A UN human rights official is urging the U.S. to turn over control of lands considered to be sacred to Native Americans, including the site of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Work has been halted on approximately 100 acres of the 1,800-acre Genesis solar project between Desert Center and Blythe, following the discovery of “widely dispersed artifacts,” many of which may date to before A.D. 1000, according to the federal Bureau of Land Management. READ MORE...

DRANO LAKE, Skamania County — Kim Murphy reached back over his head, and cast a line with an orange Wiggle Wart, an ungainly, buglike lure, into the blue-green waters. READ MORE...

PINE RIDGE, SD - Pine Ridge Reservation officials are trying to determine the origins of a wolf found dead along U.S. Highway 18 near the town of Pine Ridge. READ MORE...

MOIESE – Prolonged efforts by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to be a part of the management and operation of the National Bison Range located on their reservation are again moving forward.

A panel established by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval to recommend steps to keep the sage grouse off the Endangered Species List and preserve Nevada’s fragile economy in doing so convened today, with the task at hand described as decidedly difficult. READ MORE...