It is easy to recognize the beauty and value of the public lands in the southernmost part of Nevada. Home to the impressive Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness, the South McCullough Wilderness, the ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The late Sen. Harry Reid was buried Thursday at a desert cemetery in his hometown of Searchlight, Nevada, following a week of ceremonies in Las Vegas and at the U.S. Capitol that ...

The Bureau of Land Management will hold a series of public scoping meetings next month on a proposed wind farm that could bring as many as 220 skyscraper-sized turbines to the desert 10 miles west of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Tea Partiers from across the West have descended in their Winnebagos and pickups on ...

I often get emails from readers asking about this or that, sometimes with details on something I may have missed on my travels: A road I incorrectly labeled, a name I misspelled. It’s good that these ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, L.L.C. (DESRI) and Bright Plain Renewable Energy (BPRE) today announced the acquisition of the Searchlight solar project located ...

Reporting from Searchlight, Nev. — One of the few signs of this mining town’s most celebrated resident sits out on its lonely eastern flanks, disappearing into the desert like a dusty after-thought.

Senator Harry Reid is most well-known for his legislative record, his heroic battles to save Nevada from being relegated to a disposal site for nuclear waste, and for his leadership and tenacity.