Farmers near Rhyolite Ridge have their own opinions on the lithium-boron mine project. It will eventually double Esmeralda ...

Bernard Rowe came to Nevada to find gold. When he found lithium instead, he went to work on a project that’s consumed nearly ...

Will the release of federal land help Nevada’s affordable housing crisis? It depends. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acknowledged in 2024 that Nevada’s Railroad Valley toad may need to be protected, but it ...

This story was originally published in the 2024 edition of Discovery magazine, the College of Science's publication. This edition of Discovery celebrated the 20th anniversary of the College of Science ...

“Just saw your map,” the message began ... they started dating while fighting a different lithium mine in southwestern Nevada. Rover’s project particularly rankles, though: Donnelly ...

Nevada became a state in 1864 — months before a saloon in a town called Genoa posted a wanted sign for Abraham Lincoln’s then-unknown assassin, four years before the transcontinental railroad stitched ...

We have received a new map of the Washoe Silver region in Nevada Territory, published by H.H. BANCROFT & Co., of San Francisco. During this dearth of silver it is very pleasant to have spread ...

“This is going to put us back on the map,” he said Thursday ... I have to say categorically, no.” Nevada is home to the only existing lithium mine in the U.S. Another is currently under ...

New Jersey has nearly 600 abandoned mines, according to state officials. (See an interactive map of abandoned mine locations below.) “They’re everywhere,” said Timothy Rack, safety and ...

Nevada Gold Mines: Gold is arguably the most precious rare metal on Earth, its value can be gauged from the fact that the borrowing power of a nation is determined by the size of its gold reserves ...

RENO, Nev. — For the first time under President Joe Biden, a federal permit for a new lithium mine has been approved for a Nevada project essential to his clean energy agenda, despite ...