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Review of national monuments prompts BLM to postpone Gold Butte forum

Public is invited to weigh in on the review of 22 national monuments targeted for reconsideration, including two in Nevada: Gold Butte in northeastern Clark County and Basin and Range in remote Lincoln and Nye counties.

Money to create state parks gets first OK in Nevada Legislature

A major funding boost for Nevada’s state park system sought by Gov. Brian Sandoval — including the creation of new state parks at Tule Springs in Las Vegas — won approval Thursday from a legislative budget subcommittee.

Storey County sheriff faces recall, misconduct allegations

A sheriff accused of misconduct in an old Nevada mining town faced a recall election Tuesday sparked by an odd mix of local critics, an influential brothel owner and managers of the industrial park that houses Tesla’s big factory that makes batteries for its electric cars.

Nevada has science edge if Yucca Mountain licensing resumes

The Department of Energy’s Yucca Mountain program was defunded and dismantled under President Barack Obama, leaving only a handful of scientists from the hundreds who once worked on the project.

Nevada lawmakers favor removing McCarran statue from US Capitol — POLL

One Nevada state legislative leader said Wednesday he agrees that it is time to replace the statue of the former U.S. Sen. Patrick McCarran in the Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol because of his history of racism and anti-Semitism.