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Ranchers criticize Southern Nevada water agency’s pipeline plan

Opponents of the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s plan to siphon groundwater in eastern Nevada and pipe it to the Las Vegas Valley fill slate for public comment at end of first week of the state engineer’s hearing.

Ruling on Southern Nevada water agency’s pipeline project months away

At ongoing hearing, Nevada engineer asks all parties to the disputed plan to siphon groundwater in eastern Nevada and pump it to the Las Vegas area to submit draft proposals spelling out how they think he should rule.

Coloring quirk lets wild burro stand out in Southern Nevada

The “cream burro” roaming Kyle Canyon is one of only a few with that coloration among the thousand or so wild burros in Southern Nevada, says BLM specialist Tabitha Romero.

 
Threatened desert tortoises set free south of Boulder City

Government scientists on Friday released a dozen members of a threatened tortoise species into a conservation area about 25 miles southeast of Las Vegas in a bid to “jump start” the existing population.

Mexico quakes rattle Nevada’s endangered Devils Hole pupfish

In a mysterious geological phenomenon, shockwaves from the quakes traveled a distance of more than 1,500 miles to churned the water inside Devils Hole, 80 miles west of Las Vegas.

Beatty on track to be Nevada’s first all-fiber-optic community

Beatty, a rural town of about 1,000 residents about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas near Death Valley National Park, will be Nevada’s first all-fiber-optic connected community.

Nevada, Nye County take opposite sides in Yucca Mountain battle

Foes in the 35-year-old debate over the safety of the proposed repository for the nation’s high-level radioactive waste, stake out staked out familiar positions Wednesday in a panel discussion at a radioactive waste conference in Las Vegas.