1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (909+ words) Utah and other Upper Basin states "are not required to contribute a drop" of their Colorado River water to a federal plan for the region's reservoirs, Nevada's governor objects, while the southern half of his state faces a potential cut…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (394+ words) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump administration that sought to force Nevada to provide voters' driver's license and partial Social Security numbers. It's the latest defeat in the administration's efforts to access states' voter rolls. U.S. District…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (558+ words) A Clark County judge has tossed out forgery charges against Nevada's six so-called "fake electors" for the second time, the latest defeat for prosecutors' efforts to convict the Republicans behind the effort to overturn Nevada's 2020 election results for President Donald…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (810+ words) Nevada water leaders still aren't pleased about the federal government's framework of cuts to water from the Colorado River, but they say that suing other states to maximize their water rights remains an absolute last resort. "Our first, second and…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (617+ words) Nevada law requires NV Energy to periodically share with state regulators how it intends to meet energy demand for the state. It filed its most recent proposal, called an Integrated Resource Plan, in May. The utility forecasts annual electricity use…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (654+ words) The Nevada State Engineer's Office has issued cease-and-desist letters to the developer of what will be the largest solar project in the state, accusing the company of illegally pulling water for construction from a nearby geothermal plant and a local…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (492+ words) Dive team operations at Southern Nevada's Lake Mead National Recreation Area, consistently ranked as one of America's most deadly federal recreation sites, have quietly been suspended because of staffing shortages and unmet equipment and training needs. The temporary suspension of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (250+ words) The Nevada Independent Decades-old abortion law ruled unconstitutional by Nevada Supreme Court Nevada's highest court unanimously overruled a lower court decision allowing a long-dormant law to go into effect that required parental notification or a judicial bypass for minors to…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1320+ words) Six months after the state's highest water regulator had raised the nuclear option and proposed cutting water for Northern Nevada's Humboldt River Basin, the state now says it has no plans to issue a curtailment order. It breaks from plans…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (863+ words) By Dorany Pineda, Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Absent a longer term deal on how to share a key but dwindling water source in the U.S. West, three states say they'll cut back significantly to prop up reservoirs in a short-term…...