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Numbers explain how and why the West bakes, burns and dries out

Numbers explain how and why the West bakes, burns and dries out

Posted 2:00 a.m.

The American West is baking, burning and drying in intertwined extreme weather. Four sets of numbers explain how bad it is now, while several others explain why it got this bad.

A boater on Lake Mead travels by the bathtub ring near Hoover Dam Thursday, July 15, 2021.

Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun

A boater on Lake Mead travels by the bathtub ring near Hoover Dam Thursday, July 15, 2021.

As drought continues, coalition calls for moratorium on wasteful water projects

Posted 35 mins ago

By John Sadler

As the federal government inches closer to declaring the river’s first water shortage, Chiodini is looking toward the future, or, if the river is tapped too much, the lack of one.

Police make arrest in shooting at northwest valley restaurant

Police make arrest in shooting at northwest valley restaurant

Posted 11:10 a.m.

Metro Police say they have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a man Monday night at a restaurant in the northwest valley. James Hull, 24, was arrested Wednesday and ...

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Father-in-law says he pepper-sprayed NFL’s Richard Sherman

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman (25) is seen during the NFL football Super Bowl 54 game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami Gardens, Fla., in this Feb. 2, 2020, file photo. Former Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers star Richard Sherman was booked into a jail in Seattle on Wednesday morning, July 14, 2021, accused of “Burglary Domestic Violence.”

Gregory Payan / AP

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman (25) is seen during the NFL football Super Bowl 54 game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami Gardens, Fla., in this Feb. 2, 2020, file photo. Former Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers star Richard Sherman was booked ...

Posted 1:04 p.m.

Richard Sherman’s father-in-law armed himself with a handgun and fired pepper-spray at the NFL cornerback to protect his family as Sherman tried to bust in the door of his in-laws’ home, according to a police statement obtained by The Associated Press. Sherman was arrested early Wednesday after police said he ...

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