The Department of the Interior is considering a 20-year withdrawal of the Ruby Mountains from future geothermal and oil and gas development, according to a news release. The area in Elko County, ...

It’s one of my dreams to one day take my daughter to what is often described as “the Swiss Alps of Nevada” and show her another corner of her home state. It would be a painful lesson if before I get ...

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The Elko County Planning Commission once again approved a plan for a private ski resort following eight parties filing an ...

As President Joe Biden nears the end of his time in office, his administration is proposing lasting protections for a mountain range commonly referred to as the “Swiss Alps of Nevada.” Even though ...

Looking up at elevated points in Nevada's Ruby Mountains - Miss Annabelle/Shutterstock To the uninitiated, it might seem like Nevada and Switzerland have very little in common. After all, one of them ...

Federal land managers have canceled their proposal to withdraw about 264,000 acres of public land in Nevada’s Ruby Mountain from oil, gas and geothermal development. The U.S. Forest Service said the ...

President Joe Biden’s administration said Monday it is taking steps to bar oil, gas and geothermal development for 20 years in northeastern Nevada’s Ruby Mountains. The administration said it has ...

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — The Forest Service's rejection of a proposal to drill for oil or gas in northeast Nevada's Ruby Mountains has become official after no one complained during the 45-day objection ...

ELKO, Nev.— Thirteen conservation and sportsmen’s groups and outdoor apparel manufacturer Patagonia ran a full-page advertisement in today’s Elko Daily Free-Press opposing federal plans to open Nevada ...