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Avi Kwa Ame, also known as Spirit Mountain, as seen across the desert from an area near the Castle Mountains in February 2016. President Biden is declaring the area as a national monument.

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  • Politics

Biden is creating new national monuments to protect land in Nevada and Texas

The designation preserves Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas from new development. President Biden is also starting the process for a vast new marine sanctuary southwest of Hawaii.

March 21, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Clinics in rural areas with fewer doctors, dentists and nurses are turning to mobile health care clinics to take care to where it's most needed. The Healthy Communities Coalition organizes a few mobile dental events each year in Lyon County, Nev.

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  • Health

Clinics on wheels bring doctors and dentists to health care deserts

Health care vans that provided COVID testing and vaccines in the pandemic are now providing a range of health services in hard-to-reach communities. New access to federal funds could expand the trend.

March 17, 2023
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  • Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam, left, answers a reporter's question as fire officials look on Tuesday during a news conference in Reno, Nev., about the accident that seriously injured actor Jeremy Renner on a private mountain road near Lake Tahoe on New Year's Day.

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  • Pop Culture

Jeremy Renner's snow tractor injuries were a tragic accident, a Nevada sheriff says

The 51-year-old "Avengers" star was seriously hurt near Lake Tahoe on New Year's Day when he was run over by his own snowcat after using it to free a vehicle stuck in 3 feet of fresh mountain snow

January 04, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A view of a section of Michael Heizer's <em>City</em>

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  • Arts & Life

Immerse yourself in this colossal desert 'City' — but leave the selfie stick at home

Michael Heizer began work on his massive installation in the Nevada desert more than 50 years ago. One of the largest artworks in the world, it cost $40 million (so far) and is now open to the public.

January 01, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) attends an election event on Tuesday, several days before narrowly winning her race.

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  • Elections

Sen. Cortez Masto, who gave Democrats the Senate, says people want solutions

Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won reelection in an exceptionally close race. She speaks with Morning Edition about what the race means for her party.

November 14, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Democrats control U.S. Senate; U.S. House influx; State GOP elects new speaker

Monday on Political Rewind: Democrats secured the U.S. Senate, but Republicans could narrowly take the U.S. House, giving a platform to far-right representatives. Meanwhile, Georgia's Republican legislators meet today to find a successor to David Ralston.

November 14, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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An election worker holds an American flag at a polling place at Galleria At Sunset in Henderson, Nevada on Nov. 8.

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  • Elections

Nevada voters back big changes to their election system

The measure establishes open primary elections and then ranked-choice voting. But because it amends the state constitution, voters will need to approve it again in 2024 for it to take effect.

November 13, 2022
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  • Don Clyde
Mark Robertson, Republican candidate in Nevada's 1st Congressional District, in Henderson in May.

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  • Elections

Nevada Democrat Rep. Dina Titus wins reelection to U.S. House

Democratic Rep. Dina Titus has won reelection in Nevada's 1st Congressional District, holding on to a vulnerable House of Representatives seat for the party, according to the Associated Press.

November 11, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Republican candidate for the House from Nevada, April Becker, speaks during a campaign event in Las Vegas in October.

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  • Elections

Nevada Democrat Rep. Susie Lee wins reelection to U.S. House

Democratic Rep. Susie Lee has won reelection in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District, beating her challenger, Republican April Becker, in one of the most competitive House seats this cycle.

November 11, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
The O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant in Jackson, Mississippi, shown late last month. Jackson is currently struggling with access to safe drinking water after flooding caused a disruption at a main water processing facility.

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  • Climate

The crisis in Jackson shows how climate change is threatening water supplies

Historic flooding and record droughts are stressing water systems across the country, and experts warn that with climate change intensifying the crisis in Jackson, Miss., may be just the beginning.

September 07, 2022
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  • Scott Neuman
A formerly sunken boat sits high and dry along the shoreline of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, on May 10, near Boulder City, Nev.

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  • Climate

U.S. says drought-stricken Arizona and Nevada will get less water from Colorado River

U.S. officials announced Tuesday that the two states, which rely on water from the Colorado River, will face more water cuts as they endure extreme drought.

August 16, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Law

A Black man jailed instead of a white male felon with a similar name is suing police

Nevada police thought Shane Lee Brown, who is Black, was Shane Neal Brown, who is white, taller and roughly twice as old. Now, Shane Lee Brown has filed suit, seeking $500,000 in damages.

January 25, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Stewart Indian School students are seen in a classroom in Carson, Nev., in an undated photo. The state of Nevada plans to fully cooperate with federal efforts to investigate the history of Native American boarding schools.

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  • National

Nevada's governor apologizes for the state's past role in Indigenous schools

Gov. Steve Sisolak apologized on behalf of his state and promised to cooperate with an investigation of the federal government's past policies and oversight of Native American boarding schools.

December 04, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Mimi Routh, 79, unloads a suitcase from her car after evacuating from the Tahoe Senior Plaza to a shelter in nearby Gardnerville, Nev.

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  • National

At A Shelter, Lake Tahoe Residents Fleeing A Massive Fire Wonder What's Next

An estimated 50,000 people have been evacuated as the Caldor Fire rages on. Shelters are filling up and hotel rooms are hard to find, leaving evacuees struggling to cope with the uncertainty.

September 03, 2021
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  • Kirk Siegler and
  • Vanessa Romo
This Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, image provided by Maxar Technologies, shows a Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), a true-color image overview of the wildfires at Lake Tahoe, in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Climate change has made the region warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make the weather more extreme and wildfires more destructive, according to scientists.

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  • Weather

California Wildfire Races Toward Lake Tahoe After Mass Evacuation

The popular vacation haven normally filled with tens of thousands of summer tourists emptied out Monday as the massive Caldor Fire rapidly expanded.

August 31, 2021
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