Water agencies in multiple Lower Colorado River Basin states want to slow the decline of the lake by paying Southern California farmers not to plant crops.
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Public health officials in Nevada reported 26 new coronavirus-related deaths Friday, pushing the state’s pandemic death toll past 6,000.
“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.
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.
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.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Nevada Environment Response Trust, seeks money from American Pacific Corp. for a perchlorate cleanup job the trust performed.
Henderson is supplementing a program offered by the Southern Nevada Water Authority to encourage water users to convert their grass to desert landscaping.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, names the Henderson Police Department and the Metropolitan Police Department among its defendants.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area posted the warning on Twitter Thursday afternoon.
The call center, offered in both English and Spanish, launched this month and is in the process of expanding. It will be more widely available Tuesday.
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“It’s just heartbreaking,” said Judy Roman, whose houseboat was totaled and whose security camera recorded the fire.
Members of the Henderson Fire Department demonstrated how they respond to a 911 call about a child trapped in a hot car.
A fatal shooting at a Walmart parking lot is being investigated as a possible case of self-defense, according to the Henderson Police Department.
A suspect accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian told investigators that she had struck construction equipment, according to her arrest report.