Despite schools and businesses closing early in the pandemic, overall water usage in Henderson increased, a UNLV study found.
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Blake Apgar joined the Review-Journal as a general assignment reporter in January 2017 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He interned at the Review-Journal in the summer of 2016, and now covers North Las Vegas and Henderson government. He was raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Federal officials will release water from reservoirs upstream to raise Lake Powell’s water levels.
A coalition that included environmentalists, businesses, agriculture officials and elected leaders gathered Thursday to share demands for managing the shrinking Colorado River.
State and federal investigators still have open cases on the 2016 bombing that rocked the tiny Lincoln County town of Panaca.
Concentrations of the virus in two of seven Las Vegas Valley wastewater collection sites show levels approaching those last seen during the winter wave of infections, scientists have found.
Vice President Kamala Harris made a brief visit to Las Vegas Saturday, urging an audience to get vaccinated and to encourage others to do the same.
Despite the effects of a decadeslong drought and gloomy headlines about declining water levels, business is strong for recreation companies on Lake Mead and the Colorado River.
Water officials in Las Vegas are backing a proposal to create a federal grant program for major water recycling projects.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Nevada Environment Response Trust, seeks money from American Pacific Corp. for a perchlorate cleanup job the trust performed.
Henderson is supplementing a program offered by the Southern Nevada Water Authority to encourage water users to convert their grass to desert landscaping.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, names the Henderson Police Department and the Metropolitan Police Department among its defendants.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area posted the warning on Twitter Thursday afternoon.
The call center, offered in both English and Spanish, launched this month and is in the process of expanding. It will be more widely available Tuesday.
The lawsuit, filed last week in District Court, accuses Henderson police of using excessive force.
John Watson III refused to comply with an officer’s commands to drop a knife outside a grocery store, police said. He was shot as he walked toward the officer.