This year in Nevada, it feels like we skipped false spring and actual spring and went right from winter to summer, with high temperatures blowing past records to bits.

After failing in 2024 to convince the Elko Planning Commission to approve a public ski area, a California businessman and Elko County ranch owner has been OK'd to build a private facility on his sprawling ranch that extends into the Ruby Mountains.

When Ryan Shane saw an ad for a forester with the Nevada Division of Forestry, it felt as if the job was made for him. That was nearly 20 years ago; now, he will lead the division as state forester and fire warden.

The 2009 endangerment finding determined greenhouse gases threaten public health and underpinned climate regulations of cars, power plants and more.

Thousands of long-dormant flowers have popped through the desert soil, transforming the barren landscape in carpets of gold. The bloom is a result of steady rain in the fall and winter, and experts don't expect the blooms to last long.

Six years after Nevada voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring in-state utilities to get half of their power from renewable sources by 2030, NV Energy says it is on track to miss those clean energy standards for the first time because of overwhelming demand from data centers.

Kacey KC turned a love of the outdoors into a lengthy state career, becoming Nevada's first female forester and fire warden. She left the state in February to take over the Oregon Department of Forestry.

Nevada's department of transportation and NV Energy were poised to spend a combined $138 million building electric vehicle charging stations across the state. Five years later, just $12 million has been spent.

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump's administration made one of its most drastic moves yet by repealing a nearly 20-year-old rule that allows the federal government to limit greenhouse gas pollution while in Nevada, the state's division of environmental protection found that transportation drives nearly 40 percent of its emissions and that unless more aggressive state and federal policies are adopted, transportation emissions will not decrease.

Further research into BRDR LLC indicate ties to billionaire Eric Schmidt, who served as Google's CEO from 2001 to 2011 and as the company's executive chairman until 2017.

Tesla will pay Nevada $200,000 for operating battery recycling equipment at its Northern Nevada Tesla Gigafactory without a permit, according to a settlement signed by the company and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) and obtained by The Nevada Independent through a public records request.

Bald eagles are one of the rarest nesting raptors in the state, but they flock to the state for winter feeding. An annual winter count in Tahoe monitors those numbers, reflecting broader state and national populations.

Nevada fell well short of its greenhouse gas emission-cutting goals in 2025, and it's poised to be much further behind when the bar raises again in 2030. 

Amid accusations of cronyism, staff from Gov. Joe Lombardo's office and Boring Co. miss a chance to address many environmental issues and violation dismissals.

Scotty's Castle, built in the 1920s, is tucked away in the desert in Death Valley National Park and was one of the park's biggest attractions.

While Nevada is renowned for its lack of precipitation, there's a hidden cost behind the seemingly endless streak of mild days and clear blue skies.

In a rare move, the governor's office has declined an invitation from the chair of the state's Interim Committee on Growth and Infrastructure to provide more details about the regulation of Elon Musk's controversial Boring Company project in Southern Nevada.

Nevada Division of Forestry State Forester and Fire Warden Kacey KC is leaving the division to serve as head of the Oregon Department of Forestry.

Nevada lawmakers have enacted a first-of-its-kind law designed to keep insurance companies operating in the state as more insurers grow squeamish about doing business in wildfire-prone areas. But opponents worry the bill could make the insurance crisis worse. 

Unseasonably warm temperatures through late fall and early winter have resulted in much of Nevada's precipitation arriving so far this year as rainfall. Beyond western Nevada, the state's snowpack is lagging.