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Pence picks Nevada GOP primary instead of caucus

The party has barred candidates from participating in the Feb. 8 caucuses if they also run in the primary election.

1872 Mining Law clarified in Nevada; lithium mine can proceed

The Interior Department announced it is taking steps to clarify mineral rights under the 1872 law to reflect the “realities of the 21st century.”

New, unusual court bid in fight over endangered Nevada toad

The developer of a proposed geothermal power plant is asking a judge to allow it to scale back by 80 percent the original plan U.S. land managers approved last November.

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Hand vote count stops, but Nye County vows to try again

Nye County officials vowed to reshape their plan and seek another go-ahead from the state Supreme Court after justices ruled that counting methods used violated rules they set.

Secretary of state OKs rules for hand counting of votes

The regulations take effect Oct. 1 and will last until November 2023, though officials hope to adopt them permanently.

Flash floods close Death Valley, Mojave preserve roads

Officials have closed some roads in and out of Death Valley National Park and the Mojave National Preserve after they were inundated over the weekend with mud and debris caused by by flash flooding.

Nevada man sentenced for assault on Vegas-Seattle flight

A Nevada man must serve six months home confinement and pay more than $49,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to assault and interference with airline crew members.

US to hold back Lake Powell water to protect hydropower

U.S. officials announced plans Tuesday to keep hundreds of billions of gallons of water stored in a reservoir on the Utah-Arizona line to prevent it from shrinking more.

Ex-Nevada inmate gets another life sentence in Colorado

Jurors found Alex Ewing guilty in the death of Patricia Smith in Lakewood, eight months after he was found guilty of killing three members of a family in another Denver suburb.

Nevada toad declared endangered at site of geothermal plant

In a rare emergency move, the U.S government temporarily declared a northern Nevada toad endangered, saying a geothermal power plant in the works could result in its extinction.

 
West’s megadrought the worst in 1,200 years, study says

The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds.