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After tribes secured the death of the Keystone XL pipeline, Native organizers in Nevada are looking to get the same results for the planned Thacker Pass lithium mine.

Over the next week a series of origami crane installations will be placed throughout the University of Nevada, Reno campus to honor the lives of those who died during the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Federal Judge Miranda Du is expected to make a decision this week on a request for an injunction in an attempt to temporarily stop progress at the site of the planned Thacker Pass lithium mine.

MINDEN, Nev. (AP) — A red siren perched atop a small town’s volunteer fire department sounds every night at 6 p.m., sending a piercing noise echoing through the ranches and towns of northern Nevada’s Carson Valley including Dresslerville — a community governed by the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California.

City Manager Doug Thornley told This Is Reno the city is in negotiations with Artown to transfer ownership.

Local government agencies are observing Juneteenth—the holiday commemorating the day enslaved Black people in Texas learned of their emancipation on June 19, 1865.

Middle and high school teachers have said they feel nervous and unprepared to teach about slavery in school.

A gathering of about 250 people held Saturday in downtown Reno was aimed at trying to halt, or slow, a federal approval of the lithium mine 25 miles south of the Nevada-Oregon border.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a bill on Friday that directs local school boards to ban “racially discriminatory” mascots, logos and names.

Washoe County has announced a series of upcoming outdoor events at Bower’s Mansion Regional Park.