On March 7, the Nevada Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) — the lead applicant on the grant — discovered it could no longer access the $20 million fund. Three days later on March 10, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced he was cancelling more than $1.7 billion worth of “DEI and Environmental Justice” grants, as part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) efforts to cut government spending and compliance with Trump’s executive order to eliminate DEI across the government.

After more than two months into the Trump administration, we’re starting to see the impacts of the funding cuts, cancellations and rescissions pursued by  Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The Trump administration’s cancellation of two programs that allowed states to purchase fresh food from local farmers for use in schools and food banks has left the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) millions of dollars short in anticipated funding and has imperiled the Home Feeds Nevada program.

State agencies and groups have diligently applied for their share of various federal pots for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement goals, from electric school buses to solar installations to electric appliance rebates.

In our traditional way of connection to the land, this plateau is a refuge for plants and wildlife, and a cultural landscape because the two are intimately connected. It must be protected.

Following a “surprising policy change,” leaders of the Fallon Shoshone-Paiute Tribe said a federal agency cut off the shelter's main funding source.

Can President Joe Biden beat former President Donald Trump? Is he fit enough to serve four more years? And do voters’ opinions on the latter question impact the former?

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill isn’t the sexiest piece of legislation, but it’s essential — it governs U.S. air travel, and without a bill in place, the agency cannot collect revenue or make payments to government employees such as air traffic controllers.

With drastically reduced water levels, Walker Lake is on the brink of collapse. Following a record-breaking snow year, vast amounts of water are finallyflowing into the lake, and those trying to save it are wondering if this is the year is reborn.

As a slew of measures to address the needs of Nevada’s Indigenous population makes their way through the Legislature, lawmakers celebrated Nevada Tribes Legislative Day on Tuesday.

“The responsible expansion of the Navy’s Fallon Range Training Complex has been a major priority of the Navy for years,” Cortez Masto said. “I knew how vital this compromise was to both our national security and to the local economies and Tribal nations.”

In the wake of their battle for equal access to the polls, the Walker River Paiute Tribe has been disappointed by low turnout during early voting — a trend seen across the state so far during the primary.

Nevada tribal leaders traveled more than 2,000 miles to Washington D.C. in a bid to protect what they view as a sacred valley.

As Mineral County commissioners approved a resolution to proclaim Monday, the federal Columbus Day holiday, as Indigenous Peoples' Day, Lyon County didn't get that far.

The shop’s wide variety of vegetarian and plant-based food and drink options are a novelty in the remote Nevada desert, said Andrea Martinez, an enrolled member of the Walker River Paiute Tribe.

UNR President Brian Sandoval met with Nevada Native leaders last week to discuss repatriation efforts.

The gathering followed the annual pine nut blessing ceremony, meant to help yield plentiful pine nuts, a traditional food source shared among tribes throughout Nevada, come the fall season. The ceremony and subsequent gathering posed an opportunity for the communities to check in with one another and continue practicing traditions vital to the preservation of their cultures.

Tribal leaders pointed to this history earlier this week during a legislative hearing in the Assembly Committee on Education as they testified in support of AB262, which would waive tuition and fees at Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) institutions, including two-year and four-year schools, for citizens of the state’s 27 tribes. It also would provide in-state tuition for citizens of federally recognized tribes outside of Nevada.

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe is one of many tribes around the state and country moving quickly through the vaccine rollout process, opening appointments and eligibility to the general tribal population 18 and over. There are more than 2,000 enrolled members of the tribe in Northern Nevada.

As COVID-19 disproportionately affects Native people across the state and country, Duck Valley Shoshone Paiute tribal member Lynn John knew she needed to act quickly when a mere 100 doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived at the tribal health center.