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Geothermal developer wants to delist endangered Nevada toad
RENO, Nev. (AP) — In an unusual move that could pit two Biden administration agencies against each other, the developer of a planned Nevada geothermal power plant says it intends to sue U.S wildlife officials to overturn the endangered species listing of a toad in adjacent wetlands. ...
Nevada ex-lawmaker gets probation in campaign funds case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Democratic former state lawmaker in Nevada has been sentenced to three years of probation for misusing campaign funds and lying about his residency when he ran for office in 2018 and 2020. Alexander Assefa was sentenced Thursday in state court in Las Vegas after...
Lawsuit: Officials ‘mocked’ Nevada prison-firefighter burns
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A group of prison firefighters said their feet burned and their socks melded to their feet during a gruesome fire clean-up assignment that left several unable to walk, stand or shower without assistance for days, according to a new lawsuit. Still, the...
Nevada's most populous county appoints new elections head
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The county comprising about three quarters of Nevada’s registered voters announced a new elections director on Tuesday. Lorena Portillo will succeed Joe Gloria, who ran elections in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, for nearly a decade and worked in the...
Nevada to add gas plant as drought tests US West power grids
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Utility regulators in Nevada gave the state’s largest power provider clearance to start work on a $333 million project to build a natural gas plant in the state for the first time in nearly 15 years, signaling yet another consequence of the extreme drought conditions in the...
Arizona State extends Hurley through 2025-26 season
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State has agreed to a contract extension with men's basketball coach Bobby Hurley that runs through the 2025-26 season. The deal announced on Tuesday is subject to approval by the Arizona Board of Regents. Hurley's previous contract was set to expire...
Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas mountains
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he is establishing national monuments on more than half a million acres in Nevada and Texas and creating a marine sanctuary in U.S. waters near the Pacific Remote Islands southwest of Hawaii. The conservation measures are “protecting the heart...
No telling how much more snow coming for Sierra Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) — No one really knows how much snow fell on the infamous Donner Party when the pioneers were trapped atop the Sierra Nevada for months and dozens died near Lake Tahoe in the winter of 1846-47. But this season has now etched its way into the history books as the...
Supreme Court seems split in Navajo Nation water rights case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed split Monday as it weighed a dispute involving the federal government and the Navajo Nation’s quest for water from the drought-stricken Colorado River. States that draw water from the river — Arizona, Nevada and Colorado — and water...
With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties
RENO, Nev. (AP) — State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year. Imposing longer prison sentences...
