- Lightning strike survivors share the lasting impacts of their experience
- Thursday, June 25, 2020
- The average American has a 1-in-15,300 chance of getting struck during their lifetime, according to the National Weather Service. Though lightning strikes kill more humans annually than hurricanes, volcanoes and earthquakes combined ...
- Las Vegas water use dropped when businesses closed. Now, it’s going back up
- Friday, May 29, 2020
- Las Vegas water use decreased rapidly starting in mid-March, around the same time that Gov. Steve Sisolak instituted a stay-at-home order and closed most nonessential businesses. But since late April, it has gradually been increasing to more typical levels ...
- Red Rock Canyon scenic loop to reopen June 1
- Wednesday, May 27, 2020
- Red Rock Canyon’s popular scenic loop drive will reopen June 1 for the first time in over two months, the Bureau of Land Management announced Wednesday. Previously ...
- Thousands at odds with city over plans for historic hay barn at Floyd Lamb Park
- Saturday, May 23, 2020
- A dispute over the future use of a historic, 8,000-square-foot hay barn at Floyd Lamb Park came to a head Saturday when protesters showed up at the park to confront Councilwoman Michele Fiore about plans for ...
- Water authority gives up 30-year proposal to pump groundwater to Las Vegas
- Thursday, May 21, 2020
- The Southern Nevada Water Authority is retiring a controversial, decades-old proposal to pump groundwater from rural Nevada to Las Vegas and will ...
- 30 people are running for Clark County School Board. Here’s what they bring
- Thursday, May 21, 2020
- The seven-member Clark County School Board will be reshaped in the coming months as the Clark County School District grapples with the lasting impacts of coronavirus.
- National Parks are reopening. Is it wise to visit?
- Thursday, May 21, 2020
- It’s no secret that U.S. Interior Department Secretary David Bernhardt and the Trump administration think it’s time for the national parks to reopen. Here’s what Las Vegans considering making the trek to one of the region’s national parks should keep in mind.
- Las Vegas OKs next budget, slashed by $124 million amid pandemic
- Wednesday, May 20, 2020
- The Las Vegas City Council unanimously approved a dramatically scaled-back budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 with cuts far deeper than ...
- With visitation up at Mount Charleston, trash, feces and fires on the rise
- Tuesday, May 19, 2020
- Mount Charleston resident Misty Haji-Sheikh is used to some visitors ignoring the “no parking” signs near her house during peak hiking times. But she ...
- Nevada Democrats say Cortez Masto has bona fides to be on ticket with Biden
- Sunday, May 17, 2020
- It came as no surprise to former Sen. Harry Reid when he heard that presumptive democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was considering picking ...
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