Topic: Nevada
Park Service: 2 children found dead after trailer fire at recreation area on Ariz.-Nev. borderTwo children have been found dead after a trailer fire in employee housing at a marina in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, on the Arizona-Nevada border. National ...
Sandstone arch at Valley of Fire State Park in southern Nevada collapsesA small but prominent sandstone arch at a state park in southern Nevada has collapsed. Rangers at Valley of Fire State Park say it appears Natural Arch was claimed by forces ...
New 'America the Beautiful' series of quarters launches with Hot Springs, 55 more to followThe U.S. Mint's list of quarters highlighting America's national parks. The order of issue is based on when the parks were established. Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas ...
Specter of closing state parks illuminates tough choices facing lawmakers Nevadas parks and recreation areas would receive a 10 percent budget cut like other state services under Gov. Jim Gibbons plan to close the shortfall of nearly $900 million.Senate Majority Leader Steven ...
Cost-cutting move could devastate rural areas, critics say The Nevada Legislature is thinking of closing state parks as it considers how to patch an estimated $900 million budget gap, a move that would save a few million dollars while killing the economies ...
Brilliant red sandstone in Valley of Fire makes spectacular but easy side trip from Las Vegas You've done your time in Las Vegas."I tell people coming through here for the first time to just let your imagination run wild," said Dennis Williams ...
With budgets pared to bare essentials, museums are feeling the pressure.Mark Hall-Patton, administrator of the Clark County Museum and the Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum, and president of the Nevada Museums Association, discussed the museums purpose.How did museums originate?Museums came out of ...
Federal government says it will spend $11.7M on land in national monuments in Western USFederal officials plan to spend $11.7 million for about 5,000 acres of private land in national monuments, forests and recreation areas in three Western states.The largest purchase announced ...
US Mint list of new national park quarters, in order the coins will be producedThe U.S. Mint announced Wednesday that it will produce a series of quarters highlighting America's national parks, one per state and territory, beginning next year. The coins will ...
Days of operation slashed, entrance fees raisedat centers across Nevada CARSON CITY The states seven museums typically get a third of their annual visitation from July4 through Labor Day. That will likely drop this summer because budget cuts have forced the museums ...
