California’s reservoirs ravaged by drought as summer looms

While droughts are common in California, this year’s is much hotter and drier than others, evaporating water more quickly from the reservoirs and the sparse Sierra Nevada snowpack that feeds them.

 
Avengers assembling for new adventure at Disneyland

The Avengers Campus, which opens Friday, seeks to be an immersive experience that allows guests to become super-heroic across a series of rides, shows and eateries from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Las Vegas unemployment rate second highest in US in April

The Las Vegas Valley’s unemployment rate in April, 9 percent, was second highest in the nation among large metro areas, ahead of only Los Angeles at 9.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday .

CARTOONS: Paying at the pump

Check out some recent editorial cartoons from across the country and world.

LETTER: Laundering money through Washington

Maybe if the federal government hadn’t grown so big, we could just keep those tax dollars here and spend them on Nevada priorities.

 
Senator seeks funds to expand mental health programs

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto met with first responders and mental health professionals at Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

California blaze killed 10% of world’s giant sequoias, report says

At least a tenth of the world’s mature giant sequoia trees were destroyed by a single California wildfire that tore through the southern Sierra Nevada last year, according to a draft report prepared by scientists with the National Park Service.

U.S. Poker Open brings high-stakes players to PokerGO

The tournament series starts Thursday with a $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em event, the first of 12 big buy-in events at the PokerGO studio by the Aria.

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