told the board it was important to highlight that all of Nevada is a child care desert. Even people who don’t have children may have a business or know a co-worker who’s affected, she said.

From a little over half a mile away, this rocket is a rare sign of human activity in the Nevada desert.

Although it once thrived across much of the Mojave Desert, the quarter-inch-long, yellow-and-black bee is now only found in seven locations in Nevada’s Clark County. The bee’s pollinating skills are ...