The Department of Interior announced a $700 million investment in water conservation projects in the Lower Colorado River Basin.
Nevada
Lithium abounds in Nevada’s federal lands and could hold the key to moving away from fossil fuels. But some worry about the environmental impact of lithium mining.
County fair horse races in White Pine and Elko counties are among rural Nevada’s most important tourism events.
As part of the Oakland Athletics’ nonrelocation agreement, the team could play seven home games per season away from Las Vegas and its planned Strip ballpark.
The Nye County Commission is responding to concerns about mining claims being established around Amargosa Valley and how they could affect groundwater.
Nevada logged fewer than 1,000 coronavirus cases over a single day for the first time in nearly two months, but the head of the state’s COVID-19 response said the holidays may be clouding the numbers.
State data posted Friday also shows that more than 1 million people in Nevada have now been tested for the new coronavirus.
The agency warns that some coronavirus antibody tests are inaccurate and said even the better ones should not be used to determine who can safely return to work or school.
Preliminary numbers from the Clark County coroner’s office show suicides declined in March and April, despite all the pain inflicted on the community by the new coronavirus.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Tuesday that Nevada’s schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
In Clark County, no one would say whether the child of a man who tested positive for the virus was a public or charter school student. In Northern Nevada, things were different.