You can’t have a conversation about combatting climate change without bringing up renewable energy. Replacing fossil fuels with sunlight, geothermal deposits, and the wind is one of the most obvious ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The Vegas Golden Knights announced recently their plan to purchase San Antonio's American Hockey League team and move them to Henderson.The team will be the Knight's minor league team and they'll play at a new arena to be built in Green Valley, just east of The District shopping center. The announcement by the team is the just latest in a series of moves that has brought more companies and businesses to the city of Henderson.The Las Vegas Raiders' corporate headquarters and their practice facility will be built in west Henderson near the executive airport.

The DMV wants to give every Nevadan a gold star.It would go on the top right corner of a driver’s license, indicating it is a Real ID, which meets federal security standards.Starting Oct. 1, it will take a Real ID to fly in the United State or get on a military base like Nellis Air Force Base.And nearly 1 million Nevadans have yet to upgrade their licenses.

Updated 5:37 a.m. Feb. 27 Senator Bernie Sanders won the Nevada Democratic Caucus.The win in Nevada cemented the senator's front-runner status. Next stop for the candidates is South Carolina on Saturday and then on to Super Tuesday.While the candidates have moved on to the next stop on the campaign trail, third-place finisher Pete Buttigieg is questioning the results.

New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg played defense in his presidential debate debut in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Democrats, who have been on the campaign trail and duking it out in previous debates, savaged the former mayor with questions about his record and past comments related to race, gender and his personal wealth.Hugh Jackson, editor of the Nevada Current, told KNPR's State of Nevada that Elizabeth Warren's strongly-worded attacks on Bloomberg were the highlight of the debate at the Paris hotel-casino.

This week’s Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses have attracted more than candidates.Political groups are using the attention surrounding the caucuses to identify supporters who can be active through the November election and beyond.In Nevada, there are fewer groups more politically active than the Culinary Union. Local 226, which represents 60,000 members in the state, making it Nevada’s biggest union. The union declined to make an endorsement in the caucuses but still expects to fire up members.

Democratic presidential hopefuls have already descended upon the state ahead of the February 22 caucus. They’re doing town halls, presidential forums, tours of the Culinary Union facilities -- but for the top-polling candidates, the must-attend event will be the Democratic presidential debate at the Paris casino-hotel on Wednesday, February 19.

A federal whistleblower complaint says open pits of toxic wastewater, roads bulldozed through protected wildlife habitat, and secret hunting cabins are all being allowed on public lands in Nevada.  Is Nevada’s BLM — and its Battle Mountain District, in particular — allowing all this, and more?

Imagine going to a casino to win money … for charity. A new program at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas lets slot players give part of their winnings or any gambling to local non-profits.  It’s been done in other casino resorts, but never at one on the Las Vegas Strip. In six months, the program has raised $26,000 from more than 124,000 donors.

The gaming industry was caught by surprise on Wednesday with Jim Murren's announcement that he was stepping down.Murren has spent 22 years with MGM Resorts International, the last 12 as chairman and CEO.No timetable was given for his departure.“I will do whatever I can to assist the board,” Murren said. “I’ve accomplished a lot and I’m proud of what the company has become. I will continue to lead the company until a successor is found.”