Five-year projections, which the Bureau of Reclamation releases three times a year, are showing that snowpack may have boosted Lake Mead.
Politics and Government
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.
Environmentalists have filed an application with the federal government to list the Amargosa toad, found only in the Oasis Valley northwest of Las Vegas, as an endangered species.
The jury of seven men and five women was sent to a private room just before 11:30 a.m. to begin weighing a verdict in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
District Judge Joanna Kishner ordered Meta to provide more information to the state of Nevada on its policies regarding children on its platforms.
U.S. health officials approve authorization for all adults but particularly urge people 50 and older to seek one.
Nevada recorded 389 new cases of the disease over the preceding day, but saw its second-highest one-day increase in deaths with 32, according to state data posted Wednesday.
The Nevada figure was a one-day record for the outbreak, while the 317 new cases in Clark County marked the second time this week the county total surpassed 300.
Clark County recorded 73 new COVID-19 cases and eight additional deaths as the state reported a one-day record of tests for the disease caused by the new coronavirus.