The toxic element is turning up in the feathers of peregrine falcons from coast to coast, including those living full time at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, according to a new study by Nevada Department of Wildlife biologist Joe Barnes.
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Dozens of rare relict leopard frogs were set free Thursday in their new urban habitat at the Springs Preserve, part of the effort to revive the species thought to be extinct along the Virgin and Colorado rivers before it was discovered anew near Lake Mead in 1991.
Precious water is vanishing into thin air at the Colorado River’s two largest reservoirs, and scientists are only now learning the true scale of the problem.
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Clark County Credit Union partnered with the Southern Nevada Burn Foundation in October for Fire Prevention Month, providing information and a donation to support children who are burn survivors by sending them to special camps during the summer months.
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The money will help existing charter school brands expand while encouraging new charter schools to open in Nevada, according to Opportunity 180 CEO Tamara Shear.
Nevada on Tuesday joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration aiming to release emergency funding to a food program that helps feed nearly 500,000 residents as the federal government shutdown stretches on.
The Southern Nevada Health District identified the case on Thursday and asked parents at the high school to monitor their children for symptoms of the respiratory illness.
The Nevada Air National Guard says the red fir was grown in the Carson Ranger District and has been temporarily housed at its Reno base before it heads to Washington.
