When it comes to Lake Mead’s water levels, even the biggest storms that hit Las Vegas aren’t much of a factor.
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The mountains surrounding the Las Vegas Valley have experienced several disasters over the last 20 years.
Reddit users recently shared weird facts about Nevada that sound fake, but are actually true.
Research suggests that cloud seeding can increase snowfall by as much as 10 percent, so it’s no wonder that Nevada — the nation’s driest state — is investing in the practice.
Interstate 515 is also called U.S. 93 and 95 between downtown Las Vegas and Henderson, but why does the stretch of highway have so many designations?
Children must now be 5 years old by Aug. 1 to attend kindergarten in Nevada’s public schools.
Few Henderson residents know much about the man for whom the city is named, but he lived an interesting and accomplished life.
Test your wildlife knowledge and learn fun facts about Nevada’s fauna with information from the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
When George Frederick Colton, the founder of Searchlight, died in 1918, the origin of the town’s name died with him.
Calls to the Nevada Department of Wildlife about wildlife encounters saw a 657% increase from 2018 to 2019.
There are plenty of things to do and see in Las Vegas that don’t cost a dime.
Stacker compiled data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information to detail the temperature changes over the past 120 years across every state except Alaska and Hawaii.
Since the 1980s, Southern Nevada has been banking its unused Colorado River water, storing hundreds of billions of gallons away underground and in Lake Mead.
While most coyote sightings are harmless, the Nevada Department of Wildlife says it’s important for residents to discourage coyotes presence in neighborhoods.
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.