1+ hour, 5+ min ago  (589+ words) Nevada's official gemstone is one of seven items from the state shown at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's "From These Lands: Sharing Our Natural and Cultural Heritage" exhibit. A piece of Nevada's prehistoric past is taking center stage…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (897+ words) Questions had swirled about how the program, set up by a state law last year, would be funded after lawmakers did not provide any state dollars. A government program to reduce water stress on Nevada's most over-pumped regions just got…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (469+ words) Interagency wildland firefighters are responding to two lightning-caused wildfires burning south of Caliente, the Bureau of Land Management, Ely District, reported Thursday. The Kane Springs Fire, about 17 miles southwest of Caliente, is estimated at 5, 793 acres and remains 0% contained. The Grapevine…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (470+ words) Known as leucism, this white coloration is a genetic condition caused by a loss of pigmentation due to an absence of the cells that produce melanin. "I say "her" because it seemed as if the other ravens deferred to her…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (527+ words) Hundreds of radio dishes planned for a remote Nevada desert will scan millions of stars, galaxies, and other mysterious or unknown activities like black holes, pulsars and radio bursts. A California university plans to build more than 1, 600 radio dishes in…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (678+ words) Southern Nevada is feeling the effects of another June heat wave. The forecast high for today is 109 degrees (record is 116 set in 2021). That is the chance that Las Vegas will hit 110 degrees today, said Julie Phillipson of the National Weather…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (485+ words) The reservoir that is Southern Nevada's main water supply may plunge up to 29 feet below its all-time low set in 2022. The reservoir that serves as Southern Nevada's main water supply is headed for an even more painful decline than thought…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (852+ words) The Las Vegas Valley could one day experience a major earthquake, an area seismologist said. A retired seismologist who spent his career studying the potential for major earthquakes said a temblor that shook Las Vegas earlier this month is a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (444+ words) From Tule Springs to Sloan Canyon, the money will improve recreation access across Southern Nevada. A $42 million batch of state grants will go toward a wide array of recreation projects across the Las Vegas Valley, from trails to a new…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1097+ words) LOS ANGELES " The back rooms of the La Brea Tar Pits are, at the moment, a maze of packing crates tagged with handwritten sticky notes that say things like "bison skulls" or "camel hip." Every bone, down to the last…...