Death of woman on 1st day of Burning Man festival under investigation
Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was participating in the counterculture festival known as Burning Man in the northern Nevada desert
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Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was participating in the counterculture festival known as Burning Man in the northern Nevada desert
August 26, 2024A federal judge has temporarily blocked exploratory drilling for a lithium project in Arizona that Native American leaders say will harm land they’ve used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries
August 21, 2024A grand experiment is underway in Nevada where an endangered desert wildflower stands in the way of a mining company's plans to dig for lithium to help speed production of batteries for electric cars and other green energy projects
July 18, 2024The verdict is in
May 14, 2024Las Vegas has set a new record high for the second day in a row and Albuquerque tied its high mark
June 07, 2024Federal wildlife officials have declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species
May 17, 2024Records have tumbled across the Southwest United States as temperatures soared past 110 degrees in parts of California, Nevada and Arizona
June 07, 2024Arizona’s attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election
May 18, 2024The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the U.S. That's assuming it can withstand anticipated legal challenges from conservationists who fear it will lead to the extinction of an endangered Nevada wildflower near the California line
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April 18, 2024Wild horse advocates in Nevada have scored a rare legal victory
March 29, 2024It will be a very tiny big-game hunt for one of the largest animals in North America
March 24, 2024A powerful blizzard is dumping snow in the Sierra Nevada as gusty winds and heavy rain hit lower elevations
March 02, 2024Philbert Shorty's family was in the dark
February 19, 2024Federal wildlife officials have agreed to conduct a year-long review to determine whether a tiny snail found only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine being built along the Nevada-Oregon line should be listed as a threatened or endangered species
February 08, 2024Burning Man organizers don't foresee major changes in 2024 thanks to a hard-won passing grade for cleaning up this year's festival
December 27, 2023A Nevada tribe is gearing up for a different kind of fight against the U.S. government as it tries to build more public support for protecting Native American sacred sites
December 24, 2023A U.S. appeals court has sided with Cristiano Ronaldo, rejecting an appeal by a woman trying to force the international soccer star to pay millions more than the $375,000 in hush money he paid her after she accused him of raping her in 2009
November 22, 2023Environmentalists are poised to return to court in an ongoing legal battle with the Biden administration over a Nevada lithium mine
October 13, 2023Scientists charged with making sure the United States' aging stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go, if needed, say they’ll start shipping key components to the Nevada desert next year
October 05, 2023The University of Nevada’s basketball team could have a new off-campus home by 2026 under an ambitious 10-year expansion plan that Reno’s largest hotel-casino has in the works
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