Lake Tahoe prepares for emergency as wildfire threatens
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Some 14,000 firefighters facing changing weather conditions battled more than a dozen large wildfires across California on Friday, including...
Crews struggle to stop fire bearing down on Lake Tahoe
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A California fire that gutted hundreds of homes advanced toward Lake Tahoe on Wednesday as thousands of firefighters tried...
Scientists launch effort to collect water data in US West
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a new kind of climate observatory near the headwaters of the Colorado River...
Las Vegas Strip jurisdiction joins travel firms’ taxes fight
LAS VEGAS — The county with jurisdiction over the Las Vegas Strip has joined a legal fight to try to collect what attorneys maintain...
US judge in Nevada: Felony deportation law unconstitutional
LAS VEGAS — In a court ruling with potentially broad implications for U.S. immigration cases, a federal judge in Nevada found that a criminal...
Federal courts impose new COVID-19 restrictions amid surge
RICHMOND, Va. — When Sigal Chattah goes to federal court to challenge a school mask mandate issued by the governor of Nevada, she'll likely...
Mustang roundups fuel deepening debate as drought grips West
TOOELE, Utah — The sound of the helicopter propeller thundered across the horizon as it dipped down toward mustangs dotting the golden brown plain....
Nevada governor: No masks at events that require vaccines
LAS VEGAS — Large events held in Nevada can add themselves to the growing number of places in the U.S. where people in crowds...
Biden admin to appeal order blocking oil, gas lease pause
NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden's administration filed notice Monday that it is appealing a federal judge’s order that blocked Biden’s suspension of new...
EXPLAINER: Western states face first federal water cuts
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials on Monday are expected to declare the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the...