Las Vegas Sun37m
11 years after opening, Nevada solar plant faces bleak future
What was once the world's largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under ...
Lincoln Journal Star9h
Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947.
Nevada Independent10h
It’s the wettest time of the year, but much of Nevada remains dry
Two-thirds of the way through its snowy season, the state’s valleys remain largely snow-free and snowpack is sporadic across ...
Public land in Mojave Desert just named as California's newest national monument
Chuckwalla National Monument was established by outgoing President Joe Biden as one of his last actions to help restore ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat19h
First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the Southern California desert
A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier. A sleek white aircraft ...
Independently Developed Supersonic Jet Breaks Sound Barrier Over Mojave Desert
Colorado-based Boom Supersonic plans to build the Overture airliner, which it says will carry as many as 80 passengers while ...
KNAU Arizona Public Radio1d
Earth Notes: Mojave Trail
The Mojave Trail was initially used by Indigenous tribes for trade and travel but later became a critical route for Spanish ...
Las Vegas Sun2d
As solar farms sprout up in Southern Nevada, concern for desert tortoises grows
As solar energy farms continue to pop up across the Mojave Desert, some residents are being squeezed out of their homes: the ...
Kingman Daily Miner3d
Nature notes | An icon of the Mojave Desert
If there’s any plant that symbolizes the Mojave Desert, it is probably the Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). This unmistakable ...