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Conservation group ask feds to list rare NV springsnail as endangered due to lithium mine
A group of conservationists are seeking to get a tiny rare Nevada springsnail listed as an endangered or threatened species, arguing that the species is threatened by a planned lithium mine in Thacker Pass. The Western Watersheds Project petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the rare Kings River pyrg under the Endangered […]
Feds remove ‘racial and sexist slur’ from place names of 34 Nevada geographic sites
A federal panel tasked with naming geographic places voted to replace 34 racist and derogatory terms from federal use in Nevada on Thursday. The move comes after U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced she would take steps to remove and replace sq*** from federal use. The derogatory term has “historically been used as an offensive […]
DHS finalizes end to Trump-era ‘public charge’ rule for immigrants
The Biden administration finalized a new public charge rule on Thursday that would eliminate Trump-era policies that penalized low-income immigrants seeking health benefits and other services. The new rule from the Department of Homeland Security will roll back the types of assistance immigration officers can consider when evaluating immigrants for a green card and deciding […]
Nevada’s Native communities face worsening access to clean water, plumbing
For nearly seven years the Walker River Paiute Tribe has requested federal funds to repair a faltering sewage system on their reservation. It was only after the $110 billion infrastructure bill passed earlier this year that the project was finally promised funding. “That’s always the problem, they can’t find funding,” said Alan Roberts, the public […]
Nevada set to receive $14 million in multistate JUUL settlement
After a two year multistate investigation into the vaping company JUUL Labs Inc. the e-cigarette giant has agreed to pay $438.5 million to 34 states and territories, including Nevada. Nevada will receive more than $14 million from Juul Labs Inc. State Attorney General Aaron Ford signed onto the investigation of JUUL’s marketing and sales practices […]
BLM’s rediscovery of massacre site renews calls for halt of lithium mine project
According to oral tradition, Thacker Pass — an area nestled between the Double H and Montana Mountains in Northern Nevada — was named Peehee mu’huh, or rotten moon, by the Paiute people for its crescent shape and the 31 men, women, and children who were massacred there by government soldiers in 1865. Part of that […]
NV families to start getting USDA summer child food benefits this month
Starting this month, Nevada is set to begin distributing a popular federal free food funding program designed to replace meals children missed at school and child care because of pandemic-related closures. The state will distribute summer Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer payments, or P-EBT throughout September, October and November. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of […]
Latino voters shift attention towards crime, abortion, survey says
As political hopefuls in Nevada court Latino voters, a new poll shows a shift in some of the long-running priorities among the Latino electorate heading into the 2022 midterm elections. The poll, conducted for UnidosUs by BSP Research, found that while inflation, the economy, and jobs remain top of mind for Latinos in Nevada, abortion […]
Nevada officials weigh in against case that threatens to erode Indian Child Welfare Act
Several Nevada lawmakers, tribes, and state leaders are urging the U.S. Supreme Court in an amicus brief to reject a challenge to the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, saying that disturbing the law would damage Native American families and could ripple through other important aspects of Native American law. The Indian Child Welfare Act of […]
Sisolak calls on feds to step up river basin management, but ‘no need’ to slow growth
Nevada Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak called on states along the Colorado River and the federal government to do more to conserve water in response to a worsening drought in the West. On Wednesday, during a tour of Southern Nevada Water Authority’s low lake level pumping station at Lake Mead, Sisolak echoed statements made earlier this […]
Feds nudge Nevada minnow toward endangered species status
The Fish Lake Valley tui chub may gain federal protection after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday it will consider listing the species as endangered. Following a three month review the service found that listing the rare desert minnow under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 “may be warranted.” The agency announced its […]
NV health officials warn everyone is vulnerable to monkeypox
Health officials in Nevada are now working to boost messaging and vaccinations for those most likely to contract monkeypox after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the virus a public health emergency. Earlier this month, DHHS Secretary Xavier Bercerra acknowledged the ongoing monkeypox outbreak as a public health emergency, a move that […]