Nevada

Solar Firms Plan To Return To Nevada After New Law Restores Incentives

5:18pm June 07, 2017

by Jeff Brady

The governor plans to sign a bill that will let homeowners sell excess electricity to their utility at retail rates. Solar companies stopped seeking new customers because incentives were phased out.

Spectators look down on the Nevada Assembly on the opening day of the legislative session in Carson City, Nev., in February. On Monday, members of the Assembly voted to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment.

Nevada On Cusp Of Ratifying Equal Rights Amendment 35 Years After Deadline

3:56pm March 21, 2017

With a vote Monday, Nevada drew closer to approving the ERA, long after Congress' 1982 deadline for ratification. But the state has given the amendment's supporters new reason to hope.

This illustration depicts Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria, which can cause different types of infections, including pneumonia, bloodstream infections and meningitis.

A Superbug That Resisted 26 Antibiotics

5:56pm January 17, 2017

by Susan Brink

How close are we to the point when a bacterial infection can resist all available antibiotics? A case in Nevada, reported this past week in the CDC journal, says that we're already there.

Vineyards remain flooded in the Russian River Valley in Forestville, Calif., on Monday. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada saw rivers overflowing their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate their homes after war

National

In California And Nevada, A Brief Respite Between Powerful Storms

12:36pm January 10, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

A major storm just left the region early Monday; another is due to sweep through starting Tuesday. Emergency crews have taken this chance to rescue people stranded by the first storm.

Beverly Kurtz and Tim Guenthner live near Gross Reservoir outside Boulder, Colo. They oppose a an expansion project that would raise the reservoir's dam by 131 feet.

High Demand, Low Supply: Colorado River Water Crisis Hits Across The West

6:21pm December 30, 2016

After years of drought and dropping water levels, the Colorado River is reaching a crisis point. Communities at each end of the river are looking at a variety of measures, from storage to sharing.

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Marcela Stewart speaks to a voter at an event to encourage minority voter turnout n Cutler Bay, Fla., on Sunday.

The 13 Bellwether Counties That Could Decide The Election

11:52am November 07, 2016

by Domenico Montanaro

Want an easy way to tell who will win the election? Check out these battleground state counties that have closely reflected the statewide vote.

Watch: Donald Trump Rushed Off Stage At Reno Rally

11:40pm November 05, 2016

by NPR Staff

The Republican nominee was quickly escorted from the stage during a speech in Reno, Nev., as security personnel responded to a perceived threat in the audience.

The area around Reno, Nev., is seeing some of the demographic changes that have been at the center of some of the most contentious debates of this campaign.

Across A Divide On Immigration, Trump Inspires Hope And Fear In A Changing Nevada

11:49am October 19, 2016

by Sarah McCammon

The area around Reno is one of the hottest battlegrounds in 2016. It's also a place where rapid demographic change is underway — exposing divisions between native and foreign-born residents.

For Vernon Lee of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, a national monument designation for Gold Butte would be the next best thing to having the U.S. government return the land to his people.

In Nevada, Tribes Push To Protect Land At The Heart Of Bundy Ranch Standoff

5:51pm August 18, 2016

by Kirk Siegler

National monument designations that bypass Congress are hugely controversial. In this presidential election year, the politics in a state like Nevada are even more sensitive.

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Politics & Government

How To Lose The Senate In 82 Days

4:28pm August 18, 2016

by Susan Davis

Senate Republicans are bracing for down-ballot losses that are likely to cost the party their Senate majority this year.