the author of a vampiric journal-type novel called the Tannis Project, and the fantasy series, the Barriers of Mibekel. Sruthi Amalan is a Tamil diaspora poet who writes to explore her intersecting identities and the world around her.
Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley nearly finished with flood recovery preservation efforts

Feb 23, 2025 | reviewjournal.com | Richard Stephens

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — Scotty’s Castle, a top Death Valley National Park attraction, stands as a magnificent monument to an unlikely friendship between a pair of evangelical Christians and a notorious conman, gold prospector and former stunt rider in Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show. But popular public tours of the castle ended after the night of Oct. 18, 2015, when a powerful storm dumped nearly a year’s worth of rain on Death Valley’s Grapevine Canyon in five hours.