A coalition is asking the BLM to cancel permitting for the project, proposed to wipe out more than 2,000 acres of desert tortoise habitat west of Las Vegas.
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These species, listed under the Endangered Species Act, are at risk of being lost from the only place they exist in the world — Nevada.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving a semi-truck and a car that left a woman and two children dead northeast of the Las Vegas Valley.
Communities In Schools of Nevada said it will receive a five-year federal grant to expand services at six Nevada schools, two of them in Clark County.
The Moapa Valley Recreation Center off Highway 168 in Moapa also is ready to be an evacuation center if needed.
The Nevada Division of Public Health reported a person died from a brain-eating amoeba in Lincoln County.
One stallion with a snapped rear leg was chased by a helicopter and horseback rider for 35 minutes before being euthanized, according to witnesses.
Before it hits a glass, water taken directly from Lake Mead, the Colorado River or the underground water table must run through two Southern Nevada Water Authority facilities.
Desert Radiology has abruptly notified UMC that it is terminating their 57-year working relationship later this year.
Scorching temperatures herald the end of the spring allergy season, when there’s been unusually high levels of ragweed.
There are plenty of things to do and see in Las Vegas that don’t cost a dime.
After dropping more than 50 feet since 2000, latest forecasts show Lake Mead rising by roughly 22 feet by the end of the year.
A warm, sunny Presidents Day marked another sold-out day at Red Rock Canyon from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first sitting president to visit Las Vegas in 1935, when he came to Southern Nevada for the Hoover Dam dedication.
Students in kindergarten through fifth grade can guess when the famous desert tortoise will come out of his Springs Preserve burrow.