A new pipeline meant to protect Southern Nevada from a water system failure just became law. Critics say the same law that makes the valley safer also greases the skids for one of the most contested land fights in state history. President Donald Trump signed the Sloan Canyon Conservation and Horizon Lateral Water Pipeline Act… Continue reading Congress Approved a New Water Pipeline for Las Vegas. Critics Say It’s a Backdoor to 25,000 Acres of Sprawl.

A 3,500-home development near Red Rock Canyon fought off two decades of opposition and lawsuits to reach groundbreaking. A magistrate judge says at least one county commissioner tried to quietly stop it anyway — and got caught. Grading work is underway this year on the long-disputed Blue Diamond Hill housing project, according to the project’s… Continue reading Blue Diamond Hill Homes Are Finally Breaking Ground. A Judge Says the County Tried to Stop It — Then Covered It Up.

A hydroelectric proposal is quietly advancing through federal permitting near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. If built, it would use enough water to serve tens of thousands of homes — in a desert basin regulators already call overappropriated. The Desert Bloom Project, a closed-loop pumped storage hydropower proposal on Blue Diamond Hill, won preliminary… Continue reading A Company Wants to Flood Part of Red Rock Canyon’s Backyard for Battery Storage

Homeowners in parts of Las Vegas and Henderson are getting dropped or denied insurance coverage over wildfire risk — in neighborhoods state regulators say aren’t actually at high risk of burning. Clark County ranked second in Nevada for both homeowners insurance cancellations and nonrenewals and for new application denials tied to wildfire risk, according to… Continue reading Nevada Insurers Are Treating Las Vegas Like It’s on Fire. Regulators Don’t Know Why.

New federal work requirements have cut off SNAP benefits for thousands of Nevadans this year. A grocery store built to double as a food pantry is now absorbing the fallout — and losing money doing it. The After Market, a hybrid grocery store and food pantry in Las Vegas, has seen retail sales drop by… Continue reading A Las Vegas Pastor Is Feeding 150 People a Day Out of His Own Grocery Store

An $8.4 billion data center campus wants to build on 900 acres outside Pahrump. Nye County put a hold on new data center approvals — but two applications filed before the pause are still alive. The Manse Technology Campus, formerly known as Project Blackjack, would span roughly 900 acres along State Route 160, according to… Continue reading Pahrump Doesn’t Want a Data Center. Nye County Is Letting Developers Make Their Case Anyway.

Southern Nevada is in the middle of another dangerous heat wave. A new study finds that half the people surveyed didn’t even know the region’s cooling stations were there to help. The Desert Research Institute’s Nevada Heat Lab released a report this week examining how effectively Clark County’s network of cooling stations reaches the people… Continue reading Half of Las Vegans Don’t Know the Cooling Station Down the Street Exists

A new way of billing electricity customers cleared its latest legal hurdle this month. Nevada’s attorney general says it’s still against the law — and rooftop solar customers say they’re the ones who will pay for it. NV Energy plans to roll out a daily demand charge in January 2027 that bases part of a… Continue reading NV Energy’s New Bill Structure Survives Court Fight. Solar Customers Say They’ll Pay the Price.