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Associated Press Reno correpondent covering news, sports, politics, environment and everything else, in Nevada and the West since 1998. Email ssonner@ap.org

 Reno, NV
Joined June 2010
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Nevada's first big-game moose hunt will be tiny as unusual southern expansion defies climate change (from @AP) apnews.com/article/0d935b67e…

Nevada's first big-game moose hunt will be tiny as unusual southern expansion defies climate change

It will be a very tiny big-game hunt for one of the largest animals in North America. Nevada is planning its first-ever moose hunt this fall. Only one or two of the 100 or so moose in Nevada are...

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A travel guide's warning to avoid Lake Tahoe may jolt the region into managing huge tourist crowds

Tourism officials at Lake Tahoe were surprised when a respected international travel guide included the iconic alpine lake on a list of places to stay away from this year because of the harmful...

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NASA opposes lithium mining at tabletop flat Nevada desert site used to calibrate satellites

The latest challenge to lithium mining in Nevada in the push for cleaner energy comes from a place where no opposition has arisen before: space.

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Oakland Athletics stadium deal wins final legislative approval in Nevada as MLB weighs move to Vegas washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Southwest fire crews brace for return of dangerous winds (from @AP) apnews.com/772cef18e92effde4…

"A very chaotic situation': Crews tackle growing wildfires

Destructive U.S. Southwest fires have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and put numerous small villages in New Mexico in the path of danger, as wind-fueled flames chewed up wide swaths of...

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After a night of partying, one of the wildest made-cut stories you’ll hear golf.com/news/pro-top-10-aft…

After a night of partying, one of the wildest made-cut stories you’ll hear | News | GOLF.com

Joel Dahmen was a part of one of the wildest made-cut stories you’ll hear. His caddie, Geno Bonnalie, told it on the Under the Strap podcast.

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US plans more wild horse roundups this year than ever before (from @AP) apnews.com/e47f7353e4ee89c41…

US plans more wild horse roundups this year than ever before

The U.S. government plans to capture more wild horses on federal lands this year than ever before. The Bureau of Land Management plans to permanently remove at least 19,000 horses and burros this...

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Nevada geothermal power lawsuit bound for US appeals court - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Climate change disrupting natural cycles at drier Lake Tahoe (from @AP) apnews.com/5e48f4db398404f4b…

Climate change disrupting natural cycles at drier Lake Tahoe

Drought fueled by climate change has dropped Lake Tahoe below its natural rim and halted flows into the Truckee River.

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COVID-19 underscores need to diversify Tahoe tourist economy (from @AP) apnews.com/5b7a07b13722d7a87…

COVID-19 underscores need to diversify Tahoe tourist economy

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic helped expose the growing vulnerability of Lake Tahoe’s increasingly tourism-dependent economy as housing costs balloon, year-round residency declines and more...

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First flames, then fees: Tahoe evacuees report price-gouging (from @AP) apnews.com/5f8e3d5c22a55ef82…

First flames, then fees: Tahoe evacuees report price gouging

Some Lake Tahoe residents who fled a raging wildfire burning toward the California-Nevada border have encountered an unexpected obstacle: price gouging.

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Sierra Nevada red fox to be listed as federally endangered (from @AP) apnews.com/2ce1f806ed3a2b806…

Sierra Nevada red fox to be listed as federally endangered

Federal wildlife officials have decided to list the Sierra Nevada red fox as an endangered species. The U.S.

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Judge refuses to block digging at lithium mine on NV-OR line (from @AP) apnews.com/688b60947d2773c92…

Judge refuses to block digging at lithium mine on NV-OR line

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has denied environmentalists' request for a court order temporarily blocking the government from digging trenches for archaeological surveys at a mine planned near...

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Critics bid to overturn approval of Tahoe resort expansion

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmental lawyers are urging a California appellate court to overturn a pair of district court rulings that handed significant victories to the Squaw Valley ski resort as it...

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Judge hears fight over lithium mine on Nevada-Oregon line

A judge in Nevada is considering legal challenges to government approval of a mine at the largest known U.S. deposit of lithium. U.S.

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Federal agency: Nevada flower near mine should be protected seattletimes.com/business/fe… via @seattletimes

Federal agency: Nevada flower near mine should be protected

RENO, Nev. (AP) — An extremely rare wildflower that grows only in Nevada’s high desert where an Australian mining company wants to dig for lithium should be protected under the Endangered Species...

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Wild thangs: Double-A team draws 13 walks in an inning (from @AP) apnews.com/e369b1bba3c5a9075…

Wild thangs: Double-A team draws 13 walks in an inning

Now this was truly a wild inning in the minor leagues. The Double-A Biloxi Shuckers scored 12 runs in the sixth inning on just one hit Thursday night — drawing a whopping 13 walks from a trio of...

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Old documents fuel latest bid to halt Nevada lithium mine (from @AP) apnews.com/ed84df8c7906883ba…

Old documents fuel latest bid to halt Nevada lithium mine

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Few people had ever heard of Tiehm’s buckwheat when conservationists filed a petition two years ago to list the desert wildflower as an endangered species.

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Feds want to fix canal, but Nevada town lives off the leaks washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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