The toxic element is turning up in the feathers of peregrine falcons from coast to coast, including those living full time at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, according to a new study by Nevada Department of Wildlife biologist Joe Barnes.
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Dozens of rare relict leopard frogs were set free Thursday in their new urban habitat at the Springs Preserve, part of the effort to revive the species thought to be extinct along the Virgin and Colorado rivers before it was discovered anew near Lake Mead in 1991.
Precious water is vanishing into thin air at the Colorado River’s two largest reservoirs, and scientists are only now learning the true scale of the problem.
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One day after emptying the moving truck, Major Kyle Smith and Lt. Colonel Lisa Smith eagerly stepped into their roles as the Salvation Army’s new Southern Nevada Coordinators, ready to kick off the organization’s annual water drive.
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Robert Salone was upset when he came home and found his neighbor’s car blocking his driveway, police have said.
An arrest report details a weekend police chase involving a man accused of stealing a U-Haul box truck and slamming it into a police vehicle.
The number of deaths in Southern Nevada where heat has been a factor has reached 29 this year, according to a Clark County release.
Costco, known as a place to buy food, toilet paper and other items in bulk, operates five locations in Southern Nevada.
