Nevada

Arizona, California and Nevada have collectively dropped their water use to the lowest it’s been in 40 years. It comes amid a historic drought that’s put unprecedented stress on the Colorado River system.

A coalition representing about 1,500 enrolled tribal members is lobbying the federal government to designate nearly 40 square miles as Bahsahwahbee National Monument in eastern Nevada.

Donald “Don” J. Laughlin, a resort owner and the namesake of a southern Nevada town that he turned into a tourist destination, has died. He was 92.

One death was reported at the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after a late-summer storm stranded thousands of partygoers.

Environmentalists and tribes are urging a U.S. appeals court to overturn a judge’s decision that allowed construction to begin on a huge lithium mine in Nevada, citing concerns over ecosystem health.

NASA is the latest entity to challenge a lithium mining project in Nevada, citing concerns over the ability to calibrate critical satellite measurements.

President Joe Biden has designated two new national monuments: Castner Range, a lush mountainous area in West Texas that once served as a military training ground; and Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada. Its name comes from the Mojave word for Spirit Mountain. It’s a biologically diverse and culturally significant swath of land bordering several other protected areas in the region.

President Joe Biden intends to designate a desert mountain in southern Nevada called Avi Kwa Ame as a national monument. The mountain is considered sacred to Native Americans.

Alcohol sales soon will be allowed in a tiny Nevada town with deep connections to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historically, the church has encouraged abstinence from alcohol.

Conservationists are seeking an emergency court order to block the construction of a lithium mine near the Nevada-Oregon line.