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Five-year projections, which the Bureau of Reclamation releases three times a year, are showing that snowpack may have boosted Lake Mead.
Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, cast Donald Trump as a threat to democracy and threw their support behind Pres. Joe Biden during an event in Las Vegas Wednesday.
Henderson and North Las Vegas filed a petition in March challenging a policy change that affected nonvoting school board members’ power during meetings.
District Judge Joanna Kishner ordered Meta to provide more information to the state of Nevada on its policies regarding children on its platforms.
More than 70 percent of state residents believe Nevada’s water supply is a serious problem, according to a poll.
Increased snowpack in the Rockies made last year a solid one for Colorado River levels. But scientists predict Lake Mead will go back down.
Rising temperatures have sapped more than 10 trillion gallons of water from the Colorado River over the last two decades, a recent study shows.
Nevada is the first state in the nation to give a local water agency the power to limit individual home water use.
The lawmakers discussed a plan that would bridge protections for the Colorado River’s water reserves.
The budget includes nearly $400 million for major construction projects across the valley aimed at improving the resiliency and capacity of the valley’s water system.
The Nevada Assembly voted 30-12 in favor of a wide-ranging water conservation bill that could lead to caps on residential water use in Las Vegas.
After dropping more than 50 feet since 2000, latest forecasts show Lake Mead rising by roughly 22 feet by the end of the year.
If approved, the legislation would make Nevada the first state to give a local water agency permanent say over how much water residents can use.
Nevada gets less than a 2 percent cut from the Colorado River’s waters, but the state actually uses far more water than that each year.