Six out of seven Colorado River basin states have settled on a proposed set of cuts aimed at saving the crumbling river system and preventing Lake Mead and Lake Powell from crashing — with one very notable state missing from the agreement.
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Competing priorities and outsized demands stymied a deal last summer on how to drastically reduce water use from the parched Colorado River.
Online retailer TheDrop.com launched in San Francisco in 2017, but CEO Matt Falcinelli knew all along that when it was time to establish the streetwear company’s headquarters it couldn’t be in California.
Moving back the deadline to mail in a ballot, requiring an ID to vote, and increasing penalties for submitting fake electoral certificates are all on the table.
Nevada and three others states are the only ones in which all counties are experencing low levels of the virus.
Many companies that donated only to former Gov. Steve Sisolak suddenly opened their checkbooks once Joe Lombardo won the governor’s race in November.
The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation traces a plume of hydrocarbons to a former maintenance facility, and is asking the Legislature for money to build a new school in another location.
The Democratic-controlled Legislature may have to compromise on environmental priorities after Republican Joe Lombardo defeated former Gov. Steve Sisolak.
The water authority’s board of directors voted unanimously for $37 million for the Garnet Valley Water Transition System project, a series of pipelines that will bring water to the industrial park.
The Bureau of Land Management issued a trespass citation after mining equipment was found on habitat for a rare flower in Northern Nevada.
Clark County on Tuesday appointed longtime local government officer Sabra Smith Newby to the Nevada Assembly.
The Elko County Board of Health is scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss and consider placing a moratorium on COVID-19 and flu vaccines in the county.
Housing affordability and evictions comprise “the biggest issue facing our community,” the Southern Nevada nonprofit law firm said in a news release.
The group that stages the famous annual Black Rock Desert event says the federal approval of the geothermal project ignored its potential harms.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., announced on Twitter she tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday afternoon. She is experiencing mild symptoms.
