Lake Mead National Recreation Area announced more closures to park operations on Sunday, March 22, in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The Lake Mead National Recreation Area is expecting an above-average year for wildflower blooms. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
St. Thomas was founded by Mormons in the 1800’s, was drowned by the creation of the Hoover Dam, and then resurfaced in 2002. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Officers and fire crews were called about 12:51 p.m. to the intersection of Lake Mead Boulevard and Tonopah Drive, near Simmons Street, after reports of a multi-vehicle crash, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jeff Clark said. The crash involved three cars and a bus, according to a tweet from the Las Vegas Fire Department.
Lake Mead will be packed with many visitors on Memorial Day weekend. The Nevada Department of Wildlife is letting people know how to be safe out on the Lake
The Southern Nevada Water Authority wants to take billions of gallons of water that doesn’t exist from Eastern Nevada via a pipeline that would cost ratepayers $15 billion. Doing so would devastate the wildlife and people who live there. That’s according to Kyle Roerink, executive director of the Great Basin Water Network, which opposes the pipeline.
Lake-loving residents of Meadview, Arizona, won’t be losing their boat launch ramp at Lake Mead after all. The National Park Service plans to build a new, low-water ramp at South Cove by 2020, if not sooner. The new South Cove ramp has been in the park’s plans since 2005, with money set aside for the work. The only other ramp close to Meadview is at Pearce Ferry, but boats can’t use it because of rapids downstream.
National Park Service releases new plans to maintain access to the water as Lake Mead continues to shrink.
An interview with Claytee White, director of the Oral History Research Center at UNLV. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Lake Mead, a manmade reservoir, supports a diverse selection of animals, including the emblem of the United States – the bald eagle. A team of wildlife biologists from several agencies, including the National Park Service, fanned out in boats for their annual survey of the national bird. The numbers are put into a national database, which helps monitor the once-imperiled species. (Andrea Cornejo)
1. Lake Mead is safe from shortage for another year. According to projections released by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the reservoir east of Las Vegas will have enough water in it on Jan. 1 to stave off a first-ever federal shortage declaration. The lake is also on track to avoid a shortage in 2019, and the extra water from Lake Powell is expected to raise Lake Mead’s surface by more than five feet by the end of the year.
2. Shade Tree’s transitional housing shelter will close its doors by the end of the month due to funding cuts. The program allows homeless women and those leaving abusive relationships to stay, find a job and save money before moving into a permanent home of their own. Roughly a dozen woman still remain in the program, and will be placed in permanent housing before doors close.
3. Looking for a job? Multiple places in the Valley are hiring. Clark County is hiring for 94 positions including positions in the fire department, attorneys, construction workers and corrections officers. CarMax is also looking to fill 100 jobs at its new store on N. Rancho Drive. The company is looking to fill both full- and part-time positions.
Rest easy, Nevada. Lake Mead is safe from a shortage this year, and is on track to avoid another shortage in 2019. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. Two people were shot after a man and police exchanged gunfire Monday night. Police say they tried to pull over a suspect in a Honda from a Sunday shooting when he took them on a chase. When the man bailed from the car, he shot toward officers two to three times and officers returned fire. The man was struck multiple times and a woman in the Honda was shot in the wrist, though police believe the suspect was the one that shot her. The man is in critical condition.
2. Police are looking for suspects in an attempted robbery at an east valley Walmart. Witnesses say masked robbers with handguns demanded money from store employees and four fled in a light-colored newer sedan at about 10 a.m. Monday before officers arrived. Anyone with information may contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or www.crimestoppersofnv.com.
3. A flash flood warning has been issued for parts of Clark County. The National Weather Service warning area covers northeast Clark County and the Lake Mead recreation area through 9:45 a.m. with a flash flood watch extending through 8 p.m. Tuesday. Meteorologist Reid Wolcott says rain should clear out this afternoon.
A man died Sunday night after a rollover crash in Summerlin. Police responded to calls around 5 p.m. yesterday that a car had crashed into a landscape median at a high speed near Lake Mead and Ridgemoor Street before it began to turn over into westbound lanes. The man was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the car, dying at the scene.
A man died and another was rescued at Lake Mead Sunday. Police say two men were struggling to swim near Boulder Beach at around 3:30 p.m. yesterday. A bystander was able to save one man but the other went missing. His body was found about an hour later. Neither man was wearing a lifejacket.
And after failing to come to a consensus on critical state budget matters late last week, the Nevada State Senate reached a deal overnight to approve some of the final bills of the legislative session. The deal included reintroducing a recreational marijuana tax, a capital improvement project and adding $20 million in tax credits to the Opportunity Scholarship fund. Senate Republicans opposed the pot tax and the projects bill in protest of a lack of funding for education savings accounts. The money toward the Opportunity Scholarships is seen as a compromise on that matter.
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Now that the tunnel is connected to the intake structure below the surface of Lake Mead, engineers will put in a temporary cap so they can remove the tunneling machine and clear the way for the water.
Video shows Wayne Newton’s 65-foot luxury houseboat quickly sinking to the bottom of Lake Mead after a salvage crew freed the damaged vessel from a covered slip at Temple Bar Marina in Arizona.