Nevada is losing more than $5 million in federal funding after the Department of the Interior (DOI) last month refused to issue funding for more than 100 previously approved National Park Service agre...

There are more than 70 data centers either operating in or planned for Nevada, but Nevadans are turning out in droves at public meetings to protest them.  Despite this public disdain, almost everyone ...

The Nevada Department of Wildlife's Karelian Bear Dogs have become indispensable components of the department's operations, flushing bears from urban dens, locating injured bears and hazing human-habi...

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 cons...

A more than 1,600-acre land conveyance to the state is being turned into Nevada's 28th, and newest, state park. The property, which started as an agricultural ranch before operating as a divorce ranch...

Together, Great Basin and Lake Mead face between $431 million and $501 million in deferred maintenance projects. Zooming out to include all the state's federally managed areas, including Red Rock Cany...

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 staff...

NV Energy is entering a new energy market that will allow it to purchase and sell power up to a day ahead, a move that is expected to save utility customers more than $93 million per year.

Mining developers say Nevada will have three operating lithium mines by 2030, despite cost increases from federal tariffs, the conflict in Iran and other federal initiatives that are challenging the i...

After seeking to collect a half billion dollars from customers to bolster its wildfire insurance, NV Energy has secured an additional $250 million in coverage. But Nevada's largest electric utility is...

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 ...

Would firefighting in Washoe County be cheaper and more effective if its three different fire departments were combined? It reemerged in last year's legislative session when legislation passed requiri...

In what experts say is a first for Nevada, a data center developer is asking permission from state energy regulators to operate a new temporary natural gas power plant because NV Energy doesn't have t...

After failing in 2024 to convince the Elko Planning Commission to approve a public ski area, a California businessman and Elko County ranch owner has been OK'd to build a private facility on his spraw...

Six years after Nevada voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring in-state utilities to get half of their power from renewable sources by 2030, NV Energy says it is on track to miss those cl...

Kacey KC turned a love of the outdoors into a lengthy state career, becoming Nevada’s first female forester and fire warden. She left the state in February to take over the Oregon Department of Forest...

Nevada's department of transportation and NV Energy were poised to spend a combined $138 million building electric vehicle charging stations across the state. Five years later, just $12 million has be...

On Tuesday, state energy regulators unanimously voted to accept a nearly $63 million settlement offer proposed by NV Energy after the utility inadvertently overcharged 43,000 customers over the last t...

Further research into BRDR LLC indicate ties to billionaire Eric Schmidt, who served as Google’s CEO from 2001 to 2011 and as the company’s executive chairman until 2017.

Nevada fell well short of its greenhouse gas emission-cutting goals in 2025, and it’s poised to be much further behind when the bar raises again in 2030.

Tesla will pay Nevada $200,000 for operating battery recycling equipment at its Northern Nevada Tesla Gigafactory without a permit, according to a settlement signed by the company and the Nevada Divis...

In a settlement proposal filed Monday with state energy regulators, NV Energy proposed issuing a total of $63 million in refunds to customers it accidentally overcharged.

Nevada lawmakers have enacted a first-of-its-kind law designed to keep insurance companies operating in the state as more insurers grow squeamish about doing business in wildfire-prone areas. But oppo...

Unseasonably warm temperatures through late fall and early winter have resulted in much of Nevada’s precipitation arriving so far this year as rainfall. Beyond western Nevada, the state’s snowpack is ...

Recent closures of a California oil refinery — and plans to shutter another in the near future — have some experts warning of potential fuel shortages and price spikes in Nevada and other Western stat...

Putting an end to more than a decade of inaction and indecision, Nevada lawmakers on Wednesday finalized a state regulation for controversial coyote killing competitions on a 7-5 vote.

In a rare move that could delay progress on NV Energy’s large-scale transmission line planned for the Highway 50 corridor, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has ordered its Nevada office to ...

An economic analysis released in November by the Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation shows that outdoor recreation across Nevada and the Tahoe Basin provided an estimated $24 billion in economic ben...

Regulators uphold NV Energy’s big billing change after solar group pushback. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

A Nevada program addressed overallocation of groundwater by paying farmers to use less. Is it working?

NV Energy says it overcharged customers by $65M, upgrading earlier number. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Southwest Gas wants to ‘modernize’ how it sets rates. Critics fear risks to customers. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Invasive zebra mussels now found in upper Colorado River. What does it mean for Lake Mead? Read more from The Nevada Independent.

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

The massive, Las Vegas-sized Esmeralda 7 solar project planned for Esmeralda County is still viable but is moving forward with a different approach, the Department of Interior confirmed Tuesday to The...

Geothermal developer sues feds for listing Nevada toad as endangered. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

On Friday, the Washington Free Beacon and Politico reported that a high-ranking official is questioning the viability of Thacker Pass. Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) had a call with the U.S. Energy Secretary...

Department of Energy officials met in Washington, D.C., in early June with executives from Lithium Americas, the developer of Thacker Pass, a proposed project in northern Nevada that is the largest pl...

Final federal approval of massive NV Energy transmission project delayed again. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

NV Energy to issue additional $32 million in refunds to overcharged customers. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

NV Energy’s bill pricing switch, Greenlink construction costs OK'd by regulators. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

The developer of Nevada's second lithium mine and a private landowner have reached a settlement following a flurry of lawsuits and appeals over water rights the company says are critical to the constr...

Amid ongoing drought conditions and following projections from the Bureau of Reclamation, Nevada’s upcoming allocation of Colorado River water will remain 7 percent below its standard allocation of 30...

More than $150 million in federal funding has been clawed back from the Nevada Clean Energy Fund, the state’s “green bank” that facilitates financing for clean energy projects in the state.

July in Nevada environmental news: Saving a fish and sinking a barge. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

The dilemma at Nevada's Rhyolite Ridge offers a preview of the hard choices ahead.

‘When the water goes away, it goes away’ — NV’s desert wildlife can’t keep up with drought. Read more from The Nevada Independent.