All three deaths reported by the Clark County coroner’s office also had other causes listed.
Alan Halaly
Alan Halaly started covering water and environmental issues at the Las Vegas Review-Journal in January 2024. He hails from Florida, where he served as editor-in-chief of the University of Florida’s student-run newspaper, The Independent Florida Alligator. His work has been recognized by the Hearst Journalism Awards, the Online News Association and the Society of Environmental Journalists. Throughout his career, he has reported across many beats for the Miami Herald, NPR-affiliate WUFT, The Daily Beast and the Miami New Times.
Nevada wildlife officials are capturing 150 sheep from Valley of Fire State Park and moving them elsewhere.
In a roundtable discussion, the governor heard from Nevada’s top fire officials on the upcoming season.
Two bills signed into law last week create a statewide groundwater rights retirement program. It has no funding.
In response to a climate change denier’s recent challenge to debate him, UNLV professor Ben Leffel had one condition: The debate had to be held “in the form of a WWE professional wrestling match.”
The Nevada State Climate Office held its first-ever Northern Nevada Heat Summit in Reno.
The bill requires some local governments to update master plans to better reconcile with rising temperatures.
The survey reveals how Nevadans are dealing with issues like extreme heat, water quality and public transit.
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.
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.
