The McCaw School of Mines welcomed its 100,000th visitor on April 30, but the educational attraction in Henderson has its sights set on even bigger treasure.
Henry Brean
Reporter: Environment
Email: hbrean@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0350
Henry Brean writes about water and the environment for the Review-Journal, where he has worked since 2003. A native of Tucson, Arizona, he earned his journalism degree from the University of Missouri before returning to the desert as a reporter and editor for the Pahrump Valley Times.
Reasearchers announced Wednesday that the Kilopower fission reactor performed better than expected during a 28-hour, full-power test completed on March 21 inside a vacuum chamber at the Nevada National Security Site.
The Environmental Protection Agency designation could lead to stripping of federal highway money and takeover of local clean-air programs by the EPA, but local official says such actions are a long way off.
A construction crew has finished sealing off more than 40 abandoned mine openings in the hills above a growing southwest Las Vegas Valley neighborhood.
Construction delays will extend the closure of Dantes View at Death Valley National Park through May.
Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival, featuring 45 events over nine days, is proving a hot ticket in its eighth year.
As worried fans watched live via webcam Monday, a great horned owl chick jumped two stories from its window-sill nest at the Desert Research Institute in Reno.
At a specialized lab, UNLV researchers use microscopic volcano debris to solve prehistoric mysteries.
60 years later, the worst air disaster in Las Vegas history carries safety as its legacy
A top official from the Southern Nevada Water Authority is calling on states that rely on the Colorado River to resolve their differences before the growing dispute derails decades of cooperation on the river.
MGM Resorts International plans to power its sizable share of the Strip with a dedicated solar array capable of supplying up to 90 percent of daytime demand at the company’s 13 Las Vegas casinos.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office defended decision to announce the death of radio talk show host Art Bell on Facebook.
The U.S. Forest Service will now accept input through April 23 as it studies whether to make 54,000 acres in the mountain range available to oil and gas developers for the first time.
Divers at Devils Hole found fewer endangered pupfish than expected during their latest count.
When these caterpillars pitch their tents, spring has sprung in the Mojave Desert.