In the heart of the Amargosa Valley, the Amargosa River quietly winds its way through the hottest and driest desert in North America. Though invisible on most maps, this rare desert river is nothing ...

Site of Amargosa Solar Energy Zone in Nye County. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis/Nevada Current) Federal land managers will determine whether one of the largest potential power-producing solar plants in the ...

AMARGOSA VALLEY (KTNV) — Here in Nevada, there's been an uptick in mining interest for what are called critical minerals— resources like lithium, magnesium and copper— deemed vital to the nation’s ...

AMARGOSA VALLEY, Nev. (KTNV) — Situated next to Death Valley south of I-95 is the Amargosa Valley. It's an unincorporated town that has a post office, a dairy, about 1,400 people and desert as far as ...

AMARGOSA VALLEY — Across the street from Judi Faber’s quaint one-story house in Amargosa Valley is a wooden stick. Initially, the 77-year-old retiree didn’t think much of it. But inside the plastic ...

Residents of Amargosa Valley and surrounding communities support mining ban at BLM public meeting Feb. 27, 2025. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis/Nevada Current) Residents of Amargosa Valley and surrounding ...

After an intense local campaign to protect a treasured wildlife refuge in the Amargosa Desert the federal government has proposed a two-year pause on new mining claims on thousands of acres of public ...

The Amargosa toad and Oasis Valley speckled dace live in spring-fed habitats along the Amargosa River in Oasis Valley near ...

Seven years of carefully planned habitat restoration on private land in the Mojave Desert have yielded hope for the persistence of the endangered Amargosa vole. In early August, a photograph from a ...