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Tule Springs monument gets new superintendent

Diane Keith, a 26-year National Park Service veteran, will oversee fossil-rich national monument in north Las Vegas Valley.

Nevada lawmakers accept $5.9M to help with flood recovery

State lawmakers on Thursday voted to accept $5.9 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for damage from this past winter’s major flooding.

Court upholds plan to pipe groundwater to Las Vegas Valley

But in ruling against lawsuit filed by local governments, tribes and environmental groups, federal judge orders Bureau of Land Management to develop plan to repair environmental damage caused by the $15 billion project.

Nevada prisons paid $12.5M in overtime last fiscal year

A state lawmaker said Thursday that overtime costs being incurred by the Nevada Department of Corrections reached $12.5 million last fiscal year and are unsustainable.

Nevada Legislature approves final payment for ESA software

The final action on Nevada’s controversial private school choice program came Thursday when the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee approved $105,000 to pay off the remaining costs incurred by a vendor who was working on the development of software to implement the program.

Zinke says he recommended no national monuments be eliminated

But Interior secretary says he will urge changes in the boundaries of a handful of the monuments he reviewed, while declining to provide specifics of his report to President Donald Trump.

 
White House to give Pentagon plan on transgender ban

The White House is expected to tell the Pentagon in coming days how to implement a ban on transgender people in the military, according to a memo that says the defense secretary may decide whether to remove service members based on their ability to deploy, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.