The park service has extended the deadline for comments on various proposals for how to manage and maintain launch ramps for motorized boaters at Lake Mead.
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The water authority on Tuesday outlined how it thinks the Colorado River basin states and the federal government can drastically cut back on water use along the dwindling Colorado next year.
Federal officials underscored the need for urgent action to deal with ongoing drought along the Colorado River at a water users conference in Las Vegas on Friday.
Southern Nevada Water Authority General Manager John Entsminger said California and Arizona are going to have to shoulder the brunt of the unprecedented cuts the federal government says are needed next year.
“The common cause that we have to address is climate change induced lower flows,” commission Chair Anne Castle said. “That’s what we have to work on together. It’s not an enemy that we can defeat. It’s one that we have to live with.”
Things have only gotten worse along the river since Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton asked the Western states to come up with conservation plan, and that decline shows no signs of slowing down.
A public hearing on Wednesday saw hundreds of people turn out, many to protest a potential option to restrict boating access to Lake Mead as a result of the ongoing drought.
Nevada will have an $11.4 billion budget over the next two fiscal years, according to the Economic Forum projections.
A Democratic redistricting plan drew objections from a prominent lawmaker, but the party held all three Southern Nevada seats. Will they be able to keep winning in the future?
Nearly 30 municipalities in the Southwest have signed on to an agreement to reduce water use along the Colorado River, following Las Vegas, which has led the way on conservation efforts for years.
Clark County is down to counting the last remaining ballots. Some had unreadable or mismatched signatures.
Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria said most of the outstanding ballots from the 2022 election will be counted today, although some provisional ballots remain to be verified and counted.
Republican Joe Lombardo will become Nevada’s next governor, making the leap from county sheriff to the state’s top executive office after unseating first-term Democrat Gov. Steve Sisolak by a razor-thin margin.
Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican Adam Laxalt are essentially tied in the closely watched U.S. Senate race that could determine party control of the Senate.
Democratic Reps. Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford declared victory Thursday in their bids for re-election, even as mail ballots continued to be counted around the state.
Sean Bloom has a sharp eye for success, always considering risk versus reward. Last year, the 21-year-old made headlines alongside his billionaire father, Jay Bloom, after narrowly escaping a deadly trip aboard OceanGate’s Titan Sub. They might both be dead if Jay hadn’t heeded Sean’s warning. “I’m always assessing whether potential deals or situations are […]
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Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
Experts said there are significant safety hazards that in-flight turbulence poses to airline passengers and crews. Injuries have piled up over the years.
A coalition of residents and activists called on the Biden administration to issue heat protections for outdoor workers and declare climate change a national emergency.