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Eye drops recalled after infections in Nevada, other states

One person has died from the outbreak linked to the over-the-counter eye drops, and at least five others had permanent vision loss, health officials said.

Emails reveal tensions in Colorado River talks

Competing priorities and outsized demands stymied a deal last summer on how to drastically reduce water use from the parched Colorado River.

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Fossil site in Nevada could be ancient maternity ward

Once a tropical sea, the site — part of Nevada’s Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park — now sits in a dry, dusty landscape near an abandoned mining town.

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.

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.

Former Nevada deputy AG arrested in 1972 Hawaii homicide

Tudor Chirila Jr., 77, was being held Thursday in the Washoe County Jail without bail on a charge of being a fugitive from another state.

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.

Geothermal plant wins appeal but pauses Nevada construction

The developer of a geothermal power plant facing legal challenges in Nevada agreed to suspend construction just hours after a U.S. appeals court had refused to halt the project.

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.