3+ week, 4+ day ago   (593+ words) Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026 | 2 a.m. Three decades after Nevada and California leaders first joined forces to protect Lake Tahoe, the region’s congressional delegation and other officials returned to the lake Wednesday confronting a more urgent list of threats: climate change, escalating wildfire danger,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (372+ words) Friday, Aug. 7, 2026 | 2 a.m. CARSON CITY — The Nevada Division of State Parks opened public voting this week to select an official name for its newest state park, a 1,627-acre property along the Carson River corridor. After receiving nearly 2,500 name suggestions from the…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (95+ words) Oliver Hemmers writes: If Nevada wants to attract the premier tech industry and diversify its economy, it cannot rely indefinitely on fossil-fuel Band-Aids or intermittent sun. From solar leader to gas pipeline hub: Inside Northern Nevada’s urgent energy realignment | Opinion…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (934+ words) Nevada's newest state park stands out for what it doesn't have. Modern development. Noise. Or even a name. Nevada State Parks and Western Rivers Conservancy announced early Wednesday a more than 1,600-acre land conveyance to the state to create Nevada's…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (161+ words) Earlier this month, Bernheim Forest and Arboretum in Kentucky documented some new firefly species. Researchers discovered three fireflies, two of which do not glow in the dark. Those two are called diurnal fireflies, which means they do not have the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (888+ words) The couple turned to Gary Watrous, an architect who specializes in passive solar design, to determine precisely where on their sprawling property the new house should be. "We could have put it anywhere; this was just a big, open field,…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (824+ words) Thursday, June 11, 2026 | 2 a.m. Las Vegas is heading into another dangerous summer with a familiar warning from climate scientists: Extreme heat is not easing, and local officials say the region is struggling to catch up. Two years after the valley recorded its…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (156+ words) Saturday, June 6, 2026 Have you ever held a bat in your hand? For some people this sounds horrifying. For others, it sounds fascinating. I haven’t held a bat in my hand, but I have watched others do it at a Master…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (684+ words) The deaths are part of a larger population decline in the state A multitude of threats, including a horrific rabbit disease, has sent Nevada’s golden eagle population numbers into a death spiral. By Martin J. Kernan February 18, 2026 at 11:00 am This…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (819+ words) As demand for critical minerals surges, Indigenous leaders and Amnesty International say mining is advancing without tribal consent. We hand-package the week’s best Grist stories. Delivered free every Saturday morning. As the Trump administration continues its push to secure critical…...