President-elect Donald Trump’s plans regarding site for high-level nuclear waste remain unclear, but his pick for energy secretary endorsed plan to temporarily store it at site in Texas during his governorship.
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Pvt. Robert Smith never received the Medal of Honor awarded by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877. His 82-year-old grandson, Jerry Reynolds of Elko, finally collected it Monday.
The federal government has been in no hurry to assess the health impacts of two harmful chemicals found in a water supply that Marine veterans from Camp LeJeune, North Carolina blame on cancer and other maladies.
Governor delivers homemade cookies to one guardsman during Pentagon-sponsored visit to Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan.
“If it was right after the attack on Pearl Harbor, I’d want to kick him in the ass. … (But now) I have no hate for the Japanese,” says one 93-year-old former USS Nevada sailor.
It would take more than a decade and cost at least $30 billion before the shuttered underground dump site at Yucca Mountain could begin accepting shipments of highly radioactive waste, according to experts on the controversial project.
New $12.1 million, 15,000-square-foot facility will better serve area’s growing veteran population, CEO of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System says.
First of its kind public-private partnership provides free legal services to qualified active duty military personnel, reservists, National Guard soldiers and veterans in Nevada.
State military officials said Tuesday they have so far found a handful of Army Reserve military police serving in Nevada who are being asked to repay bonuses they received for enlisting or re-enlisting.
The family whose Groom Mine property overlooking top-secret Area 51 was seized by the Air Force through eminent domain said Monday that independent appraisers have valued the land at between $44 million and $116 million — a far cry from the $333,300 the government has offered.
A pitch for military readiness was met with concerns over wildlife, cultural heritage and public access Thursday, as the Air Force detailed its plans to expand the Nevada Test and Training Range northwest of Las Vegas.
Federal researchers reported Wednesday they detonated an underground explosion comparable to nearly 2.5 tons of TNT at a vast former nuclear proving ground in the desert north of Las Vegas.
In tour of areas that could be added to the Nevada Test and Training Range, officials wonder about public access and the possible toll on wildlife.
Military veterans are joining forces with outdoor enthusiasts and the Nevada Conservation Corps to rebuild trails and restore habitats at Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area and the Basin and Range National Monument under a program now in its second year.
A flashback to Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger’s days flying in air combat exercises provides the blue yonder over Nellis Air Force Base with a cameo role in the film “Sully,” which opens Thursday.
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