Researchers counted 187 of the inch-long, neon-blue fish during a population survey late last month in the water-filled cavern 90 miles west of Las Vegas that they call home.
Henry Brean
Reporter: Environment
Email: hbrean@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0350
Henry Brean writes about water and the environment for the Review-Journal, where he has worked since 2003. A native of Tucson, Arizona, he earned his journalism degree from the University of Missouri before returning to the desert as a reporter and editor for the Pahrump Valley Times.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released drafts of the plans Tuesday and Wednesday, as the various state and federal stakeholders work toward final approval of their sweeping response to almost 20 years of drought on the river.
A former employee of the Las Vegas Valley Water District pleaded guilty Tuesday to mail fraud and tax evasion in a scheme tosteal and sell more than $6.7 million worth of ink and toner cartridges from the public utility.
Four years after its rocky debut, the RiSE lantern festival returns to public land 30 miles south of Las Vegas this weekend — assuming the dry lake bed stays dry.
How do you remember something no one is likely to ever forget?
One year after the Oct. 1 attack on the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas, here are 91 stories of heroism, helping, healing and hope.
Lauren Card survived the mass shooting in Las Vegas, and the experience inspired her to join the police force back home in Springfield, Oregon.
Chris and Debbie Davis have launched the Children of the 58 scholarship in the memory of their 46-year-old daughter, Neysa Tonks, who was killed in the Oct. 1 shooting.
Trails and visitor facilities closed over the summer will reopen for the public to enjoy as the weather cools, but Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area will begin limiting hours as darkness begins to fall earlier.
Lisa Kim Bach, a longtime Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter and editor, will be inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame on Saturday, two years after her death.
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: For the third time in four years, Democrat Lesley Cohen will face Republican Stephen Silberkraus for the right to represent Assembly District 29 in what is expected to be one of this year’s most competitive legislative races.
Park officials stopped issuing permits after a ranger on patrol over the weekend noticed no-trespassing signs posted at the edge of the private property.
First-time candidate Jennie Sherwood will have to score an even bigger upset than she did in the Democratic primary if she hopes to unseat Republican incumbent John Hambrick in the Nevada Assembly.
Herbicide treatments, set to begin Tuesday, will target red brome and other nonnative grasses at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and three other sites that have been slow to recover since being scorched by wildfires.
All around the Old Town neighborhood, people are lashing out over the loss of their trees, which they blame on sale-based de-icing chemicals used by Clark County road crews.