There’s still water in Lake Powell, but it’s getting harder to access it.
Blake Apgar
Former politics reporter
The former Golden Knights right wing has been smashing into Southern Nevada water wasters since 2019.
“This is a benchmark moment,” Kyle Roerink, executive director of the Great Basin Water Network, said Sunday. “And it’s not going to be the last one this summer.”
A company is claiming Henderson officials inaccurately labeled it a “sexually oriented business.” Now, the business has taken the city to court.
The announcement from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation follows news that federal officials will release additional water from upstream reservoirs this year to prop Lake Powell up.
Council members on Tuesday approved new rate increases for water users, a measure that will buoy the utility department’s reserves and cover rising operations and maintenance costs.
Despite schools and businesses closing early in the pandemic, overall water usage in Henderson increased, a UNLV study found.
Federal officials will release water from reservoirs upstream to raise Lake Powell’s water levels.
A coalition that included environmentalists, businesses, agriculture officials and elected leaders gathered Thursday to share demands for managing the shrinking Colorado River.
State and federal investigators still have open cases on the 2016 bombing that rocked the tiny Lincoln County town of Panaca.
Concentrations of the virus in two of seven Las Vegas Valley wastewater collection sites show levels approaching those last seen during the winter wave of infections, scientists have found.
Vice President Kamala Harris made a brief visit to Las Vegas Saturday, urging an audience to get vaccinated and to encourage others to do the same.
Despite the effects of a decadeslong drought and gloomy headlines about declining water levels, business is strong for recreation companies on Lake Mead and the Colorado River.
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