Herbicide treatments, set to begin Tuesday, will target red brome and other nonnative grasses at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and three other sites that have been slow to recover since being scorched by wildfires.
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People packed the Chaparral High School gymnasium Sunday evening to hear Michelle Obama, celebrities and local leaders speak on the importance of registering to vote. They called on the crowd to ensure they were registered — and to ensure their friends, family and colleagues were registered — with Election Day around the corner.
The U.S. Department of Justice grants will go to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which will receive the biggest grant in Nevada at $1.35 million; the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, $1 million; the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, $450,000; and the Moapa Band of Paiutes, about $300,000.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday honored four Metropolitan Police Department for their efforts the night of the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Strip.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority board voted unanimously Thursday to appeal a recent state engineer’s ruling that blocked its plans to pipe in water from Eastern Nevada.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority’s board is expected to approve an appeal of the most recent state ruling against its plans to pipe groundwater to Las Vegas from across eastern Nevada at a special meeting on Thursday.
U.S. Department of Energy proposal to store up to a ton of weapons-grade plutonium at the Nevada National Security Site, 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is condemned by state lawmakers.
The Bureau of Land Management has announced plans to transfer ownership of the ghost town to Esmeralda County, ending a decadeslong property dispute that has prevented residents from getting clear title to the land.