A new study places Las Vegas on a list of 25 cities that are sinking farther into the ground every year. But it doesn’t rank as highly as it would have in the 1960s or ’70s.
Environment
Two Nevada environmental groups are suing the federal government over its approval of Greenlink West, a 472-mile NV Energy transmission line that would run from the Las Vegas Valley to the Reno area.
After losing her mother and suffering from a bout of alcoholism, Melissa Gallia checked herself into a Las Vegas addiction center to seek treatment. She was found dead on the ground in a parking lot two days later.
Two Nevada water delivery systems have been flagged for elevated levels of “forever chemicals” as part of statewide testing that is moving forward despite changing rules under a new presidential administration.
Last weekend, the executive and his wife joined rangers to build a fence and add rocks to Willow Spring and La Madre Spring trails.
The species lives in only one imperiled spring in Esmeralda County.
Though climate change is politicized, residents feel the effects of it either way, experts said.
The head of a Utah water district has denied that the agency is pursuing a pipeline from Lake Powell.
After tensions flared in Las Vegas, the seven state representatives are evading a public speaking opportunity.
Water access on Native American reservations is not always guaranteed.
The Mohave County Medical Examiner’s office and National Park Service both refuse to provide details on a heat-related death. But that might violate Arizona state records laws.
The reservoir is the source of almost all of Southern Nevada’s drinking water.
The nonprofit, More Perfect Union, has put up 19 billboards in Reno and Las Vegas. It’s calling out the Trump administration’s cuts to safety staff throughout the national park system.
With Lake Mead one-third full and projections foreshadowing a dry future, the National Park Service is taking action to ensure that boating will remain uninterrupted.
A petition calls on the Bureau of Reclamation to use its authority to determine what constitutes “beneficial use” of water.