Powwows are important cultural events for Indigenous tribes, and a notable one is coming to UNLV this weekend, called Powwow for the Planet.
Jeniffer Solis
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Nevada Current
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You’ve probably read headlines or heard stories about Colorado River water being exported from the arid Southwest to countries worldwide. It happens in the form of hay grown using that water. -
The states with the biggest clean energy investments, backed by Inflation Reduction Act funds, are not the typical climate change leaders. -
Engineering hurdles, high costs and political challenges stand in the way of an easy fix to the West's water shortages. This is Part 1 in the Western Water Myths five-part series. -
Today, 13 solar arrays in Nevada cover about 20,000 acres. The Bureau of Land Management has a new plan to open 31 million acres of Western land for potential solar — and 12 million of those are in Nevada. -
This is climate change you can see, feel and smell. It’s becoming so prevalent, Nevada doctors, psychologists and others in the medical field have formed Nevada Clinicians for Climate Action. -
Clark County issued a smoke alert for Las Vegas on Thursday and Friday due to wildfire smoke from three large Southern California blazes. -
Federal land managers Thursday released an updated roadmap for solar energy development across 11 western states, a plan that opens about 32 million acres of federal lands to utility-scale solar development.
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Officials on Monday said the Davis Fire is 85% contained. -
To make matters worse, the news came a few weeks ago that Las Vegas would once again have cut back on its use of the Colorado River, even though it already has the smallest share of water out of seven states that use the river. -
It’s the largest piece of contemporary art ever created, and it sits more than three hours north of Las Vegas. It’s simply titled City: a land art project spanning more than 700,000 acres in Garden Valley.
