1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (565+ words) A data center can lower a town’s taxes or raise its blood pressure — and the outcome is rarely an accident. Same industry, opposite outcomes. The difference usually isn’t the data center. It’s whether the people who approved it asked the…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1135+ words) In a win for city officials and environmentalists, an administrative judge agreed to prevent a Texas-based developer from building a data center on federal land — for now. An administrative judge ruled in favor of Boulder City leaders and environmentalists on…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (680+ words) For every step we take forward, we seem to simultaneously take a few backward. Just one year shy of its 20th anniversary, the iPhone, and the other electronic devices we use daily, sure have changed modern life — and not all for…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (582+ words) The Nye County Commission voted Tuesday to ban data centers in the Pahrump Valley and Basin 162. The decision followed a commission meeting that drew hundreds of people and included more than two hours of public comment despite a two-minute time…...

4+ week, 16+ hour ago   (720+ words) Both iPhones and Android phones have built-in accessibility features that make them easier to see, hear and navigate. Dear Savvy Senior: My 79-year-old mom just upgraded from a flip phone to a smartphone, but she’s having trouble figuring it out....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1345+ words) A heated federal land debate about data centers has spurred action from Boulder City officials and environmental groups. As a data center developer moves its project forward on federal land in Boulder City using an unusual regulatory mechanism, a heated…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (617+ words) Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is considering a one-year moratorium on data centers because of water consumption and land use. This proposal is part of a wider debate as communities cope with the increasing resource demands of the data center boom. But what…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (111+ words) Much ado about nothing. Re: Your Monday front-page article on daylight saving time: Once again, we must engage in this tiresome debate and hand-wringing about adjusting our clocks. Never mind that we Nevadans travel all over this country and the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (273+ words) Residents don’t want to cash in. The Boulder City data center kerfuffle seems like much ado about very little. The data centers have no more frontline impact — as far as water use — than car washes or golf courses and do…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1066+ words) The decision came after a hearing at the City Council meeting for a bill that sought to impose an immediate ban of up to 180 days on new conditional permit applications for data centers. Henderson City Council members ordered city staff…...