Tina Quigley has been the CEO of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada for the last seven years. But that’s about to change.

Someone or some people are shooting and killing burros along the Nevada-California border.More than 40 wild burros, which are protected, have been killed since May. Many of the animals, the BLM says, have been shot from a distance as they were drinking water.“Many of the burros were, unfortunately, found around their water sources, watering holes and springs, we also have evidence that they are being shot at from the highway but the investigation is ongoing,” Jason Lutterman, a spokesperson for the BLM, told KNPR's State of Nevada.

Bee populations around the world are declining for a variety of reasons - habitat loss, pesticides and climate change.  Now a bee species native to the Mojave desert might be added to the federal list of endangered species. If that happens, the Mojave poppy bee would be the first native bee that doesn’t live in a colony to be added to that list. Tara Cornelisse is an entomologist with the Center for Biological Diversity, which has petitioned the federal government to protect the bee.

A celebrity chef with restaurants in Las Vegas has become one of the most notable first responders to provide relief in the Bahamas.Jose Andres, whose restaurants include Jaleo at Cosmopolitan and Bazaar Meats at the newly renamed Sahara, has been providing food in the wake of disasters for years.  After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, Andres and his team provided nearly 1.5 million meals to residents of the island.

The first portion of Interstate 11 opened with great fanfare in Southern Nevada last year.

The private attorney representing Clark, Washoe and several other Nevada counties in suing drug manufacturers says it will take decades to address the legacy of the opioid epidemic.Las Vegas attorney Rober Eglet told State of Nevada that “this public nuisance needs to be abated, and it’s going to take decades to get done. And it’s going to take money every year for the abatement.”Eglet, who was hired by counties across the state, is seeking more than $4 billion in the lawsuits he has filed.

Nevada, particularly Las Vegas, is known for being an affordable place to live. It’s thought of as a place you could come and get a new job, buy a home…or at least find an affordable rental.

The NFL season starts tonight with a traditional clash between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers.But a new tradition is also beginning this season.Nevada has long been this only state to allow full-scale legal sports betting. Now sports betting is allowed nationwide and 12 states have joined Nevada, with a handful more moving toward legalization.And according to Jennifer Roberts, with UNLV’s International Center for Gaming Regulation, there’s more to come.

After a year with good snowpack levels in the Rocky Mountains, some would say parts of the West are clear of the historic drought that lasted nearly two decades. However, that is not the opinion of water managers around the West.“We are far from out of the drought,” said Colby Pellegrino, the water resources director of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, “The way we look at drought is how much water is in the reservoirs because that’s where we get our water from.”

While the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument is five years old, it, of course, protects things that are much, much older.