How Lake Mead grew, reached capacity, then fell over 80 years.
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“What has been a slow motion train wreck for 20 years is accelerating, and the moment of reckoning is near,” the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority told Congress.
Warm and windy conditions will prevail through much of the holiday weekend in Las Vegas, says the National Weather Service.
Receding Lake Mead keeps revealing remains of the past. The latest is a World War II-era landing craft that once was 185 feet below the surface and a popular dive spot.
The Sunset Road viewing area at Harry Reid International Airport will reopen on Friday after being closed for 26 months for the pandemic.
Wind gusts around 30 mph are forecast for Thursday and into the weekend. A smoke advisory has been issued because of fireworks.
The precipitous drop of Lake Mead this spring has slowed down in past week.
If you have outdoor grass, you can remove it and convert to desert landscape — and get paid to do so.
Las Vegas weather conditions will stay mostly unchanged during the last week of June, according to the National Weather Service.
Owner Craig Miller brought his houseboat in early June to a place for engine repairs, but rapidly declining Lake Mead left him with nothing but sand under his boat.
Should Lake Mead fall below its “dead pool” level of 895 feet, Hoover Dam could not produce power and would be unable to release water to California, Arizona and Mexico.
A Pacific cold front moving through the Las Vegas Valley before the weekend will bring powerful winds and cooler temperatures, says the National Weather Service.
Prepare for two hot days with plenty of wind in Las Vegas before a cooler weekend, says the National Weather Service.
The Community Cat Coalition of Clark County (C5) has trapped, neutered and returned their 50,000th free-roaming or feral cat in the Las Vegas Valley.
Tuesday will be a second day of relatively mild weather, says the National Weather Service.
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Daily highs around 110 and morning lows near 85 are forecast by the Las Vegas office of the National Weather Service from Saturday through Thursday.
A man was shot and killed by police after pointing a rifle at officers in a downtown Las Vegas apartment complex, according to police.
This was the Henderson Police Department’s second officer-involved shooting in 2024, officers said.
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