Las Vegas Valley homeowners, businesses and HOAs could face fines in 2027 for using Colorado River water to irrigate nonfunctional or decorative grass under Nevada’s turf removal law.

Hundreds of people have died from extreme heat in Southern Nevada as some residents struggle to afford, repair or access air conditioning amid rising temperatures.

Nevada is suing the Trump administration over historic Colorado River water cuts, warning the plan could force deeper shortages. The plan could push Lake Mead below 1,000 feet.

Southern Nevada’s water manager says there’s still hope for a fair, short-term deal to preserve Lake Mead as the Trump administration weighs steep Colorado River cuts.

Federal officials are pushing back on concerns that Glen Canyon Dam’s backup release tubes could threaten Colorado River water deliveries if Lake Powell falls too low.

Amargosa Valley residents in Nye County are pushing for it as threats mount from solar farms and data centers.

AI data centers are raising some concern for utility bills and Nevada’s limited water supply.

The city may get its first data center, regardless of the ballot question, which only applies to a specific portion of the Eldorado Valley.

Lake Powell, Lake Mead and the entire Colorado River system is at risk of collapse without action.

Lake Powell, Lake Mead and the entire Colorado River system is at risk of collapse without action.

Low snowpack and projections for Lake Mead and Lake Powell underpin the discussions.

Lake Mead is in trouble, too, with record low snowpack in the Rocky Mountains. Southern Nevada should pay attention.

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At the 10-year anniversary of the 2016 “superbloom” that carpeted the desert floor in flowers, observers may have success in locating wildflowers once again.

Red Rock Audubon Society hosted counts in the Las Vegas Valley, Moapa, the Amargosa Desert and more.

When mining comes to town, Native American tribes are often an afterthought. Did Lithium Americas follow the law at its Thacker Pass site?

The Nevada protesters, some of them Indigenous, have called it a SLAPP lawsuit, or a strategic lawsuit against public participation meant to intimidate critics.

Lithium Americas is still working with a Nevada tribal council on a community benefit agreement.

Lithium Americas is building the mine closest to Orovada, a town of ranchers in Nevada’s Humboldt County, near the Oregon border.

Nevada has zeroed in on establishing a ‘lithium loop’ for electric vehicle batteries.

The country’s biggest lithium mine has residents of McDermitt skeptical. The town straddles the Nevada-Oregon border and has a history of pollution.

All roads lead to Thacker Pass to solidify Nevada as the country’s leader in supplying domestic lithium batteries. Hear from frontline Nevada communities that are bearing the brunt of the country’s...

Mulroy, the first general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, represented the region for years on Colorado River issues.

Lake Mead’s future is still being decided in closed meetings.

Tuesday was the deadline for seven states to submit a framework for a deal to update the river’s operating guidelines that expire at the end of 2026.

Ed Ringle, of EddieWorld fame, built a pond in Beatty that dried up parts of the Amargosa River system this summer. Water and wildlife regulators have taken notice.

Colorado River talks to save Lake Mead may go on without a permanent commissioner.

A mining company is after Albermarle’s water rights for its Silver Peak mine in Esmeralda County.

While Nevada is behind Phoenix, Arizona, when it comes to heat, a Desert Research Institute team led by Ariel Choinard is forcing progress.

Employees of Inter-Con Security Systems Inc. work on the Las Vegas Strip, in front of Paris Las Vegas and the Bellagio.

In rural Nevada, a battle is brewing over whether the state has an obligation to protect the sodaville milkvetch flower.

A lack of trees makes the Historic Westside one of the hottest neighborhoods in Las Vegas, which climate scientists consider to be the nation’s second-fastest warming city.

Nevada leaders brainstormed solutions at the University of Nevada, Reno, this week.

The Las Vegas family filed a lawsuit against Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and Desert Hope Treatment Center.

Las Vegas and Reno are the nation’s two fastest-warming cities because of climate change, and that has most Nevada residents worried.

Lake Powell is directly tied to Lake Mead, the source of almost all of Las Vegas’ drinking water.

A petition calls on the Bureau of Reclamation to use its authority to determine what constitutes “beneficial use” of water.

Nevada is feeling the effects of climate change, especially with extreme heat in the summer.

President Donald Trump’s Bureau of Land Management in Nevada will decide the fate of mining near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

In Nevada, agencies that manage public land and water were hit hard by the Trump administration’s “Valentine’s Day Massacre.”

Lithium mine exploration caught Nye County residents by surprise last year.

Almost 25 years into a drought, and with growth happening in nearly every part of the county, water is a major concern in Southern Nevada.

Lake Mead and Lake Powell elevations depend on decisions made about post-2026 Colorado River operating guidelines.

The Supreme Court isn’t the best avenue for negotiations as Colorado River guidelines expire, experts said at a conference in Las Vegas.

Lake Mead’s future will be discussed at the Colorado River Water Users Association conference at Paris Las Vegas this week.

Sin City is reeling from a record summer, with extreme heat killing more of its residents than ever before.