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.
Young people, who tend not to get as sick from the coronavirus, are largely behind the recent surge in the state to record case levels, even as deaths have been declining.
Caleb Cage, COVID-19 response director, and Julia Peek, a deputy administrator with the Division of Public and Behavioral Health, will lead the online briefing at 11 a.m.