An earthquake on Father’s Day shook areas of the Fort Irwin National Training Center and Barstow in the Mojave Desert.

Environmental advocates and local tribes in Inyo County are rallying against a proposed gold mining project that threatens to ...

Arid low desert and vegetated high desert meet in this beloved natural gem, offering visitors stunning vistas and rewarding ...

Ground under Red Bluff, Corning and Antelope is sinking from groundwater removal. Here's what that could mean and why it's ...

Kirt Kempter likes to tease conservation groups about their efforts to try to stop erosion in the Galisteo Basin. As a geologist, he contextualizes time a bit differently than other people. He ...

Two people walk down a boardwalk across the Mojave Desert at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada on April 22, 2025. (Sam Ribakoff/Courthouse News) NYE COUNTY, Nev. (CN) — Outside the ...

Night - Mostly clear with a 44% chance of precipitation. Winds WNW at 9 to 15 mph (14.5 to 24.1 kph). The overnight low will be 57 °F (13.9 °C). Sunny with a high of 90 °F (32.2 °C). Winds ...

When he returned to his apartment after the event, the teens allegedly ambushed him, forced him into a vehicle, drove him 70 miles to a remote area in the Mojave Desert, placed a towel over his head ...

If you want to frighten a US Army general in 2025, there’s a simple trick: Just whisper the words “rare earths.” Fears about the world’s dependency on China for the suite of 17 minerals strung along ...

recently published updated geological maps of the Rawlins and Red Desert Basin quadrangles, providing critical new insights into the geology, natural resources, and land-use potential across ...

Donate now. Drive along one of the Antelope Valley’s long, open roads and you’ll see wood chip-covered berms rising from the flat desert landscape. Some piles are taller than single-story ...