Officials with the Bureau of Land Management this week are reminding people to be fire safe as they enjoy the holiday weekend outdoors.
Latest Nevada News
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- Nevada Current
State upholds Thacker pass permit, conservation group warns of toxic slurry in the making
Environmental advocates are pointing to a report warning that flawed analysis of the mine may lead to failures that could unleash toxic slurry into the state’s watershed.
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The first deployment of a Nevada Army National Guard unit to Europe since early 2020 is involving about 40 soldiers from a Carson City-based military police unit.
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The state of Nevada needs to have authority to “say no” to projects that will drive species extinct.
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June is National Rivers Month, and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (DEP) is getting ready to nominate Lake Tahoe and likely some of the state’s mountain streams for special protection.
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The Nevada Climate Initiative this week made public an Extreme Heat Resource Guide to assist Nevadans with resources and information to deal with heat-related challenges through the summer.
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A new off-road naturalist trail from Washoe Lake State Park to Virginia City was released this month offering in-person and virtual options to explore the area’s plants and wildlife.
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Nevada may become a magnet for abortion seekers from around the country, since the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban the procedure.
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Fire season is now upon us – and local experts are speaking out on best practices for dealing with large wildfires, which seem to be Nevada’s “new normal.”
- Nevada Current
Tribal leader in NV named to first-ever Interior tribal advisory panel – and she has a to-do list
Tribal leaders from Nevada and across the country will have direct access to advising the U.S. Department of the Interior for the first time in history with the creation of a tribal advisory panel.
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Nevada’s Linda Zimmerman, a 4-H volunteer for University of Nevada, Reno Extension for more than 34 years, is one of four 4-H volunteers nationally to have recently been named a 4-H Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer.
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Bob Carroll was an icon in news broadcasting for more than 60 years: He was Mr. Reno from the time he began delivering the news on KOLO-TV in 1961 to his last show on KUNR.