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How to watch 2023 Pro Bowl Skills, live stream, channel, time, events

The 2023 Pro Bowl will be held this weekend and on Thursday we will have the Skills Showdown from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 2, 2023

GM Investing $650M In Nevada Lithium Mine For EV Battery Production

Actual lithium extraction won't start until 2026, though.

Motor1 · Feb 2, 2023

Editorial: Report concludes that California EV plan is a fantasy

California has mandated that by 2035 all new vehicle sales must be plug-ins. A handful of blue states have fallen in line and copied the Golden State’s edict. Nevada regulators have floated the same proposal, and more than a few Democrats in the Legislature would eagerly leap on the bandwagon.

Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023

GM conditionally OKs $650M Nevada lithium mine investment

General Motors has conditionally agreed to invest $650 million in Lithium Americas in a deal that will give GM exclusive access to the first phase of a mine planned near the Nevada-Oregon line with the largest known source of lithium in the U.S. The equity investment the companies announced jointly…

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Big finish to ’22: Nevada casinos win $1B for 22nd straight month

There was a perfect storm of positives that boosted the state’s gaming revenue last year, including one more weekend day in 2022 than 2021 and a robust calendar of sports and entertainment events.

Tribune News Service · Jan 31, 2023

US states propose Colorado River cuts, California lone holdout

Authorities in US West are in talks to cut water use as Colorado River faces historically low levels amid drought.

Al Jazeera · Jan 31, 2023

States at impasse as Colorado River water deadline arrives; pressure builds on California

The seven states that depend on the Colorado River have missed a Jan. 31 federal deadline for reaching a regionwide consensus on how to sharply reduce water use, raising the likelihood of more friction as the West grapples with how to take less supplies from the shrinking river.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 31, 2023

In the West, pressure to count water lost to evaporation

More than 10% of the water carried by the Colorado River evaporates, leaks or spills as the 1,450-mile powerhouse of the West flows through the region’s dams, reservoirs and open-air canals

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023

MAGA candidate's viral vulgar speech

The recording has thrown Nevada's GOP into turmoil

Salon · Jan 28, 2023

Police warn that Oregon torture suspect is using dating apps

Police say a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Oregon, and who was convicted in Nevada of keeping another woman in captivity, is using dating apps to try to find unsuspecting people to help him escape a police manhunt or find new victims

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023