The percentage of adults in the West who say they’ve been personally affected by an extreme weather event, including wildfires and high heat, jumped 13% in the last two years.

Utah lawmakers have given the state more voice in negotiations over the Colorado and Bear rivers. The move, however, has some environmentalists concerned about the sensitive multi-state agreements that govern the rivers.

This comes as the insects are rapidly declining and are under consideration for Endangered Species Act protections.

The northern Nevada town of Owyhee is on the Duck Valley Reservation in Elko County. It has one combined school that’s 70 years old and in deep disrepair, as it sits on contaminated land.

This Fourth of July, Tahoe City might bring back fireworks after three years of using drones for the show.

A new bill in the Nevada legislature aims to reduce plastic pollution around Lake Tahoe by banning the sale of small plastic water bottles.

The proposal would give each park superintendent the authority to decide where micromobility devices can go. Some public lands groups worry they'll be permitted in environmentally-sensitive areas.

En este episodio de Al Aire con KUNR, la reportera Maria Palma informa acerca de una legislación que haría más fácil deshacerse de los vehículos abandonados de la propiedad pública y privada.

En este episodio de Al Aire con KUNR, la reportera Maria Palma informa acerca de la REAL ID, los recortes federales para Nevada Humanities y más.

Gracias a fondos estatales aprobados por la legislatura de Nevada hace dos años, cada vez más jóvenes en todo el estado están llevando su aprendizaje al aire libre — una experiencia que ha resultado transformadora para algunos estudiantes de secundaria.

Nevada’s treasurer is attributing a decrease in tourism to tariffs.

Lawmakers have introduced AB 416, a bill aimed at safeguarding Nevadans’ access to materials in public libraries and ensuring the freedom to read and the freedom of library staff to manage library content without any political or ideological interference. The bill introduces criminal penalties for attempts to intimidate or harm others in relation to library materials in public schools, public libraries, library districts, and institutions of higher education.

The bill would add certain street foods to the list of homemade food products that are sold and prepared outside of a commercial kitchen. The list includes corn on the cob, aguas frescas, or fresh cut fruit—street foods popular in Mexico and Latin America.

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