Energy secretary nominee Jennifer Granholm told Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto the Biden administration had no plans to restart process for nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
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Seventy years ago, an atomic blast detonated in a remote, sprawling swath of desert known as Frenchman Flat was seen and felt in Las Vegas, 65 miles to the southeast.
Carrie Dann, a Native American land rights activist, Nevada rancher and longtime leader of the Western Shoshone Nation, has died.
The U.S. Senate on Friday overwhelmingly passed a defense bill with more than enough votes to override a veto threatened by President Trump.
A $742 billion defense spending bill has funding for several projects important to Nevada, but faces a veto threat from President Trump for other reasons.
President Donald Trump and Congress moved this year to develop interim nuclear waste storage sites, a temporary fix until the 30-year stalemate over Yucca Mountain is settled.
Electric bikes provide riders a boost on the hills along conservation area’s 13-mile scenic loop.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and President Donald Trump haven’t enjoyed the best relationship since Sisolak was elected in 2018.
Mark Menezes was overwhelmingly confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the No. 2 job at the Energy Department, despite opposition from Nevada’s U.S. senators.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona Properties recently closed the sale of a 4.5-acre residential site in Paradise Valley, one of Arizona’s most sought-after communities. The property at 5801 N. Yucca Road sold for $4.1 million.