Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S., is about to reach its lowest point since the installation of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s.
Local Nevada
Your trusted Nevada news source. Discover local updates, breaking news and headlines for Nevada here.
Google’s new initiative will add carbon-free energy to the electric grid that serves Google’s data centers and infrastructure throughout Nevada.
A Las Vegas paleontologist is still studying the specimens to confirm that his suspicion is true — that the fossils are from the extinct Ice Age helmeted musk ox.
Las Vegas has the second hardest drinking water in the nation, according to new rankings from a group that sells water softeners.
The Kilopower project, currently undergoing testing at the Nevada National Security Site, aims to develop a small, safe and reliable source of electricity for extended stays on the red planet or unmanned scientific missions in deep space.
Kyle Canyon residents are being warned about their drinking water after elevated levels of lead turned up in samples collected from a handful of homes on Mount Charleston.
A new network of high-speed internet connections to 14 Nevada hospitals aims to narrow the state’s rural-urban health-care gap that is largely blamed on a shortage of doctors.
The Desert Research Institute has been awarded a new multiyear contract to assist the U.S. Department of Energy with study and stewardship at the Nevada National Security Site.
Higher-than-expected radiation levels detected in liquid waste shipped from Canada to South Carolina illustrate the folly of shipping even-more-dangerous materials to Nevada by truck and rail, state’s top nuclear safety official says.
Even after 81 years, stubborn myths still cling to the colossal construction effort that built Hoover Dam. But the most incredible story about the project is absolutely true.
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.
