The desert tortoise officially emerged from his Springs Preserve burrow about 1:25 p.m. Saturday afternoon, according to a Clark County release.
Katelyn Newberg

Katelyn Newberg joined the Review-Journal's investigative team in February 2025. Following two internships, she joined the newspaper staff in 2018 as a breaking news reporter and began covering courts and legal affairs in October 2021. She is a native of central Florida and a 2018 graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications.
A person died Thursday night after a motorcycle and delivery truck collided in the south valley, Las Vegas police said.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday identified the Las Vegas man whose body was found in early March on the side of the road in Amargosa Valley.
Police arrested a 25-year-old woman in California in connection with the death of a 71-year-old doctor whose body was found March 7 in a desert area east of the Las Vegas Valley.
A person is in “extremely critical” condition after being rescued from a vehicle on fire in the south valley Wednesday night, Las Vegas police said.
A man is dead after a shooting near downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday night, police said.
Jonathan “Jonny” Smith’s friends described the 12-year-old as a “trickster, clown, a goofy dork,” but above all he was a bright light.
Las Vegas police are investigating a barricade situation in the northeast valley on Wednesday night after reports of shots fired.
A man faces a murder charge after a body was dumped in Amargosa Valley and found March 1, following a fight in Las Vegas, police said.
Las Vegas police are asking for help finding a person of interest in the fatal stabbing of a man found outside a bar near downtown Saturday morning.
The El Loco roller coaster at the Circus Circus Adventuredome was in motion when a woman fell from the ride, a spokesman for Clark County said Wednesday.
An 81-year-old Las Vegas woman has died from her injuries after a two-vehicle crash on Thursday in the east valley, police said.
A woman was injured Monday afternoon after she fell from a roller coaster in the Adventuredome at Circus Circus, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
A 64-year-old inmate died in hospice care at a Northern Nevada prison on Monday, the Department of Corrections announced.
A person was hospitalized after a fire Saturday afternoon in a central valley apartment complex, the Clark County Fire Department said.