Driver repeatedly plows into people on Vegas Strip; 1 dies

Police and emergency crews respond to the scene of a car accident along Las Vegas Boulevard, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

School Allows GSA But Decides Pro-Life Club Too Controversial

Yet another high school student is asking equal access for a Students for Life club

Multiple earthquakes hit Nevada!

(USGS)  Multiple earthquakes have struck Nevada North-East of Las Vegas in the past 17 hours.  The earthquakes ranged in size from 2.5 to 4.8 in magnitude. 

Disappearing Lake Powell underlines drought crisis facing Colorado river

In Lake Powell, white calcium deposits show the extent to which the water level has dropped, around 30ft. Photograph: Chris McGreal for the Guardian

Earthquakes in California, 29 January, 2015

Commentary By: Gordon King

The West Coast of the United States has been hit with several moderate to large earthquakes within the past 24 hour period.  The largest off the coast of Northern California, a magnitude 5.7 and a 5.6, Northern Nevada with a 4.2, and Central Nevada with a (3.3).  Many other small earthquakes have also occurred from California to Oklahoma, down to Arizona.

There are no reports of damage at this time.

Earthquake swarm in remote Nevada region intensifies

Police: 2 children, man dead in northwest Reno shooting

Reno Police Officer Tim Broadway talks about a home shooting that killed three, two of whom were children, near Stone Valley Drive and Mae Anne Avenue in Reno. Marcella Corona/RGJ.

Global incident map: 26 earthquakes in Northern Nevada in a 24 hour period

USGS: 8 earthquakes in 4 hours about 40 miles east-southeast of Lakeview, Oregon, most recent was magnitude 3.3 – via @breakingweather

Groundwater levels drop in Southwestern U.S. in ongoing drought

A tire rests on the dry bed of Lake Mendocino, a key Mendocino County reservoir, in Ukiah, California February 25, 2014. REUTERS/Noah Berger

Out-of-state groups ride in to stand with Nevada rancher in battle with feds over grazing rights

Cliven Bundy said his family’s herd has always grazed on public land. (Courtesy Bundy Ranch)