This new housing development in Las Vegas features energy-efficient homes with covered front porches and granite countertops. The homes range from around 1,500 square feet to about 2,500 square feet and can have up to five bedrooms.
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Amid water depletion, Desert Research Institute eyes ways to purify what we have left
Imagine taking plant scraps from your garden, sticking it in a special oven to turn it into charcoal, and then using that charcoal to filter toxins out of water.
Golden Knights continue to improve, but goals, wins still elusive
Twice in team history has Vegas lost five in a row, though both of those occasions included an overtime loss that garnered the Golden Knights a standings point.
Picasso artworks auctioned for combined $109M in Las Vegas
Eleven Pablo Picasso artworks have been sold for a combined $109 million in a Las Vegas auction coinciding with the artist’s 140th birthday.
Metro Police has role in preparing new ‘CSI’ cast as series returns to Vegas roots
Actress Sarah Gilman has been preparing for her newest role seemingly all her life. Admittedly a lifelong fan of crime procedurals, she can recall nearly any scene from crime-drama classics like “Criminal Minds.”
TV show adviser’s class at UNLV is part script, part police training
Daniel Holstein never thought his law enforcement career as a crime scene analyst for Metro Police would lead to a lengthy run working in television.
Climate change disrupting natural cycles at drier Lake Tahoe
Drought fueled by climate change has dropped Lake Tahoe below its natural rim and halted flows into the Truckee River, an historically cyclical event that’s occurring sooner and more often than it used to — raising fears about what might be in store f…
Nevada inmates’ health conditions amid pandemic spur call for independent probe
A group that advocates for Nevada inmates is seeking answers from the state prison system on what they say has been an ineffective pandemic response …
Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging?
Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging?
Illegal border crossings, driven by pandemic and natural disasters, soar to record high
A record 1.7 million migrants from around the world, many of them fleeing pandemic-ravaged countries, were encountered trying to enter the United States illegally in the past 12 months, capping a year of chaos at the southern border, which has emerged…