Feds Approve NV Plan For Back P-EBT Payments, $175 Million To Be Distributed

Eligible K-12 students across Nevada will once again receive Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer.

Nye County In Need Of Foster Parents

Families interested in helping foster children can learn how Saturday, June 25 at a community forum in Pahrump.

Nevada Food Bank Kicks Off Summer Meals Program For Kids

Community initiatives complement each other in fight against hunger.

Giant Stingray Is Record Breaker, Say Cambodian + American Scientists

Cambodian and American scientists and researchers with the Wonders of the Mekong project were stunned when they saw the massive stingray.

On Juneteenth, The History Of How Emancipated People Were Kept Unfree Needs To Be Remembered, Too

The emancipations shared three common features that, added together, merely freed the enslaved in one sense, but reenslaved them in another.

Nevada Tribe, Conservationists Urge 9th Circuit To Halt Geothermal Plant Construction

Advocates say the project in Churchill County threatens to destroy a sacred site and drive the rare Dixie Valley toad to extinction.

Lawmakers Urged To Apply Brakes To Nevada's Speedy Eviction Process

State’s unique ‘summary eviction’ process is under fire again. Will this time be different?

NV's Most Common Jobs Rarely Pay Enough To Pay The Rent, UNLV Research Shows

Retail workers aren't the only workers in Nevada priced out and struggling with housing affordability.

Happy 116th Birthday, Antiquities Act

The National Park Service will mark the day with a historic flag raising and other activities throughout the day.

Is This What Our Veterans Died For?

It is impossible not to politicize gun violence when only one political party is so enamored of guns they use faulty logic.

Gas Appliances Cost Nevadans Money And Clean Air, Study Says

Fully electric heat pumps can deliver more affordable home heating and cooling in Nevada and other Southwest states.

Culinary Union Proposes Ballot Initiative To Bring Rent Control To North Las Vegas

Southern Nevada's rent prices, which have shot up more than 20% in two years, have left tenants valleywide struggling to afford housing.

What Is Dead Pool? A Water Expert Explains

The biggest concerns are Lake Powell, on the Utah-Arizona border, and Lake Mead, on the Nevada-Arizona border.

Tree-Planting Program Launched To Mitigate Severe Las Vegas ‘Heat Island Effect'

Communities like east Las Vegas experience higher temperatures because of urban heat island effects.

Tribe Appeals To Archeological Firm To Stop Digging At Thacker Pass

“Peehee mu’huh” which translates to “rotten moon” honors ancestors who were massacred in an area of the Pass shaped like a moon.

CDC Concludes A Mask Mandate Is Still Needed For Travelers, Clearing Way For Court Battle

The CDC said in a statement that the mandate keeps transportation safer for immunocompromised people and the greater public.

Nevada Ranks As 2nd Most Expensive State For Payday Loan Borrowers

Only in Idaho do payday borrowers pay more, according to the research.

This Is What White Privilege Looks Like

White privilege doesn’t mean you haven’t had struggles. It just means that one of those struggles wasn’t related to the color of your skin.

Switch To Electric Vehicles Could Save Billions Of Dollars And Hundreds Of Lives In Nevada, Says Report

Nationally, that move to electric vehicles would generate $1.2 trillion in health benefits and $1.7 trillion in additional climate benefits.

Second COVID Booster Authorized By FDA For Those 50 And Older

The decision for a second booster dose is meant to increase protection against severe illness from COVID-19 as the BA.2 variant grows.

Workforce Connections Largely Missing The Mark

The high cost of training at Hope for Prisoners isn’t translating into higher paying jobs either.

Interior Nearing Release Of Research Into Boarding Schools, Haaland Says

Interior Secretary Haaland stressed the importance of support for people uncovering the traumatic past caused by the federal government.

Lake Powell Levels Decline Below Critical Threshold

The second largest reservoir on the Colorado River has dipped below a key water level for the first time.

Clark County Seeks To Tame Short Term Rental Beast, Protect Neighborhoods

Las Vegas is the most profitable location in the U.S. to own a vacation rental.

War And Sanctions On Top Of COVID-19 Mean More Trouble Ahead For Global Supply Chains

The war and sanctions against Russia have immediately put further strains on supply chains, prompting skyrocketing energy prices.

Gas Price Gouging? If You See Something, Say Something.

Historically, price gouging has often been difficult to police, prove and prosecute.

Climate-Controlled Storage in Las Vegas More Important Than Ever

PODS® Las Vegas's climate-controlled storage facilities protect belongings from the impacts of climate change.

Report Tracks Ongoing Surge Of White Supremacist Propaganda In Nation, Nevada

Three white supremacist groups were responsible for 91 percent of the activity nationwide, according to ADL.

Latest Climate Report Describes Devastating Impacts In Store For Southwestern U.S.

IPCC warns of continued intense droughts, rising health risks and economic turmoil.

State Fleshes Out Affordable Housing Initiative Details

The multi-family housing developments would produce up to 1,000 new units for families and seniors who earn less than 60% area median income

We Are All Ukrainians Now

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, plain and simple, was to make sure that Ukraine could not function as a successful, independent democracy.

NV Borrowers Still Not Prepared To Restart Student Loan Payments, Survey Says

Financial instability for borrowers has only worsened in recent months due to rising inflation costs on everything.

Traffic Study Says Bike Path In Front Of Reno Casinos Would Snarl Traffic For Blocks

“Under existing traffic volumes, vehicle delay and queuing would significantly increase in the Virginia Street corridor.”

Coalition Welcomes Nevada ‘Moving The Needle' On Affordable Housing

The Annual Housing Progress Report showed Nevada’s inventory of affordable housing units was flat from 2014 to 2020.

Vacation Rentals May Be Severely Limited In Clark County

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Clark County are likely to be scarce and competition for permits fierce.

Cortez Masto Eyes Housing Investments Separate From Stalled Social Spending Bill

Senator tours latest affordable housing project, talks financing with nonprofit developer.

As Geothermal Plant Breaks Ground, Feds Set To Make A Call On Habitat Protection

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to decide whether a rare Nevada toad should be listed as an endangered species by April 4.

Investors Gobbling Up LV Homes

Investor home purchases in Las Vegas increased by 105.5% in 2021 over the previous year.

Bear With ‘Death Sentence' Approved For Sanctuary

Public outcry over the fate of an overweight Lake Tahoe bear has prompted a reprieve from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Reno Horses Vie With Homebuilders For Habitat

Collisions claim nine horses in three months.