Amy Alonzo

After several years of failed attempts and opposition from businesses that found previous proposals too onerous, many Nevada workers will now have increased protections against heat-related illness.

Developing mountain biking trails is a growing trend in some rural Nevada cities, which want to attract cyclists who will also eat, drink and stay for days.

After logging thousands of hours atop the world’s highest peaks, Baker Perry seeks a better understanding of how weather and climate change affects Nevada.

After state energy regulators voted down a costly NV Energy proposal, lawmakers approved it two months later. Now NV Energy's Greenlink project is nearing construction. What happened?

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Los monumentos nacionales y los teatros históricos están entre los sitios más vulnerables en el Estado de Plata.

From increasing costs of eggs to quarantining dairy cows, state officials are working to keep the virus from spreading.

As states across the nation grapple with a highly contagious strain of bird flu infecting livestock and commercial poultry facilities, Nevada has thus far remained largely safe from infection, according to state officials.

Citizen scientists count hundreds of species during the Christmas Bird Count, but populations are declining as the climate warms and development increases.

As states across the nation grapple with a highly contagious strain of bird flu infecting livestock and commercial poultry facilities, Nevada has thus far remained largely safe from infection, according to state officials.