The State Environmental Commission voted Wednesday to add “renewable energy development and storage” to the list of acceptable post-production uses for shuttered mines to encourage developers to use the already-disturbed land.
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After a 90-day review of the Dixie Valley toad, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday that the rare amphibian warrants a more comprehensive 12-month study to determine if it should become Nevada’s newest listed species.
As protesters rallied outside a Reno casino Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions used a speech to a conference of school resource officers to publicly defend the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy on illegal immigration.
Last week, advocates held a live Q&A with the Clark County School District budget chief and challenged legislators at a public meeting to step up to the plate. Other behind-the-scenes organizing efforts also are quietly building momentum.
Nye County Commission District 4 candidate Tina Trenner is seeking a recount after she lost to Leo Blundo by eight votes in the county’s tightest primary race of 2018.
The number of children in Nevada without health insurance was cut by more than half between 2011 and 2016, but the state’s rate of uninsured kids remains ninth highest in the U.S., according to a new report.
Stacy Perry, a 39-year-old mother of four in Las Vegas battling stage 4 colon cancer, says she “cried tears of joy” when President Donald Trump signed the bill on May 30. But her doctor says he doesn’t see much benefit from the bill.
The Fund For People In Parks, a nonprofit sponsorship group founded in 2014, has raised more than $800,000 for 30 projects at 11 different parks, including Death Valley and Great Basin national parks.
An amendment backed by Nevada Democrats that would have stripped money for the proposed Yucca Mountain project from a spending bill for the Department of Energy died in the House on Thursday.
Sweeping legislation to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs, fund improved programs that serve millions of vets nationwide, including roughly 300,000 in Nevada, was signed into law Wednesday by President Donald Trump.
Under a proposal that will be the subject of a public meeting on Tuesday, Clark County would open almost 39,000 acres of federal land for development and allow the Las Vegas metropolitan area to spill beyond its current boundaries.
A federal appeals court has tossed out a lawsuit by the state of Texas that sought to force a licensing decision on the proposed nuclear waste storage project at Yucca Mountain.
Recreation area’s YouTube video highlights the history, scenery and science that hikers encounter when they walk the Historic Railroad Trail, which traces the route built in 1931 to ferry material to the Hoover Dam construction site
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Celine Dion told her documentary audience, “This is by far the biggest crowd I’ve had in years. I hope to see you all again very, very soon.”
NSHE acknowledged concerns from the Jewish community about comments made by a regent who serves as vice chair of the board’s diversity committee.
Two teenage twins accused in commercial firework attacks in a Henderson church in March were indicted last week on several felony charges.
