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U.S. judge won’t rein in federal wild horse roundup in Nevada

RENO, Nev. – A federal judge decided Friday not to rein in the roundup and capture of wild horses in eastern Nevada, rejecting advocates’ claims the federal government was “needlessly and re...

DATE: Jan 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. plans 50% more wild horse roundups amid Western drought

Critics say ranchers don’t want mustangs competing with livestock for limited resources

DATE: Aug 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Burning Man cancels 2021 festival in northern Nevada desert

RENO, Nev. – Burning Man organizers announced Tuesday they are canceling this summer’s annual counterculture festival in the Nevada desert for the second year in a row because of the COVID-1...

DATE: Apr 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Dems in Congress demand update on Interior wild horse plans

RENO, Nev. – Congressional Democrats are demanding the Interior Department produce an overdue report on plans to manage wild horses roaming federal lands in the West after the head of its pu...

DATE: Oct 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Nevada seeks to restart lawsuit over U.S. plutonium shipment

RENO, Nev. – Lawyers for Nevada and the U.S. Energy Department are accusing each other of contradicting their own past arguments as the state seeks to restart a legal challenge to force the ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Controversial wild horse plan headed to Senate floor

RENO, Nev. – Congress is closer to approving a contentious wild horse initiative backed by national animal welfare groups and the livestock industry but condemned by leaders of the largest c...

DATE: Sep 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Nevada state panel upholds permit for huge open pit mine

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Nevada’s Environmental Commission rejected conservationists’ appeal Wednesday of a water pollution control permit granted last year for a huge open-pit mine critics warn ...

DATE: Sep 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Nevada casino hotel to serve as college dorm

RENO, Nev. – University of Nevada, Reno officials knew it was a bit of a gamble when they agreed to lease a downtown casino hotel tower for a year and turn it into a college dormitory. ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Some horse advocates buck at new plan to save wild mustangs

RENO, Nev. – Animal welfare groups have reached a milestone agreement with ranching interests they say would save wild mustangs from slaughter but the compromise has opened a nasty split amo...

DATE: Apr 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Steve Alford says he’s in Nevada for the long haul

Former UNM, UCLA coach back in Mountain West

DATE: Apr 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Environmentalists oppose off-roaders’ lawsuit over bird plan

RENO, Nev. – Conservationists want to join a legal battle in opposition to off-road vehicle users who are trying to overturn U.S. protections for a type of imperiled bird found only along th...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Agency built pen for possible horse slaughter

RENO, Nev. – The U.S. Forest Service has built its first corral for wild horses, which could allow it to bypass federal restrictions and sell the animals for slaughter. The agency...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News