A Pahrump man wanted on a felony warrant led authorities on a two-state, high speed chase Friday that ended near the Amargosa Opera House, the Nye County Sheriff’s Department reported. The chase began around 7:40 a.m. on Highway 373 in Amargosa Valley when …
Jean Younker, retired scientist and Yucca Mountain contractor, recently wrote about why this project is the “best” site for nuclear waste without ever saying “best, compared to what” or “why.” The scientific information provided in …
CARSON CITY — Despite the tough words earlier this week by Gov. Brian Sandoval, the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear dump is still alive. “It’s in suspended animation,” said Robert Halstead, executive director of the state’s Agency for Nuclear …
Gov. Brian Sandoval played his gubernatorial trump card Monday, telling the nation’s energy secretary that Nevada doesn’t support resurrecting Yucca Mountain as a high-level nuclear waste dump or hosting an interim storage site in the state, no …
Nye County, Sandoval clash over future of Yucca (March 16, 2012) Gov. Sandoval: Nye County may want a nuke dump but it doesn’t speak for Nevada (March 12, 2012) The Sun’s Yucca Mountain coverage The Nye County Commission recently sent a letter …
NEW YORK — U.S. solar developers are luring cash at record rates from investors ranging from Warren Buffett to Google and KKR by offering returns on projects four times those available for Treasury securities. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. together …
Gov. Brian Krolicki plan in April and May to take three road trips: one to the Black Rock Desert area in Northern Nevada, the second to Fort Churchill in central Nevada and the third to Rachel and the Extraterrestrial Highway (U.S. 93) area in Southern Nevada.
UPDATE: Today, Gov. Brian Sandoval threw cold water on Nye County’s invitation with a letter to Secretary Chu saying Nevada “will not consent to an interim storage facility or repository being considered in the state.” Letter at right.
CARS0N CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval says Nevada does not want an interim or permanent nuclear waste repository despite Nye County’s recent letter of support for such a project. In a March 12 letter to U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Sandoval …
“Nye County, Nevada hereby provides notice to you the Secretary of Energy, that we consent to host the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain consistent with our previous resolutions (attached) that support the safe and successful development of …