Drought

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Panel of wildfire experts speak on the 'new normal' of climate-driven fire seasons

Shelby Herbert

A panel of fire science experts convened at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Reno to discuss the extent of the devastation caused by climate-driven wildfires and their predictions for the 2022 fire season.

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Local Stories

KUNR Today: Debbie Smith CTE Academy project delayed, WCSD using federal relief on summer program

Jose Davila IV

Read or listen to news headlines for Thursday, June 23, 2022.

Local Stories

KUNR Today: Republican candidates for Nevada governor challenge Lombardo’s conservative credentials

Bert Johnson

Read or listen to news headlines for Thursday, May 26, 2022.

Susan Enfield Washoe County Superintendent KUNR Today

Local Stories

KUNR Today: WCSD Board of Trustees approves contract for new superintendent

Read or listen to the news headlines for Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

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Local Stories

KUNR Today: Interior Secretary Haaland launches commission on murdered and missing Indigenous people

Gustavo Sagrero

Read or listen to the news headlines for Friday, May 6, 2022.

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Local Stories

No return to normal: Low mountain snowpack reflects the West’s grim climate outlook

Bert Johnson

As historic levels of drought persist across the Mountain West, water officials in Northern Nevada are warning that peak fire conditions might appear sooner this year than in the past – and at least one rural reservoir is so dry it can’t provide water for irrigation.

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News

KUNR Today: New network aims to connect water stakeholders, Nevada gets $89 million for transit

Mountain West News Bureau

Read or listen to the news headlines for Thursday, April 7, 2022.

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News

KUNR Today: Nev. elections starting to take shape, Historic drought could continue in spring

Bert Johnson

Read or listen to the morning news headlines for Monday, March 21, 2022.

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Energy and Environment

The BLM is planning to gather Nevada’s wild horses in record numbers

Shelby Herbert

The Bureau of Land Management is in the process of capturing and removing more wild horses and burros from the West than ever before, and climate change might factor into its decision.

An image of the Colorado River cutting through a canyon in the U.S. West.

Energy and Environment

Worry and alarm center focus of annual Colorado River conference

Noah Glick

Low water levels of the Colorado River have led to shrinking reservoirs and new concerns about the future of water in the West.