agriculture

The judges found EPA permits in Idaho factory farms didn’t require enough monitoring of waste, and could lead to manure in waterways.

Here are the local morning news headlines for Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021.COVID-19 Cases Ticking Down, But Metrics Still High In NevadaBy Lucia…

Here are your local news headlines for the morning of Tuesday, May 4, 2021.Nevada Approves Washoe County’s Revised COVID-19 Reopening PlanBy Lucia…

The weather is getting warmer and fire season is right around the corner. To help cut down on potential wildfire risks, Carson City is looking for a…

The sugar beet harvest is underway across the Mountain West.It’s a big industry that depends on accurate weather forecasts and a reliable workforce – both…

A few weeks ago, rancher Noah Brooks said what was troubling him most was the weather.“The fact that it didn’t rain, June, July, August but maybe three…

Researchers in our region are arguing for new models to better plan for a recent climate phenomenon: flash droughts. According to a new paper published in…

Wild mushroom foragers in the Mountain West may soon have a new and easy way to tell if their pickings are poisonous.

It looks like President Trump’s partial trade deal with China won’t bring in the promised $40 billion or so worth of agricultural trade for the U.S....

Several thousand people came together in Elko over the weekend to celebrate the 36th annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Folklife aficionados came…