Dry conditions that persisted through much of 2020 are continuing into the new year for the Las Vegas region.
Marvin Clemons
Former Digital Content Producer
Two sets of parents had what might be close to a tie for the first baby of the year in the Las Vegas Valley.
The community of Bellen, New Mexico, officially burned the remains of 2020 on Thursday night.
Fireworks were the only missing ingredient for a Las Vegas Strip new year’s celebration as 2021 began and most wished 2020 good riddance.
Although Friday morning lows were slightly above average across the Las Vegas Valley, the seven-day forecast calls for temperatures right at normal with no precipitation.
Perhaps to be expected just into the new year, Las Vegas police and first responders were dealing with more than a dozen injury accidents in the first hours of 2021.
During the 10 months of the pandemic, banking has been one of many challenges for most Southern Nevada residents.
Temperatures will be above normal Sunday and Monday, the official first day of winter, according to the latest National Weather Service forecast.
A Spirit jet from Las Vegas skidded off a taxiway in Baltimore early Thursday.
A calm and sunny is forecast Wednesday for the Las Vegas Valley before conditions turn windy on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
Frontier Airlines will add six nonstop routes from Las Vegas to U.S. and Mexico destinations starting in March.
Windy and cool conditions will continue through much of Tuesday, according to the latest National Weather Service forecast.
Twenty DUI arrests were made Saturday night by the DUI Strike Team in Southern Nevada,
Early cloudiness should clear during the day Monday while Las Vegas temperatures hit seasonal norms for mid-December, according to the National Weather Service.
“The rest of the year looks dry all the way,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Trevor Boucher, adding that the outlook for early 2021 is “drier than normal.”