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Byline: SCOTT SONNER Associated Press

30 May

Nevada fight over leaky irrigation canal and groundwater more complicated than appears on surface

published on May 30, 2023 - 2:00 PM

(AP) — Water conflicts are nothing new to the arid West, where myriad users long have vied for their share

24 Apr

Planned Senate bill would counteract Mining Law ruling

published on April 24, 2023 - 1:55 PM

A Nevada Democratic U.S. senator is looking to Congress to ensure mining companies can use established mineral claims to dump

21 Mar

No telling how much more snow coming for Sierra Nevada

published on March 21, 2023 - 2:17 PM

(AP) — No one really knows how much snow fell on the infamous Donner Party when the pioneers were trapped

01 Mar

9th Circuit denies emergency bid to halt Nevada lithium mine

published on March 1, 2023 - 12:59 PM

(AP) — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for construction in Nevada of the largest lithium mine in

10 Feb

Don’t feed the bears! But birds OK, new Tahoe research shows

published on February 10, 2023 - 1:54 PM

(AP) — Don’t feed the bears! Wildlife biologists and forest rangers have preached the mantra for nearly a century at

19 Jan

Lithium miner cited for violating endangered flower habitat

published on January 19, 2023 - 2:36 PM

(AP) — Five days after the U.S. Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an Australian mining company

16 Jan

Nevada lithium mine gets conditional $700M government loan

published on January 16, 2023 - 12:50 PM

(AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy announced a conditional loan of $700 million Friday to an Australian mining company

09 Dec

Pricey pants from 1857 go for $114k, raise Levi’s questions

published on December 9, 2022 - 12:59 PM

(AP) — Pulled from a sunken trunk at an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina, work pants that

02 Dec

Endangered listing for Nevada toad in geothermal power fight

published on December 2, 2022 - 2:03 PM

(AP) — A tiny Nevada toad at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal power project has officially

13 May

No sea serpents, mobsters but Tahoe trash divers strike gold

published on May 13, 2022 - 12:45 PM

(AP) — They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost

BLOG: PAGA reforms deliver results 18 months in

Posted: December 5, 2025 at 4:29 pm

California businesses finally caught a break last summer when Sacramento
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BLOG: Assembly Speaker Rivas promises to scrutinize how California’s new laws work

Posted: at 9:54 am

The California Legislature not only habitually passes legislation without considering
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