A lawsuit filed on Tuesday argues the federal government knows a rare desert wetland wildflower is in trouble, but it isn’t ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking Endangered Species Act protections for the Tecopa bird’s beak, a rare desert wetland wildflower that grows in ...

Motorists fueling up in Washoe County today will see an increase at the pump as an annual fuel tax increase kicks off on July 1. The cost of gas will go up by just over 3.4 cents per ...

Environmentalists filed suit against the Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday for alleged inaction in the face of threats to a rare desert plant called the Tecopa bird’s beak. Citing the presence or ...

In rural Nevada, a battle is brewing over whether the state has an obligation to protect the sodaville milkvetch flower.

Nevada community fighting against solar farms 03:01. Nevada's wide-open high desert isn't the first place you'd think of for a vineyard, but third-generation farmer Mark Hartman is giving new ...

The Esmeralda County seat is now home to about 200 people. ... left, Nevada state director for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, speaks to reporters at BLM state headquarters in Reno, ...

Nevada's median income is $75,561, according to SmartAsset. Esmeralda County's income was not recorded in this year's ranking, but last year, it had the lowest median income at $40,694.

High rural turnout in statewide elections in Nevada can overpower more Democratic leaning Las Vegas. Esmeralda County went 82% for Trump. Mary Jane Zakas was also elected to the local county ...

Deputies from the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office found Esmeralda Pineda, 24, on Sept. 6, after she went missing on Aug. 26 from a mining claim camp she'd gone to visit with three other friends ...

In Clayton Valley, a broad basin in western Nevada's Esmeralda County, aquamarine pools lie between brown-toned mountains under a clear blue sky.

Esmeralda Marie Pineda, 24, disappeared from a mining camp in a remote area of Nevada City, which is 60 miles northeast of Sacramento, on Aug. 26. A search was started immediately.