CARSON CITY, Nev. – Ethanol – the corn product blended into gasoline – was meant to make fuel cleaner in the United States. But a new report by the Environmental Protection Agency shows biofuel has created another set of environmental problems. Nevada's Desert Research Institut

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Two Nevada counties are the fastest growing rural counties in the West, due in large part to an influx of minority residents, who make up a growing share of the labor force, according to a new report. Analysis from Headwaters Economics found that 99 percent of all non-metro we

CARSON CITY, Nev. - Today, March 3, is World Wildlife Day and Nevada conservation groups are pushing hard on several fronts to protect wildlife in the Silver State. Perhaps the most controversial issue is the movement to transfer federal lands to state control. Eighty-one percent of the land in N

LAS VEGAS – Nevada critics of the armed seizure of a federal facility in Oregon are speaking out – since the protest leaders have deep ties to the Silver State. The leaders of the armed group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge – demanding the federal government hand o

RENO, Nev. - Americans increasingly want to know where their food comes from and how it was grown, which may account for the booming popularity of farmers markets in Nevada and around the nation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recognizes the first week of August as "National Farmers Market Week

RENO, Nev. – Drought-ravaged trees could pose a serious threat to homeowners and forest communities as Nevada's wildfire season gets underway. Amy Ray, a fire marshal with the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, says years of drought has caused many trees to dry out, which could create

AUSTIN, Nev. - Private landowners and conservationists in Nevada and several other Western states continue to work together to prevent the sage-grouse from being listed as an endangered species. Duane Coombs, manager of the 250,000-acre Smith Creek Ranch near Austin, Nevada, is among those working

RENO, Nev. - Research from the University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) has linked water extraction in California's Central Valley to upward movement of the Sierra Nevada mountains and earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault. Professor Geoff Blewitt with the UNR College of Science says his research shows that d