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US students’ test scores slipping despite recovery efforts

The study used data from about 6.5 million students who took the MAP Growth assessment in reading and math since the onset of the pandemic.

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33 states have had their hottest overall years since 2010. What about Nevada?

Stacker compiled data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information to detail the temperature changes over the past 120 years across every state except Alaska and Hawaii.

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.

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.

Retired Las Vegas AP correspondent Robert Macy dies at 85

Robert Macy, who wrote thousands of stories about entertainment, crime and sports in Las Vegas over the course of two decades for The Associated Press, has died.

Vintage photos show Las Vegas’ colorful history

Using news outlets and historical archives, OLBG compiled a collection of photos that exemplify Sin City’s short, colorful history from the first casinos to some of the city’s most famous residents.

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.

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